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On the Front Lines of AI: Training Large Language Models on New Tasks – without All the Retraining
Sometimes, machine learning models learn a new task without seeming to have learned – or been trained – to do it. That’s the
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Why Study Logic?
Before and after it is mechanized… Peter Andrews is a Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has...
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Rabin-Scott Time
Nondeterminism—why did it take so long? 2010 interview src1, Society for Science src2 Michael Rabin and Dana Scott won the 1976 Turing Award. They obtained their...
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Logicians are Everywhere
So where were they between 1720 and 1820? Helena Rasiowa was a famous logician from Poland. She visited Case Western Reserve University when I was an undergraduate...
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The Gift of Nonconstructivity
Can we quantify “nonconstructive advantage”? Japan Times source Péter Frankl has been in the news again this year. The news is substantial partial progress on his...
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A Mutation Carol 2
Ghosts of creations past and citations not present Domenico Amalfitano, Ana Paiva, Alexis Inquel, Luis Pinto, Anna Rita Fasolino, and René Just are the authors...
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Quantum Circuits in the New York Times
Can quantum circuits have something to do with wormholes? Wikipedia src Maria Spiropulu, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology, is featured in an...
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Legal Complexity
Formal logical methods may be needed to represent the Donald Trump documents case her page Monica Palmirani is a Professor of Computer Science and Law at the University...
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Juris Hartmanis 1928–2022
A sure foundation for Computational Complexity source—wonderful 2015 CACM interview Juris Hartmanis passed away this morning. He was a professor in Cornell’s computer...
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Complexity 2022
Weaving patterns of proof and the accepted papers for this week’s conference her bio page Karen Donde is the Chair of Complexity 2022, which is being held this...
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Sorting and Proving
A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts—Morris Kline Tony Hoare is also known informally as Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare. He has made key contributions...
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The 2021 Turing Award
If a machine is expected to be infallible, it cannot also be intelligent.—Alan Turing Jack Dongarra has just won the 2021 Turing Award. Congrats to him. Dongarra...
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Waiting For Self-Deriving Cars
Once you trust a self-driving car with your life, you pretty much will trust Artificial Intelligence with anything—Dave Waters. ITProToday src Keith Kirkpatrick...
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Meta Wishes
When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for. Neil...
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Inequalities on the Gridiron
Q: Why are Buffalo Bills unlike Dollar Bills? A: Dollar Bills are good for 4 quarters Reddit “outsmarting math” source Josh Allen is not appearing in today’s Super...
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National Academy of Engineering Elects
The problem in this business isn’t to keep people from stealing your ideas; it’s making them steal your ideas!—Howard Aiken Composite crop of homepage photos Taher...
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Bill Gasarch Also 1,000
Another theory of computing blogging milestone 2016 Gathering For Gardner lecture William Gasarch turned 1,000 earlier this month. Or in October, depending on how...
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A List of Most Theory Blogs
The list doesn’t destroy culture; it creates it. Wherever you look in cultural history, you will find lists—Umberto Eco Luca Trevisan, Stefan Schmid, James Lee,...
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Cheating In Chess
Colonel Stok: Do you play chess? Harry Palmer: Yes, but I prefer a game with a better chance of cheating.—Funeral in Berlin Ken Regan is well known to us all, and...
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Happy 1,000th Post and 75th Birthday, Dick
Plus an open Zoom mini-workshop Monday 1/17, 4–5:30pm ET From Rich DeMillo Richard Lipton founded this blog 1,000 posts ago. He was not quite as young as in the...
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