Stealthwriter (5 minutes on AI found in 15 minutes)

First bliss, then panic. I know what you must be thinking: I must be talking about a job interview. Close, but no. It was a task—simple in concept but challenging in execution. We were given the task of learning as much as we could about an AI program in fifteen...

There are always tradeoffs

In some cases, the digital representation of an object can be better than the original analog object. We see this in everyday life with photo editing. Whether it involves minor tweaks to remove blemishes or removing people from the background of a photo, people often...

The magic of digital

Digital technology is largely replacing analog technology because of its ability to separate the signal from the noise. This has been discussed with examples in a previous post. What we haven’t explored is what about digital technology makes this possible. To...

The telegraph: The start of the digital revolution

Have you ever wondered how the phones we have now came to be? How did we manage to create tiny devices that we can carry around in our pockets and hold in our hands? How is it that we can suddenly communicate with people far away? Maybe you aren’t asking all these...