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A Computer Architect’s Guide to Designing Abstractions for Intelligent Systems

A Computer Architect’s Guide to Designing Abstractions for Intelligent Systems

“The growing complexity of intelligent systems can outpace the ability of conventional computing abstractions to support them effectively.” IET REACH 2024, Amir Yazdanbakhsh. I came across this observation by Edsger Dijkstra recently while scrolling X, and...

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AI Software Should be More Like Plain Old Software

AI Software Should be More Like Plain Old Software

A Tale of Two Softwares: In a world where AI is revolutionizing the way we interact with technology, a new type of software emerges: AI Software (AISW). But with great power comes great responsibility, and the systems research community must rise to the challenge of ensuring AISW is as robust, secure, and safe as its predecessor, Plain Old Software (POSW).

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