Friday, October 11, 2013

Google's New Quantum A.I. Lab Team



I am inclining to believe that quantum computing will finally come commercialized and solve optimization problems with numerous constraints within my lifetime.  The question is, besides NASA, Google, IBM or Intel, will other industries, such as financial or energy, commit long-term talents and monetary support to quantum computing?  

Sunday, March 3, 2013

Even Google Algorithm Thinks Samsung Chromebook is a MacBook

After reading a short article today on The Next Web about Google mistakenly used a Samsung Chromebook running an OS X screenshot to illustrate its unifying YouTube design across its Google operating systems, a quick experiment would clarify if Google truly thinks Samsung Chromebook is a MacBook. In fact, it would be more interesting to see if Google algorithms could defy the strong resemblance between a Samsung Chromebook and a MacBook.  Google Goggles, an image recognition application created by Google, provides a perfect platform for the testimony.  Since a picture says a thousand words, here is the illustration:

Yep, the top two choices Google's algorithms think what a Samsung Chromebook is are MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. In case if this Samsung Chromebook took off on the market (which is not very likely so far), another lawsuit could be filed by Apple lawyers against Samsung for another patent pilferage. Coincidentally, it was yesterday, March 2nd, that Judge Lucy Koh reduced Apple award versus Samsung down to $450.5 million.