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Rise of the Machines: Keep an eye on AI, experts warn - Yahoo News

Chess Research - Sat, 03/12/2016 - 09:38

Yahoo News

Rise of the Machines: Keep an eye on AI, experts warn
Yahoo News
Paris (AFP) - A Google computer's stunning 3-0 victory in a Man-vs-Machine face-off over the ultimate board game highlights the need to keep Artificial Intelligence under human control, experts said Saturday.
Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next?Top Tech News
After Google's AlphaGo program beats Go champion, what's next for ...Los Angeles Times
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Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next? - Sci-Tech Today

Chess Research - Sat, 03/12/2016 - 09:32

Sci-Tech Today

Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next?
Sci-Tech Today
Long a yardstick for advances in AI, the era of board game testing has come to an end, said Murray Campbell, an IBM research scientist who was part of the team that developed Deep Blue, the first computer program to beat a world chess champion. "Games ...
Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next ...NewsFactor Network
Artificial intelligence beats human champion at the game Go!Biotechin.Asia

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Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next? - Top Tech News

Chess Research - Sat, 03/12/2016 - 09:28

Top Tech News

Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next?
Top Tech News
Long a yardstick for advances in AI, the era of board game testing has come to an end, said Murray Campbell, an IBM research scientist who was part of the team that developed Deep Blue, the first computer program to beat a world chess champion. "Games ...
Artificial intelligence beats human champion at the game Go!Biotechin.Asia

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WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 18) - The Sun Herald

Chess Research - Sat, 03/12/2016 - 05:48

WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 18)
The Sun Herald
Picayune Chess Club Tournament: 8-9 a.m. registration, 9:15 a.m. Round one, 1 p.m. Round two and 4:30 p.m. Round three, March 12-13, Holiday Inn Express Suites, 1001 Dauphin St. Cost: $40 entry fee paid by March 4. Details: 901-609-0696. American ...

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Google's AI Takes Historic Match Against Go Champ With Third Straight Win - WIRED

Chess Research - Sat, 03/12/2016 - 02:32

WIRED

Google's AI Takes Historic Match Against Go Champ With Third Straight Win
WIRED
But this is the first time an artificially intelligent system has topped one of the very best at Go, which is exponentially more complex than chess and requires an added level of intuition—at least among humans. This makes the win a major milestone ...
AlphaGo beats Lee Se-dol again to take Google DeepMind Challenge seriesThe Verge
Google DeepMind's AlphaGo Wins 5-Match Go Series With Third Straight Victory Against World Champion Lee SedolInternational Business Times
Big win for AI as Google AlphaGo program trounces Korean player in Go tournamentCIO
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South by Southwest 2016 Opens, Highlights Tech Innovation - Sci-Tech Today

Chess Research - Sat, 03/12/2016 - 02:16

Sci-Tech Today

South by Southwest 2016 Opens, Highlights Tech Innovation
Sci-Tech Today
Long a yardstick for advances in AI, the era of board game testing has come to an end, said Murray Campbell, an IBM research scientist who was part of the team that developed Deep Blue, the first computer program to beat a world chess champion. "Games ...

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What your gaming name reveals about your personality - Times LIVE

Chess Research - Sat, 03/12/2016 - 02:05

Times LIVE

What your gaming name reveals about your personality
Times LIVE
In our research, we teamed up with Riot Games (the makers of LoL), to look at the types of user names people were creating. We noticed that some players used highly antisocial words in their user names. We will not sully your eyes with graphic examples ...

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What's up March 12, 2016 - News-Press Now

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 23:55

What's up March 12, 2016
News-Press Now
Proceeds from this event go toward the Lions mission for sight research, area charities and eyeglasses for those in the St. Joseph community in need of optical assistance. East Hills Shopping Center's Easter Bunny Arrival will be held at 11 a.m. in the ...

