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Elon Musk leaves board of AI safety group to avoid conflict of interest with Tesla - The Verge
The Verge
The Verge
Its research has been wide-ranging, including teaching computers to control robots with minimal instruction (known as “one-shot learning”) and the creation of AI agents to play popular video game Dota (a more daunting challenge than board games like ...
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Why Self-Taught Artificial Intelligence Has Trouble With the Real World - Quanta Magazine
Quanta Magazine
Quanta Magazine
To beat Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997, IBM engineers distilled centuries of chess wisdom into a formula that was hard-wired into their Deep Blue computer. In 2016, Google DeepMind's AlphaGo thrashed champion Lee Sedol at the ancient board game Go ...
Will Machines Become Smarter Than Man? - Edgy Labs (blog)
Edgy Labs (blog)
Edgy Labs (blog)
Ray Kurzweil, a futurist, claims that AI will become billions of times smarter than humans. In a classic case of “if you can't beat them, join them,” Ray says humans will have to merge with AI to survive. Digital Information World recently published an ...
Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be' - The Independent
The Independent
The Independent
“At the time, I was falling in love with her and her music but I wasn't aware that she was on the Chess label. It was kind of a pleasant surprise when I went digging for songs for this record, to find her name amongst them.” As well as James, LeGrow ...
Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be' - The Independent
The Independent
The Independent
LeGrow started singing almost at the same time as she began speaking according to her mother – unsurprising when you learn she is from a family of musicians, one of whom played in Chicago during Chess' peak era. “Music definitely runs in the family ...
Why Artificial Intelligence Like AlphaZero Has Trouble With the Real World - Quanta Magazine
An Australian university has introduced a course that tries to explain blockchain - Business Insider
Business Insider
Business Insider
... and research with industry partners, into applications for banking, insurance, trade logistics, healthcare, and creative industries. Blockchain uses computers with advanced encryption to keep track of transactions, giving confidence to both buyers ...
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Smart chess board moves its own pieces - Electronics Weekly (blog)
Electronics Weekly (blog)
Electronics Weekly (blog)
This is a good one – a chess board that moves its own pieces so you can play with physical pieces and a virtual opponent, be it a remote player or the systems own moves. Recommended Articles. Apple HomePod smart speaker resists its teardown · Folding ...
Are African Board Games a Key to African Excellence? - Black Enterprise
Black Enterprise
Black Enterprise
Last week, I wrote about research that shows that African immigrants are more highly educated than native-born Americans. Now I wonder if one reason for their propensity toward success is their cultural and historical use of board games. An article on ...
Are African Board Games a Key to African Excellence? - Black Enterprise
Black Enterprise
Black Enterprise
Last week, I wrote about research that shows that African immigrants are more highly educated than native-born Americans. Now I wonder if one reason for their propensity toward success is their cultural and historical use of board games. An article on ...
The country breeding a generation of chess whizz kids – BBC on ... - Armenpress.am
Armenpress.am
Armenpress.am
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. BBC has published an article on Armenia as the first country to have introduced compulsory chess lessons in schools since 2011. “With a population of a little over three million, Armenia has one of the highest numbers of chess grandmasters, per capita, in the world”, the article ...
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Armenia breeds a generation of chess whizz kids: BBC ... - PanARMENIAN.Net
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PanARMENIAN.Net
Through their dedication, Mikhael and thousands more children here have helped put Armenia on the chess-playing map, the article says.
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Armenia breeds a generation of chess whizz kids: BBC - PanARMENIAN.Net
PanARMENIAN.Net
PanARMENIAN.Net
Armenia now has more than 3,000 qualified trained chess teachers in its schools. Many other countries want to follow suit, according to Smbat Lputian, president of the Armenian Chess Academy. He excitedly revealed about a new chess scientific research ...
The country breeding a generation of chess whizz kids – BBC on ArmeniaArmenpress.am
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Global Chess Market 2018 Research Report – Chessncrafts, The House of Staunton, Yiwu Linsai, Chessbazaar.com ... - Publicist Report - Market Research News by Market.Biz (press release)
Publicist Report - Market Research News by Market.Biz (press release)
Publicist Report - Market Research News by Market.Biz (press release)
chess market 2018 The prime focus of Global Chess Market 2018 is to gather important factors inhibiting the growth of Chess industry. It also commits to target tendencies of Chess industry in order to adopt strategies favourable for business and market ...
Global Chess Market 2018 Research Report – Chessncrafts, The House of Staunton, Yiwu Linsai, Chessbazaar.com ... - Publicist Report - Market Research News by Market.Biz (press release)
Publicist Report - Market Research News by Market.Biz (press release)
chess market 2018 The prime focus of Global Chess Market 2018 is to gather important factors inhibiting the growth of Chess industry. It also commits to target tendencies of Chess industry in order to adopt strategies favourable for business and market ...
The country breeding a generation of chess whizz kids - BBC News
Since 2011, all children in Armenia from six to eight years old have had compulsory chess lessons. For one boy it's paying off, reports Emma Levine.
The country breeding a generation of chess whizz kids - BBC News
Since 2011, all children in Armenia from six to eight years old have had compulsory chess lessons. For one boy it's paying off, reports Emma Levine.
University of Lethbridge program helps troubled kids put their issues in check - Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
Calgary Herald
A research project spearheaded by University of Lethbridge associate professor Dr. Lance Grigg, the Chess for Life program is an alternative sentencing initiative that uses chess to teach critical thinking and life-choice skills to young offenders in ...
The country breeding a generation of chess whizz kids - BBC News
BBC News
BBC News
"I think this is a great benefit for society as a whole." Armenia now has more than 3,000 qualified trained chess teachers in its schools. Many other countries want to follow suit, according to Lputian. He tells me excitedly about a new chess ...
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Computers outperform lab rats in detecting toxic chemicals | Science ... - Science Codex
Science Codex
Northbrook, Ill., Feb. 14, 2018 -- UL, the science safety company, and Johns Hopkins University have embarked on joint research that has resulted in findings that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is superior in finding toxic substances to traditional ...
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