Background Knowledge – Page 2 – R&A IT Strategy & Architecture

To be and not to be — is that the answer?

Posted by gctwnlon March 13, 2019November 26, 2022in Background Knowledge, Best Of 8, QM Computing, QM Computing 113 Comments

If you believe much of the reporting done on quantum computing, it is around the corner. We look at how quantum computing works and how realistic it is that it will be available any time soon. With a small appendix on the continuum hypothesis.

Something is (still) rotten in the kingdom of artificial intelligence

Posted by gctwnlon April 4, 2018October 1, 2022in AI, AI 1, Background Knowledge, Best Of 7, Information Revolution22 Comments

Nobody can deny that artificial intelligence (or machine learning, deep learning, or cognitive computing) is booming these days. And — as before, as this is in fact the second (or third, depending on how you count) round for AI —…