Back in Milan for a couple of days. As usual, the first stop is Chinatown. It is great to see the Chinese community raising money for the earthquake victims in Italy. Italians should think about sending their kids to School here on Sundays to learn about Chinese culture and get
A typical AI problem involves quite a bit of tinkering before the model can start learning. Say you want to recognize objects; you need a fairly large number of pictures depicting the objects and associated labels (the names of the objects). The pictures must be curated, to make sure that
When attending a neuroscience meeting, one realizes how little we do know about brains. This is strikingly different from the feeling one gets at some AI meetings where even the ethical implications of the singularity are discussed, taking the singularity for granted. Here I'm mostly referring to Silicon
As a kid, Space: 1999 inspired me - and sometimes scared me. Back in the days, I watched as many episodes as possible, religiously waiting for the next episode to be aired. I don`t recall watching the first episode. I have now, thanks to the Internet. Here is what
Following up on the previous post, here are some of the problems that should be solved by a new generation of Internet services: * how do I keep information integrated as opposed to integrating different services developed with different objectives? * how do I become aware of the relevant dynamically evolving information
The previous post was about the historical perspective of the traditional approach to modelling. Here the objective is to devise a new approach to develop Internet services and to avoid the fragmentation of contexts that forces us to choose different silos to express our thoughts. The goal of science, mathematics
Humans constantly try to devise appropriate ways to describe their experiences. Many great thinkers have had their say: Man tries to make for himself in the fashion that suits him best a simplified and intelligible picture of the world. Albert Einstein. In our description of nature the purpose is not
November in Capri. Past glories tanning in the transparent water. One tends to forget how blessed southern Europe is, climate wise. In England by this time of the day, some retirees are having their second or third beer at the pub. Not all is great in southern Europe though, as
Since I sold my latest start-up, I have been looking into ways to make sense of the deluge of data created by new technologies; data that Google, Facebook, Twitter and the like only partially organize. I have had the privilege to take a journey without a PHD supervisor or having
Recently I came across two papers about the C. elegans, a tiny translucent worm. The papers are interesting because they help shed some light on how brains work. In fact, despite the constant claims about robots taking over, ethical implications of AI and simulating or uploading brains, the truth is
Accelerating technology and its impact on societies, cultures and economies of the world is impossibile to ignore. Some societies refuse to embrace the future and consequently accept to change, others evolve: Stubborn societies, by refusing continuous adaptation, face revolution down the road. They do not see the big picture until
For those interested in understanding where computers come from. Technology as humble as the keyboard, the mouse or hi-def CRT, video cameras, the word processor or video conferencing. This was the most advanced computer technology in 1968. Our mobile phones are orders of magnitude more powerful and do stuff unimaginable