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One of the most interesting and sensational aspects of Twitter are its mega accounts: Twitter accounts with huge numbers of followers. These days mega accounts have anywhere from 1 million to 3 million followers, but in the future they will boast much larger followings.
The Power of Massive Twitter Accounts – Or Lack Thereof | Singularity Hub
Singularity Blog Covering Robots, Genetics, Stem Cells, Transhumanism, The Brain, The Future
Privacy advocates, brace yourselves – the search capabilities of the latest surveillance technology is nightmare fuel.Ever wanted to have a robot to do your research for you? If you are a scientist, you have almost certainly had this dream. Now it’s a real option: Eureqa, a program that distills scientific laws from raw data, is freely available to researchers.
Download Your Own Robot Scientist | Wired Science | Wired.com
Eureqa – Software to Replace Scientists | Singularity Hub
The job of a scientist has its fun parts, and its not-so-fun parts. Making new discoveries, understanding the way things work, and experimenting with the natural world are all pretty cool ways to spend your day.
As part of the 2012 celebrations for the centenary of the birth of Alan Turing www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk/turing2012/ , Bletchley Park Museum www.bletchleypark.org will be hosting the annual Loebner Prize competition to find the world’s best conversational computer program.
Home Page of the Loebner Prize
“We believe these man-in-the-middle attacks are potentially possible on a wide variety of electronic voting machines,” said Roger Johnston, leader of the assessment team “We think we can do similar things on pretty much every electronic voting machine.”