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THE APPLE ORCHARD: Choices, chances and changes — empowering families through innovation - News Courier

Chess Research - Sun, 01/29/2017 - 06:33

News Courier

THE APPLE ORCHARD: Choices, chances and changes — empowering families through innovation
News Courier
Drama, art, chess, book and running clubs are just a few opportunities available. Field trips are offered several times ... SPARK (Scientific, Project-based, Academic Research by Kids) puts science first in the curriculum. Building on a foundation of ...

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Motivated Reasoning: A Philosopher On Confirmation Bias - KUCB

Chess Research - Sat, 01/28/2017 - 19:15

Motivated Reasoning: A Philosopher On Confirmation Bias
KUCB
And there's a lot of research going on about that. When we have a lot at stake, we find that ... Do they really believe that these are facts and these are correct, or are they simply a political move in a political chess game? MARTIN: But the question ...

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Motivated Reasoning: A Philosopher On Confirmation Bias - KOSU

Chess Research - Sat, 01/28/2017 - 17:47

Motivated Reasoning: A Philosopher On Confirmation Bias
KOSU
And there's a lot of research going on about that. When we have a lot at stake, we find that ... Do they really believe that these are facts and these are correct, or are they simply a political move in a political chess game? MARTIN: But the question ...

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The charisma droids: today's robots and the artists who foresaw them - The Guardian

Chess Research - Sat, 01/28/2017 - 06:02

The charisma droids: today's robots and the artists who foresaw them
The Guardian
Are today's robots any closer to true agency than the Mechanical Turk, a chess-playing automaton that amazed 18th- and early 19th-century Europe? ... The smile of Mona Lisa reflects Da Vinci's research on the mechanics of 'the muscles called lips'.

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Future Intelligence: Will AI Be A Friend or Potential Enemy? - Futurism

Chess Research - Fri, 01/27/2017 - 23:36

Futurism

Future Intelligence: Will AI Be A Friend or Potential Enemy?
Futurism
AI research has exploited the increased power of computers and the access to huge amounts of data to write programs that can “learn”, “understand” and “anticipate”. This is why when you ask your phone “When did Michelangelo die?” certain brands will ...

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Apple joins Partnership on AI to explore "ethical" artificial intelligence - SlashGear

Chess Research - Fri, 01/27/2017 - 09:19

Apple joins Partnership on AI to explore "ethical" artificial intelligence
SlashGear
While initially thought of in broad terms of “super-human” machine intelligences that could beat us at chess while simultaneously solving world hunger, AI in practice has been far more niche but arguably more pervasive in the process. The technology is ...

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Spalding pupils are the checkmate kings in schools tournament - Spalding Guardian

Chess Research - Fri, 01/27/2017 - 08:13

Spalding pupils are the checkmate kings in schools tournament
Spalding Guardian
He said: “It's been well documented by academic research and projects that show children's abilities in numeracy and literacy are improved by playing chess.” More than 30 children belong to St John's chess club. • There's a tournament for secondary ...

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AI program takes on poker champions ... and leads - The Age

Chess Research - Thu, 01/26/2017 - 21:17

The Age

AI program takes on poker champions ... and leads
The Age
A "perfect" information game is one like chess, for example, where both players see the board and are in a good position to anticipate the opponent's next possible move. An "imperfect ... "Different research builds on results," he explains. None of the ...
Artificial Intelligence Beating World's Best Professional Poker ...Tech Times

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Make 2017 your year of success: FSU professor's research reveals the path to peak performance - Florida State News

Chess Research - Thu, 01/26/2017 - 14:45

Florida State News

Make 2017 your year of success: FSU professor's research reveals the path to peak performance
Florida State News
Ericsson has spent more than 30 years researching the science of elite performance among athletes, chess players, musicians, novelists, doctors, and the list goes on. All that research has led him to the fascinating conclusion that everyone has what it ...

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Are women 'really smart'? Young girls don't tend to think so, new study shows - Kansas City Star

Chess Research - Thu, 01/26/2017 - 14:31

Kansas City Star

Are women 'really smart'? Young girls don't tend to think so, new study shows
Kansas City Star
Girls as young as 6 years old are less likely than boys to label people of their own gender as "really, really smart," according to new research that raises questions about how stereotypical notions of male and female mental abilities shape the paths ...

