In celebration of Banned Books Week (ref Why Banned Books Week?), what books from the The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-20001 List have you read or now want to read because it is on this list? I have read 17 of the books on this list. Does that make me a bad person?
Month: September 2005
Machines Better Programmers than Humans
… Computers now create programs that solve complex problems better than programs designed by people….
Grasemann and Miikkulainen applied genetic algorithms to solve the fingerprint compression puzzle in work supported by the National Science Foundation’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering directorate. They provided their computer with the basic programming instructions needed to compress graphic images and then waited for a better algorithm to be born. The progress of the evolving program was tested at each generation. After 50 generations, the genetic algorithm consistently outperformed the human-derived WSQ.
Machines Better Programmers than Humans
Goody! First my job could be going to offshore outsourcing. Now my job could be going to a computer.