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Will Artificial Intelligence Take Over the World? - Product Design & Development (blog)

Chess Research - Thu, 08/11/2016 - 11:28

Will Artificial Intelligence Take Over the World?
Product Design & Development (blog)
This discouraged research work on neural networks, and in the meantime AI funding crashed as results failed to live up to early promises. AI neural networks use software to imitate the partly-analog, partly-digital way that neurons in the brain work ...

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So NOW CBS Is Interested in 'Controversial' Faces at Political Rallies? - NewsBusters (blog)

Chess Research - Thu, 08/11/2016 - 11:13

NewsBusters (blog)

So NOW CBS Is Interested in 'Controversial' Faces at Political Rallies?
NewsBusters (blog)
CBS on Tuesday and Wednesday showed scant interest in the father of a mass murdering terrorist sitting directly behind Hillary Clinton at a rally in Florida.

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Why all the practice in the world can't turn you into an Olympian - Washington Post

Chess Research - Thu, 08/11/2016 - 10:03

Washington Post

Why all the practice in the world can't turn you into an Olympian
Washington Post
There's one problem with this idea: Research suggests it isn't true. Practice is helpful in improving performance in a variety of fields, from athletics to chess. But it plays a surprisingly small role in determining whether people become virtuosos ...

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Impressions From DEF CON 24: The Machines Are Rising - Security Intelligence (blog)

Chess Research - Thu, 08/11/2016 - 06:52

Impressions From DEF CON 24: The Machines Are Rising
Security Intelligence (blog)
During the closing ceremony, DARPA's Mike Walker expressed hope that machines and humans will work together and not against each other, making an analogy to computer-augmented chess. It does seem, however, that just like in the “Matrix” universe ...

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Cultural and community events in the District - Washington Post

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 21:27

Cultural and community events in the District
Washington Post
Chess for kids Weekly instruction for all ages of children who want to learn how to play the game or play with better strategy in tournaments, chess instructor teaches how to think, plan your next move and use your brain power to win, made possible by ...

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Normand Cote: Master carver, CAD designer, webmaster, volunteer - Lewiston Sun Journal

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 21:06

Lewiston Sun Journal

Normand Cote: Master carver, CAD designer, webmaster, volunteer
Lewiston Sun Journal
He wanted to make one of his own. After a bit of research, he figured out how it was done — and he's preserved his creation all of these years. But he's kept very little of the pieces he's created — a chess set and a few other small pieces are all he ...

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Chinese team shows strength in int'l network security competition - Xinhua

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 18:33

Xinhua

Chinese team shows strength in int'l network security competition
Xinhua
It is "the first-ever inclusion of a mechanical contestant in that event, and could presage the day when, as eventually happened with chess and Jeopardy!, a computer proves to be the Grand Master of cyber defense," the research wing of the U.S ...

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Among Elite Athletes, Practice Isn't Everything - Newser

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 18:15

Newser

Among Elite Athletes, Practice Isn't Everything
Newser
(Newser) – Ever since Swedish psychologist K. Anders Ericsson published a paper on the impact of 10,000 hours of deliberate practice on a musician's performance in 1993, his findings have become lore—and extended to a range of activities, such as ...

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Health, helping others and more events in the Myrtle Beach area | Save the Date - Myrtle Beach Sun News

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 16:17

Myrtle Beach Sun News

Health, helping others and more events in the Myrtle Beach area | Save the Date
Myrtle Beach Sun News
Program will be “Eastern European Research” by Charlene Carson. GRAND STRAND GENEALOGY CLUB, 843-267-8157 or genieclub2002@yahoo.com. 10:30 a.m. ... Persons interested in photography are always welcomed. Visit our website at www.mbcameraclub.org. CHESS ...

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Prince George's County community calendar, Aug. 11-17, 2016 - Washington Post

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 16:15

Prince George's County community calendar, Aug. 11-17, 2016
Washington Post
... and dog retrieving demonstrations. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Patuxent Research Refuge, North Tract, Route 198 between the Baltimore-Washington Parkway and Route 32, Laurel. ... Chess/checkers club Learn to play or improve skills. 1 p.m. Hyattsville Library ...

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How Artificial Intelligence Got Its Name - Nextgov

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 16:00

Nextgov

How Artificial Intelligence Got Its Name
Nextgov
The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. The assumptions of the Dartmouth Conference, set out in a 1955 proposal, were explicitly immodest: “[T]he study is to proceed on ... From self-driving vehicles to facial recognition ...

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In Today's Complex World, 'We Have No Idea What War Is' - Defense One

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 12:48

Defense One

In Today's Complex World, 'We Have No Idea What War Is'
Defense One
For Clausewitz, a game of chess is not war, because it's individual, not violent, and it has no political ends. ... If you go in with a bit of a stereotype of, the military shoots guns and blows stuff up, and then you find yourself in meetings with ...

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10000 Hours Of Love - Huffington Post

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 08:52

Huffington Post

10000 Hours Of Love
Huffington Post
Research has shown this to be true in field after field. It generally takes about ten years of intense study to become a chess grandmaster. Authors and poets have usually been writing for more than a decade before they produce their best work, and it ...

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A Public-School Paradox - The Atlantic

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 08:51

The Atlantic

A Public-School Paradox
The Atlantic
“The thing that it really left me with was that this man had absolutely no clue about education,” David MacEnulty, who ran P.S. 70's chess program at the time, told The 74. “He certainly had no clue .... “What really matters to us are the policies that ...

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Chinese team shows strength in int'l network security competition - Shanghai Daily (subscription)

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 07:58

Chinese team shows strength in int'l network security competition
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
It is "the first-ever inclusion of a mechanical contestant in that event, and could presage the day when, as eventually happened with chess and Jeopardy!, a computer proves to be the Grand Master of cyber defense," the research wing of the U.S ...

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'We Have No Idea What War Is' - The Atlantic

Chess Research - Wed, 08/10/2016 - 07:01

The Atlantic

'We Have No Idea What War Is'
The Atlantic
For Clausewitz, a game of chess is not war, because it's individual, not violent, and it has no political ends. .... If you go in with a bit of a stereotype of, the military shoots guns and blows stuff up, and then you find yourself in meetings with ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Chess Research - Tue, 08/09/2016 - 17:32

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, .... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...

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How Artificial Intelligence Got Its Name - The Atlantic

Chess Research - Tue, 08/09/2016 - 11:24

The Atlantic

How Artificial Intelligence Got Its Name
The Atlantic
The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. The assumptions of the Dartmouth Conference, set out in a 1955 proposal, were explicitly immodest: “[T]he study is to proceed on ... From self-driving vehicles to facial recognition ...

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The Defector Who Returned to Iran - The New Yorker

Chess Research - Tue, 08/09/2016 - 11:07

The New Yorker

The Defector Who Returned to Iran
The New Yorker
Amiri was seated in front of a chess board, a large globe, and a warm study lamp. He wore a suit jacket. This time, he claimed that he was studying medical physics in the United States. ... In language that was stilted and appeared to be scripted ...

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Replacing Trump on Ballots: Murky Payoff and a Legal Thicket - Roll Call

Chess Research - Tue, 08/09/2016 - 10:46

Roll Call

Replacing Trump on Ballots: Murky Payoff and a Legal Thicket
Roll Call
Figuring out now what would happen is like playing three-dimensional chess, said Edward B. Foley, an Ohio State University professor who specializes in election law. It depends on each state's law and who makes what move – and when. Trump could ...

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