by Peter LaGow | Jul 15, 2020 | Technology
One of the trickiest questions that new students in the tech sector are faced with is the difference between computer science and software engineering. The two terms sound similar enough that you would be forgiven for thinking they were relative synonyms. That said,...
by Peter LaGow | Jun 15, 2020 | Technology
From massive formless artificial intelligence to Data’s “positronic brain” on Star Trek: The Next Generation, neural networks have long played a key part in science fiction’s imagination. However, neural nets are actually far more ingrained into everyday life today in...
by Peter LaGow | May 1, 2020 | Technology
From Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to Karel Čapek’s Rossum’s Universal Robots to the Terminator series and beyond, science fiction has historically cautioned scientists and general audiences alike against allowing artificial intelligence to outpace ethical...
by Peter LaGow | Apr 15, 2020 | Technology
Science has often been at its most fascinating when it has helped us better understand ourselves and allowed us to apply that understanding to engineering and machinery, and vice versa. Case in point: neural networks. As the “neural” aspect of its name implies, this...
by Peter LaGow | Mar 10, 2020 | Technology
Just a few decades ago, true voice recognition seemed like science fiction. Now, like cellphones and portable scanning devices, voice recognition is beaming down to become an integral part of our everyday life. Here are just a few ways in which voice recognition...
by Peter LaGow | Feb 15, 2020 | Technology
For as much as we like to imagine the world of software development as one of utter logic and reason, it’s hardly immune from unfounded and often harmful myths. These offenders are among the worst and should be avoided at all costs. More People Means Faster...
