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Death! Destruction! Good times! - Idaho State Journal

Chess Research - Sun, 01/07/2018 - 05:51

Idaho State Journal

Death! Destruction! Good times!
Idaho State Journal
No matter where you live (even in Idaho) there's a chess club where you'll find someone as good, or bad, as you to match wits with. Yes, there are chess geniuses out there, and I don't understand what they're doing any more than you do. Bu it doesn't ...

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Modern Life: Death! Destruction! Good times! - Twin Falls Times-News

Chess Research - Sun, 01/07/2018 - 02:34

Twin Falls Times-News

Modern Life: Death! Destruction! Good times!
Twin Falls Times-News
No matter where you live (even in Idaho) there's a chess club where you'll find someone as good, or bad, as you to match wits with. Yes, there are chess geniuses out there, and I don't understand what they're doing any more than you do. But it doesn't ...

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Exclusive Interview with Prof. Steve Deng: Using AI to Develop Blockchain - Bitcoinist

Chess Research - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 15:25

Bitcoinist

Exclusive Interview with Prof. Steve Deng: Using AI to Develop Blockchain
Bitcoinist
In October 2017, a research paper published in the international academic journal Nature showed that Deepmind, the affiliated company of Google, reported the new program “AlphaGo Zero”, the program can learn chess quickly by itself without any input ...

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Female Chess Champion Refuses to Defend World Titles in Saudi Arabia - CNSNews.com (blog)

Chess Research - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 14:17

CNSNews.com (blog)

Female Chess Champion Refuses to Defend World Titles in Saudi Arabia
CNSNews.com (blog)
In protest of Saudi Arabia's treatment of women, Anna Muzychuk refused to defend her world titles in both the Rapid chess and Blitz chess competitions, held Dec. 26-30, 2017 in the Arab state. On Dec. 23, Muzychuk, a 27 year-old Ukrainian, posted on ...

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An institute studying 'existential risk' has made a Civilization mod about superintelligent AI - The Verge

Chess Research - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 09:28

The Verge

An institute studying 'existential risk' has made a Civilization mod about superintelligent AI
The Verge
IBM's Deep Blue computer appears as a wonder in the game, giving players a boost to their AI research. Image: CSER / STEAM. The result is a pair of mods for Civilization V and its DLC Brave New World that replace the game's usual science-based victory ...

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Imperial launches MBA elective on the importance of strategy in volatile business environments - eFinancialCareers

Chess Research - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 07:34

eFinancialCareers

Imperial launches MBA elective on the importance of strategy in volatile business environments
eFinancialCareers
Yet other businesses are also facing a lot of competitive uncertainty from escalating rivalry, such as the recent intensifying competition between Google and Amazon. To make things even more complex, for many companies different dimensions of ...

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From Chess To Ex Machina, Artificial Intelligence Is On The Verge Of Heralding A Cultural Revolution - MensXP.com

Chess Research - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 05:31

MensXP.com

From Chess To Ex Machina, Artificial Intelligence Is On The Verge Of Heralding A Cultural Revolution
MensXP.com
But it was in 1963 that AI leap, when the US Government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a grant of $2 million to MIT for Project MAC, which brought together computer science researchers from across MIT. Part of this was a ...

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Brain training doesn't improve your general intelligence - Observer

Chess Research - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 04:31

Brain training doesn't improve your general intelligence
Observer
From doing Sudoku every morning to playing more chess to learning a musical instrument, lots of people try different ways to become smarter and improve their memory. Thirty-five years after a landmark memory training experiment in 1982, have scientists ...

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Brain training doesn't improve your general intelligence - Observer

Chess Research - Fri, 01/05/2018 - 04:31

Brain training doesn't improve your general intelligence
Observer
From doing Sudoku every morning to playing more chess to learning a musical instrument, lots of people try different ways to become smarter and improve their memory. Thirty-five years after a landmark memory training experiment in 1982, have scientists ...

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Chess, Tulips, And Loss Aversion: The Psychology Of Risk And Reward - ValueWalk

Chess Research - Thu, 01/04/2018 - 09:34

ValueWalk

Chess, Tulips, And Loss Aversion: The Psychology Of Risk And Reward
ValueWalk
Stress plays an important in our decision-making skills, as shown in this research document put together by Mara Mather and Nichole R. Lighthall. Their work highlights the fact that our brains process risk and reward differently when under stress, with ...

