More quick links

Some of the best of what I've been thinking about lately:

• Great TED talk titled "The mathematics of love", but probably should be titled "A data analysis of love" ([1])
  
  
• Manned submarines are about to become obsolete and be replaced by underwater drones ([1] [2] [3])
  
  
• "No other algorithm scaled up like these nets ... It was a just a question of the amount of data and the amount of computations." ([1] [2])
  
  
• What Google has done is a little like taking a person who's never heard a sound before, not to mention ever hearing language before, and trying to have them learn how to transcribe English speech ([1] [2])
  
  
• Teaching a computer to achieve expert level play of old video games by mimicking some of the purpose of sleep ([1] [2])
  
  
• "Computers are actually better at object recognition than humans now" ([1] [2] [3] [4])
  
  
• The goal of Google Glass was a "remembrance agent" that acts as a second memory and gives helpful information recommendations in real time ([1] [2] [3])
  
  
• A new trend, large VC investments in artificial intelligence ([1])
  
  
• "Possibly the largest bank theft the world has seen" done using malware ([1])
  
  
• "Users will prioritise immediate gain, and tend to dismiss consequences with no immediate visible effect" ([1] [2])
  
  
• "Crowds can't be trusted". It's "really a game of spamfighting". ([1] [2])
  
  
• SMBC comic: "All we have to do is build a trustworthiness rating system for all humans" ([1])
  
  
• Dilbert describes most business books: "He has no idea why he succeeded" ([1])
  
  
• Architect Clippy: "I see you have a poorly structured monolith. Would you like me to convert it into a poorly structured set of microservices?" ([1])
  
  
• Man kicks robot dog. Watching the video, doesn't it make you feel like the man is being cruel? The motion of the robot struggling to regain its balance is so lifelike that it triggers an emotional response. ([1] [2] [3])
  
  
• SMBC comic: "Are we ever going to use math in real life?" ([1])