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HfS strikes HR tech gold with Steve - Horses for Sources

Chess Research - Wed, 10/19/2016 - 14:18

Horses for Sources

HfS strikes HR tech gold with Steve
Horses for Sources
On the research and strategy part of your question, strategy work is what I hope keeps my brain reasonably serviceable, and I guess research ensures the strategy work is based on what is really happening. And why ... Well, I try to play piano almost ...

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British artificial intelligence hub opens - Phys.Org

Chess Research - Wed, 10/19/2016 - 12:19

British artificial intelligence hub opens
Phys.Org
With this in mind, ethics will be one of the key fields of research of the CFI. "It's about how to ensure intelligent artificial systems have goals aligned with human values" and ensure computers don't evolve spontaneously in "new, unwelcome directions ...

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What's Going On: Oct. 19, 2016 - Terre Haute Tribune Star

Chess Research - Tue, 10/18/2016 - 21:59

What's Going On: Oct. 19, 2016
Terre Haute Tribune Star
Wabash Activity Center events, 300 S. Fifth St.; mah-jongg, $3, $2 members, 6 to 9 p.m.; chess, $2, 6:45 to 9 p.m.; information, 812-232-3245. ... Wabashiki Turtle Research and Rescue Team: 2000 and Counting, free, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., all ages, Meeting ...

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Inside the One Bot A.I. Rebellion From Hell - Inverse

Chess Research - Tue, 10/18/2016 - 14:21

Inverse

Inside the One Bot A.I. Rebellion From Hell
Inverse
... a competition that is perhaps the raddest gamification of hardcore AI research. Just as chess software plays against other chess software in the World Computer Chess Championship, VizDoom's artificially intelligent contestants enter to shoot, zap ...

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Want to Seem Like a Genius? Talk About Light Bulbs a Lot - Inverse

Chess Research - Tue, 10/18/2016 - 14:04

Inverse

Want to Seem Like a Genius? Talk About Light Bulbs a Lot
Inverse
He would be wiser, however, to embrace a literal interpretation of “one-on-none” and actually compete against himself, mimicking the habits of the world's best chess players. Take, for instance, the example set by Luke Cage's local chess guru, Bobby ...

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Why Obama's 'One-on-None' Basketball Strategy Never Fails - Inverse

Chess Research - Mon, 10/17/2016 - 19:44

Inverse

Why Obama's 'One-on-None' Basketball Strategy Never Fails
Inverse
In 2010, the Harvard University biologist Christoph Randler, Ph.D., published research suggesting that early birds were more proactive and better able to anticipate problems than their late-waking peers. ... Researchers published a study on the benefit ...

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"'Queen Of Katwe' Was An Oasis For Me" - Elle UK Magazine

Chess Research - Mon, 10/17/2016 - 04:49

Elle UK Magazine

"'Queen Of Katwe' Was An Oasis For Me"
Elle UK Magazine
The Queen of Katwe (released 21 October), directed by Mira Nair, is set in the slums of Uganda's capital, Kampala. It tells the real life story of a girl - Phiona Mutesi - who becomes a national chess champion after discovering that she could get a cup ...
Disney's new king of QueenIrish Independent

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How library and information studies research is shortchanging libraries (essay) - Inside Higher Ed

Chess Research - Mon, 10/17/2016 - 02:02

Inside Higher Ed

How library and information studies research is shortchanging libraries (essay)
Inside Higher Ed
In this down-at-the-heels library he's the teacher.” Among his students was 9-year-old Ali Osman, whose mother explained that her son's confidence had soared after playing with Conrad, that he was now bragging to friends about being a chess player.

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U.S. News & World Report ranks NYC's top 50 high schools for 2016 - New York Daily News

Chess Research - Sun, 10/16/2016 - 23:02

New York Daily News

U.S. News & World Report ranks NYC's top 50 high schools for 2016
New York Daily News
The school stresses the importance of independent thinking and community engagement. All students must complete an extended essay that mirrors college-level research writing. Extracurricular offerings include basketball, soccer, wrestling and flag ...

