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A Security focused AI Centre for Norway: What could it do?
This is a high level overview of the NORA SIG event hosted by Simula on 9th April at their office in Oslo. The Security in AI event hosted by Simula showcased a series of insightful talks addressing the multifaceted challenges and opportunities at the intersection of AI, security, and law. This summary consolidates key ideas…
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Deconstructing the Smart Home Appliances Stack: contemplating possibilities for the future
General Introduction The famous Silicon Valley investor Marc Andreessen said, “software is eating the world”[1]. By, which he means that increasingly we are bringing software into core of systems to increase efficiency, lower down the cost or time involved in the functioning of a device and its processes. As software proliferates into various walks of…
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Design Choices for Smart Home Context: A sneak peak into the future.
Technology led development for the optimist presents a great opportunity and a possible way to free from the drudgery of poverty and labor. On the other hand the pessimist may like to accuse the same exponentially scalable impact on the darker side, a view that may scare most of us! The gadgets in the smart…
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Will tools like DALL.E extend capabilities of Artists like what computer programs did for Chess players?
I have recently been playing around with DALL.E. I happen to mention this to someone who is in the process of making an oil painting. As, I knew that he is a graphic designer as well. I wondered if he knew about DALL.E and possible impact on his work. I showed to him some images…
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Generating a cover for this website using DALL-E 2
I have recently got access to OpenAI DALL-E2 and was wondering if I were to generate an image which can justify the tag line of this website. The tag line is : ´Emerging Tech: A view into near future´. Here is the resulting image Let me know what are your views on this AI generated…
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Scanning models with Phone
These days I am trying to scan everyday objects around me. Mostly statues around the city that I find of the size and shape that I can do a good job with the phone camera. Have a look and share your feedback. Deer Statue by sachgaur on Sketchfab Statue of a child by sachgaur on…
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Experiencing the Varjo XR3 headset at their Oslo Office
I recently had the opportunity of experiencing the Varjo XR3 headset in a more relaxed setting at their Oslo office. First time I tried the headset was in London and I could not fully appreciate the capabilities. I am now increasingly convinced that headset like Varjo fill the gap for business workflows which consumer headset…
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Can the new Image generating AI models teach us a new language?
We have recently seen two major announcements on the new class of Image generating AI models which can take natural language prompts / triggers and generate fascinating images. The first one is DALLE2 from OpenAI and the second one from Google called as Imagen. When the entry barrier to generate amazing images is lowered down…
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What GPS did to Location on Mobile, could LIDAR do to 3D Model of our world?
Business Concept : Digital Twin 4 Homes : TwinHome The latest version of iphones have the LIDAR Sensor which allows you to capture the 3D model of an object in range. (<5M ) We have done some early experiments here in our own office to create the 3D models. Here: https://sketchfab.com/ishika1 We believe that sooner…
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From software eating the world ….3d –> Gaming –> VR eating the world
Software eating the world became a ´go to phrase´ for the last 10+ years to justify rise of software companies entering into new domains and digitising the otherwise analog processes. As we see over the last 5 years a new wave of companies that are building interaction and engagement with 3d models of the world…