computer science
Thousands of Software Engineers Say the Job Market Is Getting Much Worse
9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they'd get another job with the same pay.
Startups Are Already Using GPT-4 to Spend Less on Human Coders
GPT-4 "saves a lot of time and a lot of money, obviously, because we haven't had to hire additional resources."
'Learn to Write:' AI Advancements Mean Code Will Be Written in Natural English
Code is increasingly being written by AI directed with prompts written in standard English. 'Learn to Code' might increasingly become 'Learn to Write.'
We Need to Stop Saying ‘Blacklist’ and ‘Whitelist’
It’s time we stop using offensive and harmful words, which have clearer, more inclusive alternatives.
Scientists Calculate Pi to 62.8 Trillion Digits
The world-record calculation by Swiss scientists now marks the last 10 digits of pi as being 7817924264.
A DIY Programmer Made a New Game for the 50-Year-Old Apollo Guidance Computer
“The AGC wasn't just an important part [of Apollo]: it was the core of the entire ship, without which the entire program wouldn't have been possible.”
Artificial Intelligence Guessed What These Recipes Look Like
These food pictures were generated by a computer, and they look surprisingly edible.
Cramming Software With Thousands of Fake Bugs Could Make It More Secure
Researchers suggest non-exploitable “chaff bugs” in systems could be a fun way to deter attackers from doing real harm.
How YouTube's algorithm prioritizes conspiracy theories
YouTube is programmed in a way that could lead to the promotion of conspiracy theories, a former engineer says.
Attack Targets Automatic Speech Recognition Systems
Research demonstrates the possibility of using slight distortions to trick speech recognition neural nets into hearing spoofed messages.
How to Hide Within a Social Network
New graph theory research offers good news for privacy advocates, bad news for the FBI.
The Activist Fighting for High-Tech Reconciliation for Canada's Indigenous People
As executive director of the First Nations Technology Council, Denise Williams wants to equalize the digital playing field for BC’s Indigenous communities.