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Terence Tao on the paradox of solving mathematical problems
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (168+ words) Mathematician Terence Tao, a 2006 Fields Medal winner and professor at UCLA, discusses with Big Think solving problems with AI and the process of finding solutions without. By using AI to effectively skip over the mistakes, challenges, and learning towards a…...
Bot traffic surpasses human traffic
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (109+ words) Traffic has been rising extra quickly these past couple of years. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on your point of view) it’s mostly from automated AI bots scraping all they can get. From Matthew Prince, the CEO of Cloudflare: Welp, that…...
Population in Japan continues decline
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (109+ words) FlowingData Population in Japan continues decline Japan has been aging and having fewer children, which led to a decline of 3.1 million in population over the past five years. For the New York Times, Javier C. Hernández, Pablo Robles, and Kiuko Notoya…...
Poor geometry in deepfake images
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (132+ words) Science profiled Hany Farid, a researcher in digital forensics at the University of California, Berkeley. An interesting guide in the middle shows how simple geometry can expose a fake image. For example, in the generated image above, the lines connecting…...
Asia is a lot more excited about AI than the U.S. is
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (124+ words) For Rest of World, Rina Chandran reports on the big difference in excitement: The difference in sentiment appears to be related to each country’s trust in government regulation. From the Stanford study, here are the percentages for those who said…...
Worthless overlay of information
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (136+ words) Hi everyone. This is issue No. 385 of the Process, the newsletter for members where we aim for quality in our data graphics over adding to a stream of worthless information. I’m Nathan Yau. This week we highlight an overlay that…...
Share small datasets stored in a URL
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (111+ words) For those who want to share small datasets in a more straightforward way, Ziptable by Evan Peck makes quick work of the task with a single link. Ziptable lets you share a small CSV or JSON dataset by sending a…...
Accumulating data – FlowingData
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (118+ words) Hi everyone. This is issue No. 382 of the Process, where we build towards charts beyond defaults. I’m Nathan Yau. This week is about small things adding up to big things. To access this issue of The Process, you must be…...
Mapping the unmapped Google Maps city
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (77+ words) In most places, property lines stop at the street, but in North Oaks, Minnesota, property lines extend to the middle of the street. This makes the entire city private property, which prohibits Google and other mapping companies from driving through…...
What if you floated upwards one foot every second
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (40+ words) FlowingData What if you floated upwards one foot every second xkcd continues to answer the important questions. Get access to courses, tutorials, and more resources. Become a member → New tools, refined process....