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Duterte's tightrope walk - Inquirer.net

Chess Research - Sun, 10/16/2016 - 11:05

Duterte's tightrope walk
Inquirer.net
The landowners should have a substantial share. Western oil-gas firms always gave the tail of the fish to us. If China agrees to this, he should defer determining the exact sharing scheme until our energy and trade departments do research, especially ...

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US Bringing World To The Brink Of Nuclear War - Center for Research on Globalization

Chess Research - Sat, 10/15/2016 - 09:15

US Bringing World To The Brink Of Nuclear War
Center for Research on Globalization
The ranking Democrat on the U.S. Congressional House Intelligence Committee, uber-Zionist Adam Schiff of California, said of the phenomena of CIA-funded militias fighting in places like Aleppo, “It's part of the three-dimensional chess game.” This ...

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US Playing Catch Up On Artificial Intelligence As Biggest Rival Seizes Top Spot - Daily Caller

Chess Research - Fri, 10/14/2016 - 14:09

US Playing Catch Up On Artificial Intelligence As Biggest Rival Seizes Top Spot
Daily Caller
A man plays Chinese chess with a robot during Guangdong International Robot and Intelligent Equipment Expo, in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China, November 18, 2015. Picture taken November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Stringer ... This subcommittee created the ...

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Programs growing at Grover Cleveland Middle School - New Jersey Hills

Chess Research - Fri, 10/14/2016 - 09:04

Programs growing at Grover Cleveland Middle School
New Jersey Hills
WEST CALDWELL TWP. – Grover Cleveland Middle School (GCMS) Principal James Brown briefed the audience on the new programs featured at his school during the Monday, Oct. 10 meeting of the grades K-12 Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education.

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White House report: AI can make society better without taking over the world - GeekWire

Chess Research - Wed, 10/12/2016 - 12:59

White House report: AI can make society better without taking over the world
GeekWire
Not much happened after that, until the 1990s when research picked up. One big breakthrough came when human chess champion Garry Kasparov lost to super computer Deep Blue. The machines picked up a number of victories in the 2000s, most notably, ...

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Super volunteeer: A Q&A with Kent's E. Barrie Kavasch - The Greater New Milford Spectrum

Chess Research - Wed, 10/12/2016 - 11:04

The Greater New Milford Spectrum

Super volunteeer: A Q&A with Kent's E. Barrie Kavasch
The Greater New Milford Spectrum
I love doing research, genealogy, even poetry and short stories. I have published many of my things in other books and anthologies. I mainly think of myself as a writer. I have been a naturalist and ... sale, and there has been an absolutely fabulous ...

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Fujitsu and OIST Begin Joint R&D on Reinforcement Learning ... - ACN Newswire (press release)

Chess Research - Tue, 10/11/2016 - 23:32

ACN Newswire (press release)

Fujitsu and OIST Begin Joint R&D on Reinforcement Learning ...
ACN Newswire (press release)
KAWASAKI, Japan, Oct 12, 2016 - (JCN Newswire) - The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

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Can a computer beat a human at poker? - Sky News

Chess Research - Tue, 10/11/2016 - 20:29

Can a computer beat a human at poker?
Sky News
Chess and Go are "information complete" games where all players can see all the relevant information. In poker, other players' cards are hidden, making it an "information incomplete" game. Players have to guess opponents' hands from their actions ...

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Head-to-head comparison reveals human physicians vastly outperform virtual ones - EurekAlert (press release)

Chess Research - Mon, 10/10/2016 - 10:06

Head-to-head comparison reveals human physicians vastly outperform virtual ones
EurekAlert (press release)
... in areas as diverse as playing chess and making emotionally compelling music. But can digital diagnosticians match, or even outperform, human physicians? The answer, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School, is "not quite.

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