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Staten Island obituaries for Jan. 4, 2018 - SILive.com

Chess Research - Thu, 01/04/2018 - 07:14

Staten Island obituaries for Jan. 4, 2018
SILive.com
Rosemarie Boutcher, 87, of Concord, a retired housekeeper at Eger Nursing Home and a parishioner of St. Sylvester's R.C. Church, died Saturday. Native Staten Islander Steven L. Mielke, 55, a graduate of Monsignor Farrell High School and research ...

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Superstar Chess Algorithm Might Change the Game - OZY

Chess Research - Thu, 01/04/2018 - 05:05

OZY

Superstar Chess Algorithm Might Change the Game
OZY
The neural network chess machine AlphaZero, developed by Google's DeepMind artificial intelligence research department, destroyed the previous top program, Stockfish, winning 28 games, drawing 72 and losing zero. Unlike Stockfish, AlphaZero is self ...

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Queen awards CBE to Cypriot AI expert - Cyprus Mail

Chess Research - Thu, 01/04/2018 - 02:19

Queen awards CBE to Cypriot AI expert
Cyprus Mail
British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher of Cypriot descent Demis Hassabis has been included in the 2018 New Year Honours' list. The 41-year-old researcher, who was born in London to a father from Famagusta and a mother from Singapore, has been ...

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Chess's New Best Player Is A Fearless, Swashbuckling Algorithm - FiveThirtyEight

Chess Research - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 11:52

FiveThirtyEight

Chess's New Best Player Is A Fearless, Swashbuckling Algorithm
FiveThirtyEight
After just four hours of this tabula rasa training, it clobbered the top chess program, an engine called Stockfish, winning 28 games, drawing 72 and losing zero. These results were described last month in a paper posted on arXiv, a repository of ...

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Can AI Systems Learn How to Learn? - GovernmentCIO Magazine

Chess Research - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 10:16

GovernmentCIO Magazine

Can AI Systems Learn How to Learn?
GovernmentCIO Magazine
A supercomputer toppling a grandmaster at chess is old hat, with IBM's Deep Blue beating Garry Kasparov at the end of the last millennium. DeepMind's artificial intelligence system AlphaGo beat the world champion in 2016 at the even more complex Go ...

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Can AI Systems Learn How to Learn? - GovernmentCIO Magazine

Chess Research - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 10:16

GovernmentCIO Magazine

Can AI Systems Learn How to Learn?
GovernmentCIO Magazine
A supercomputer toppling a grandmaster at chess is old hat, with IBM's Deep Blue beating Garry Kasperov at the end of the last millennium. DeepMind's artificial intelligence system AlphaGo beat the world champion in 2016 at the even more complex Go ...

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Loretta on her way to obtaining her PhD - Witbank News

Chess Research - Wed, 01/03/2018 - 03:12

Witbank News

Loretta on her way to obtaining her PhD
Witbank News
Loretta Magagula (29) is pursuing a PhD in Medical Biochemistry at the University of Cape Town within the Biomedical Translational Research Initiative (BTRI). Loretta received a financial leg-up to pursue her doctorate by ZEISS South Africa. This year ...

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Learning music and playing chess might not make you any smarter, according to 3 decades of research - Business Insider

Chess Research - Tue, 01/02/2018 - 17:25

Learning music and playing chess might not make you any smarter, according to 3 decades of research
Business Insider
Researchers reviewed 35 years of studies and found training your brain with activities like chess, music, or puzzles might not actually impact your intelligence. Music experts have strong memories for notes, but practicing music hasn't shown a direct ...

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10 Things You Can Do Right Now to Make Your Brain Sharper - Big Think (blog)

Chess Research - Mon, 01/01/2018 - 10:09

Big Think (blog)

10 Things You Can Do Right Now to Make Your Brain Sharper
Big Think (blog)
A Canadian study showed that people who spoke two languages processed information more economically, using up less brain circuitry. Plus, being multilingual will likely make you more open to other cultures, making travel more fun. 6. Play chess ...

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