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AlphaGo beats champion Sedol in second straight game of Go - Fusion

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 12:18

New Statesman

AlphaGo beats champion Sedol in second straight game of Go
Fusion
Specifically, Kasparov was hopeful for research leading to the development of “a program that played chess by thinking like a human, perhaps even by learning the game as a human does” as opposed to one that simply plays better, more efficient chess.
Google's Go triumph is a milestone for artificial intelligence researchNew Statesman
Computer beats human in Go: Should we be scared or excited about A.I. milestone?Michigan Radio
HomeArticlesFaultlineGoogle's AI ready to conquer Go? Solve most human problemsRethink Research (subscription)

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WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 11) - The Sun Herald

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 09:38

WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 11)
The Sun Herald
Picayune Chess Club Tournament: 8-9 a.m. registration, 9:15 a.m. Round one, 1 p.m. Round two and 4:30 p.m. Round three, March 12-13, Holiday Inn Express Suites, 1001 Dauphin St. Cost: $40 entry fee paid by March 4. Details: 901-609-0696. American ...

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New scheduling optimisation tool for handball, football and volleyball tournaments - Phys.Org

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 07:20

Phys.Org

New scheduling optimisation tool for handball, football and volleyball tournaments
Phys.Org
SINTEF researchers have for many years been assisting the Norwegian Football Association (NFF) with the scheduling of its professional premier and second tier leagues (Tippeligaen and OBOS-ligaen, respectively). Annual fixture lists for the ...

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Practice makes perfect? The key to breaking performance barriers - Deseret News

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 07:10

Deseret News

Practice makes perfect? The key to breaking performance barriers
Deseret News
His research attracted wide attention in 2008, when Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers" popularized the “10,000-hour rule,” which held that any discipline — from playing the piano to jiu jitsu — takes 10,000 hours to master. ... In “Peak: Secrets from ...

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Google's DeepMind AI wants to make your smartphone virtual assistant better - Android Authority (blog)

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 06:39

Android Authority (blog)

Google's DeepMind AI wants to make your smartphone virtual assistant better
Android Authority (blog)
“Go has always been a holy grail for AI research,” DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis told The Verge in an interview following AlphaGo's first victory against Korean Go champion Lee Sedol this week (which has already been followed up by a second victory ...

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The Sadness and Beauty of Watching Google's AI Play Go - WIRED

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 06:02

Tech Insider (blog)

The Sadness and Beauty of Watching Google's AI Play Go
WIRED
The move in question was the 37th in the second game of the historic Go match between Lee Sedol, one of the world's top players, and AlphaGo, an artificially intelligent computing system built by researchers at Google. Inside the towering Four Seasons ...
Why Go is so much harder for AI to beat than chessTech Insider (blog)
Computer Beats Go World Champ, Leading Series 2-0ZME Science
Google's DeepMind AI wants to make your smartphone virtual assistant betterAndroid Authority (blog)
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How Kuato Studios is teaching kids through mobile games - Pocket Gamer.Biz

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 05:11

How Kuato Studios is teaching kids through mobile games
Pocket Gamer.Biz
“I think I've got a bronze swimming certificate somewhere,” Turvey offers, which doesn't impress quite as much as the fact that Kuato also holds a nominal base at the Stanford Research Institute in Palo Alto. These are the same people that developed ...

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With artificial intelligence having beaten humans in board games, what's next? - Los Angeles Times

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 05:00

Los Angeles Times

With artificial intelligence having beaten humans in board games, what's next?
Los Angeles Times
Games are typically chosen for the specific challenges that researchers want their AI to be able to overcome. With board games such as chess and Go, computer programs are put through the ringer to see if they can learn from past matches and determine ...

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After Go, Google AI has its eyes set on Starcraft - ZME Science

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 03:01

ZME Science

After Go, Google AI has its eyes set on Starcraft
ZME Science
Google's algorithm AlphaGo stunned the world by defeating Go legend Lee Se-dol yesterday, and winning another game today. After checkers, chess and now go, what's next? Well, Google engineers may have their eyes set on Starcraft – a strategy computer ...

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Computer Beats Go World Champ, Leading Series 2-0 - ZME Science

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 02:33

ZME Science

Computer Beats Go World Champ, Leading Series 2-0
ZME Science
In its essence, it's simpler than chess. There are no pieces that move or behave differently – all pieces -called stones – are equal. However, in terms of possible moves and outcomes, go is way, way more complex than chess. The total number of moves in ...

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Russia missed its chance to be more like America - The Japan Times

Chess Research - Fri, 03/11/2016 - 01:46

Russia missed its chance to be more like America
The Japan Times
The impact of the Shiller-Boycko research, despite its finding of some interesting attitudinal differences between Russians and Americans, was to demonstrate that this view was really not supported by evidence. Today, after 25 years of ... In a recent ...

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