April 27, 2024

AI

What Happened With Expert Systems?

Rafe Brena, Ph.D. · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 7 min read · 8 hours ago — Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash The cause of their demise could surprise you. Young people may not be familiar with the term, but “Expert Systems” was a major technological initiative during the 1980s and 1990s of the last century. I got my 30y full-time job precisely because of Expert Systems. That was in 1989, and

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Public Transport Accessibility in Python

In this piece, I explore the availability of public transport by using GTFS data and Python-based spatial analytics libraries. Milan Janosov · Follow Published in Towards Data Science · 10 min read · 8 hours ago — Accessible public transport is essential to any livable neighborhood and should be the focus of local governments and urban planners. In this article, I use Budapest as an example…

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Investors won’t give you the real reason they are passing on your startup | TechCrunch

“When an investor passes on you, they will not tell you the real reason,” said Tom Blomfield, group partner at Y Combinator. “At seed stage, frankly, no one knows what’s going to fucking happen. The future is so uncertain. All they’re judging is the perceived quality of the founder. When they pass, what they’re thinking in their head is that this person is not impressive enough. Not formidable. Not smart enough. Not hardworking enough. Whatever

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Mastering Maps in Go: Everything You Need to Know | HackerNoon

Too Long; Didn’t Read This article covers the essentials of using maps in Go programming, from basic associative arrays to advanced hash maps with collision handling strategies. It delves into the implementation of maps in Go, how to manage concurrency with sync.Map, and provides practical examples to illustrate map operations and their complexities. The discussion aims to equip you with the knowledge to effectively use maps in various programming scenarios, enhancing both efficiency and performance.

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Givebutter is turning a profit making tech for nonprofits | TechCrunch

Givebutter started in a George Washington University dorm room in 2016 as a software solution to make nonprofit fundraising more transparent and fun. Eight years later, the company is profitable and it just raised $50 million to scale as momentum for nonprofit-focused startups appears to be growing. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Max Friedman, fundraised for a variety of organizations in college, ranging from raising for GW’s Greek life to raising for national nonprofits like

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Will Human Soldiers Ever Trust Their Robot Comrades?

Editor’s note: This article is adapted from the author’s book War Virtually: The Quest to Automate Conflict, Militarize Data, and Predict the Future (University of California Press, published in paperback April 2024). The blistering late-afternoon wind ripped across Camp Taji, a sprawling U.S. military base just north of Baghdad. In a desolate corner of the outpost, where the feared Iraqi Republican Guard had once manufactured mustard gas, nerve agents, and other chemical weapons, a group

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