by William Dutton | Jun 18, 2018 | Blog, News, Opinion
The Natural Stupidity of Artificial Intelligence A. Michael Noll June 17, 2018 © Copyright 2018 AMN Clearly, the future is coming, but at times we seem mostly to be chasing the past. Artificial intelligence is today’s “new” rage. But I think it is mostly hype and...
by William Dutton | Jun 8, 2018 | News
True to news in the digital age, we’ve been scooped by the Internet and Twitter, specifically. But if you have not seen the news yet, we are most pleased to report that Johannes M. Bauer has accepted an offer from the College of Communication Arts & Sciences to...
by William Dutton | May 21, 2018 | Blog, News, Opinion
The Innovation Garden A. Michael Noll May 20, 2018 © Copyright 2018 AMN Long before Silicon Valley invaded California, there was an “Innovation Garden” flourishing in New Jersey. Which easily qualified as the Invention State. Thomas A. Edison and his laboratory in...
by William Dutton | May 16, 2018 | Blog, Opinion, Quello Center
Discussion of so-called fake news is gradually – maybe rapidly – shifting to the concept of ‘junk news’, and I fear this could be a dangerous move. I agree that the concept of fake news has many downsides, not the least of which is the degree...
by William Dutton | May 16, 2018 | News, Quello Center, speech
On May 10th, 2018, Google’s ‘father of the Internet’, Vint Cerf gave the Quello Lecture at MSU, entitled ‘The Unfinished Internet’. Before the interview, he was interviewed by Scott Pohl of WKAR public radio. Here is that interview:...