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AI program takes on poker champions ... and leads - The Age - The Age

Chess Research - Wed, 01/25/2017 - 20:32

The Age

AI program takes on poker champions ... and leads - The Age
The Age
Libratus is facing off against four world-champion poker players in a US casino, and after 67000 hands it is winning.
Artificial Intelligence Beating World's Best Professional Poker ...Tech Times

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AI program takes on poker champions ... and leads - The Sydney Morning Herald

Chess Research - Wed, 01/25/2017 - 20:29

The Sydney Morning Herald

AI program takes on poker champions ... and leads
The Sydney Morning Herald
Poker is not like other games, such as chess, where AI has emerged victorious thanks to advanced algorithms. But for the ... However, Sandholm's team did win the Annual Computer Poker Competition against other AI research teams twice in a row ...
Artificial Intelligence Beating World's Best Professional Poker PlayersTech Times

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'Culture and Climate Change' series continues - Gannonknight

Chess Research - Tue, 01/24/2017 - 21:08

'Culture and Climate Change' series continues
Gannonknight
Gannon University's College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (CHESS) is keeping with its yearlong theme of academic lectures and happenings centering on issues in culture and climate change with a myriad of events taking place during the ...

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I can code you the world - Capilano Courier

Chess Research - Tue, 01/24/2017 - 16:37

I can code you the world
Capilano Courier
It turns out that the same technology used to beat humans at chess and Go is used for tons of other things, such as recognizing songs with Shazam, driverless cars and cancer research. We're living in an era where the links between virtually every field ...

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An AI program is beating poker champions for the first time - Stuff.co.nz

Chess Research - Tue, 01/24/2017 - 16:14

Stuff.co.nz

An AI program is beating poker champions for the first time
Stuff.co.nz
Poker is not like other games, such as chess, where AI has emerged victorious thanks to advanced algorithms. Poker is ... However, Sandholm's team did win the Annual Computer Poker Competition against other AI research teams twice in a row. "Different ...
An AI Poker Player Is Beating Four of the World's Best Pros by $800000Futurism
Artificial Intelligence Is About to Conquer Poker, But Not Without Human HelpWIRED
Brains vs AI - Rivers CasinoRivers Casino

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AI program no match for poker champs - The News Herald

Chess Research - Tue, 01/24/2017 - 15:55

The News Herald

AI program no match for poker champs
The News Herald
A "perfect" information game is one like chess, for example, where both players see the board and are in a good position to anticipate the opponent's next possible move. An "imperfect ... "Different research builds on results," he explains. None of the ...
An AI Poker Player Is Beating Four of the World's Best Pros by $800000Futurism
Artificial Intelligence Is About to Conquer Poker—But Not Without ...WIRED

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3 Westchester students named Regeneron finalists - The Journal News | LoHud.com

Chess Research - Tue, 01/24/2017 - 11:02

The Journal News | LoHud.com

3 Westchester students named Regeneron finalists
The Journal News | LoHud.com
Of the more than 1,700 applicants, 20 local students out of 300 across the country were chosen as semifinalists earlier this month for projects that included analysis of water contamination, wind turbines, human languages and games of chess. Each ...

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If Fake News Fools You, It Can Fool Robots, Too - Bloomberg

Chess Research - Tue, 01/24/2017 - 07:01

Bloomberg

If Fake News Fools You, It Can Fool Robots, Too
Bloomberg
They excel in tiny, toy universes where the rules of the game are precisely understood and consistent -- games such as chess or go, for example. They can even handle trivia, as the success of IBM's Watson in playing Jeopardy has demonstrated. Watson's ...

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In a casino in Pittsburgh, an AI program is beating poker champions for the first time - Reading Eagle

Chess Research - Tue, 01/24/2017 - 05:35

Washington Post

In a casino in Pittsburgh, an AI program is beating poker champions for the first time
Reading Eagle
A "perfect" information game is one like chess, for example, where both players see the board and are in a good position to anticipate the opponent's next possible move. An "imperfect ... "Different research builds on results," he explains. None of the ...
Artificial Intelligence Is About to Conquer Poker, But Not Without Human HelpWIRED

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