Ward clips

Here we curate some stuff from Ward Cunningham's wikis - mostly bay.wiki - and occassional posts in matrix. This is a very random walk.

We consider how an advanced handheld and networked device could connect people, place and method in purposeful collaboration. See Flutter Client

We will explore a touch-based federated wiki client written within the flutter framework by google for mobile apps on android and ios. site

The format is one in which people gather, and someone presents a theme, topic or conversation piece. The audience then pairs off in two's or three's, and instead of everyone sitting and discussing things around a table or in a conference setting, people are encouraged to walk, and talk while walking somewhere.

Image processing researchers have mixed feelings of disgust and envy towards this recent trend of deep learning that keeps pushing itself into our court. Some of us have chosen to remain bystanders for now, while others play along and divert their research accordingly. post

The charrette workshop establishes a platform for a free flow of information and opinion sharing.

Urban Form and Greenhouse Gas Emissions,A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, October 20, 2015 by Michael Mehaffy. amazon

Almost Wikipedia: Eight Early Encyclopedia Projects and the

The Summit was an information-packed three days with 72 industry-leading experts speaking on topics from the Elevate mission, detail about Uber's role in the ecosystem, opportunities and areas of collaboration within the community, and laying out a vision for the path towards initial urban eVTOL operations. site

There are no doubt many reasons for the cancellation of the SSC. But looked at from our perch at 30,000 feet, I think none of these hold a candle to the double supernova that shook the whole of the physicists’ contract with the state: the Cold War ended.

Big Tech is on the precipice of ‘counterfeiting’ human beings – creating AI that passes itself off convincingly as a human being in online contexts. Even experts are susceptible to being convinced. Although there is widespread agreement between philosophers and AI experts that AI chatbots are not sentient, their existence and use raises pressing ethical questions. Should we outlaw AI designed to pass itself as human, for much the same reason that we outlaw counterfeit money?