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Beyond Chess: Computer Beats Human in Ancient Chinese Game - Sci-Tech Today

Chess Research - Fri, 01/29/2016 - 02:26

Sci-Tech Today

Beyond Chess: Computer Beats Human in Ancient Chinese Game
Sci-Tech Today
The program had taught itself how to win, and its developers say its learning strategy may someday let computers help solve real-world problems like making medical diagnoses and pursuing scientific research. The program and its victory are described in ...

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Harvard Scientists Just Created 4D Printing - Outer Places

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 19:02

Harvard Scientists Just Created 4D Printing
Outer Places
It seems like just yesterday that 3D printing became a thing. It looks like even that wasn't good enough, however, as Harvard scientists have already improved upon the concept by introducing an additional dimension to the concept: time.

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - The News International

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 18:30

The News International

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
The News International
In 1950, a mathematician Claude Shannon published his research “Programming a Computer for Playing Chess” in which he estimated the number of all possible chess moves. He based his calculation on a logical approximation that each game has an ...

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Alphabet's A.I. work passes Go, collects important milestone - New York Business Journal

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 13:55

New York Business Journal

Alphabet's A.I. work passes Go, collects important milestone
New York Business Journal
Alphabet's artificial intelligence (AI) research hit an important milestone on Wednesday when its program defeated a top-level Go player in a series of five matches. DeepMind, a research organization that operates within Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG ...
Zuckerberg Sides with AI as Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Mauls Human Go ChampionLearnBonds

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Zuckerberg Sides with AI as Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Mauls Human Go Champion - LearnBonds

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 12:59

LearnBonds

Zuckerberg Sides with AI as Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Mauls Human Go Champion
LearnBonds
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) can't seem to get on smoothly as both firms engage in rivalry in the AI field. On Wednesday, DeepMind, an AI research group within Alphabet revealed that its AlphaGo AI ...

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Google's AlphaGo Artificial Itelligence Beats Go Champion 5-0 In Big Step Forward For AI - CardPlayer.com

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 12:55

Science Magazine

Google's AlphaGo Artificial Itelligence Beats Go Champion 5-0 In Big Step Forward For AI
CardPlayer.com
To draw attention to the research the programs are often pitted against human players who are masters of certain games, with chess computer Deep Blue playing Garry Kasparov in the late 1990's and more recent battles between top poker pros and AI's like ...
Way To Go - Machine Outclasses Go ChampionNasdaq

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Beyond Chess: Computer Beats Human in Ancient Chinese Game - Sci-Tech Today

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 11:43

Beyond Chess: Computer Beats Human in Ancient Chinese Game
Sci-Tech Today
The program had taught itself how to win, and its developers say its learning strategy may someday let computers help solve real-world problems like making medical diagnoses and pursuing scientific research. The program and its victory are described in ...

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9 Things You Didn't Know About The College Music Market - Digital Music News

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 11:41

9 Things You Didn't Know About The College Music Market
Digital Music News
Of course you could get “booked” by the chess club to play their spring dance for $100 or the college radio station for their fundraising event for $250 and lots of spins, but the big money comes from the university's entertainment budget. Nearly all 4 ...

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Watch Stephen Hawking call Paul Rudd a nerd in this mythic game of “quantum chess” - Quartz

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 11:08

Slate Magazine

Watch Stephen Hawking call Paul Rudd a nerd in this mythic game of “quantum chess
Quartz
Here's something you don't see everyday: a famed theoretical physicist taking on a popular American actor in an epic chess match. But it's not any old game of chess—this is quantum chess. Normal chess is hard enough to master, but it becomes another ...
Stephen Hawking Takes on Paul Rudd at Quantum Chess... and LosesNewsweek
Paul Rudd and Stephen Hawking Face-Off in a Game of Quantum Chess, Narrated by Keanu ReevesOuter Places

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IHA's Judy Colitz Passes Away - Gifts & Decorative Accessories

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 09:19

Gifts & Decorative Accessories

IHA's Judy Colitz Passes Away
Gifts & Decorative Accessories
“During her 22 years at IHA, she touched many lives through her work with the HCF and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), CORE, CHESS and mother member services administered. We have lost a devoted colleague and friend,” said Phil ...

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13 Things to Know About the Alpha Generation - AdAge.com

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 09:00

13 Things to Know About the Alpha Generation
AdAge.com
I have spent thousands of hours observing one member of the Alpha Generation, and I have done meticulous ethnographic research on her peers in playdates, at family gatherings, and at the cutest baby ballet classes ever. ... Want to play chess with them ...

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IHA's Judy Colitz Dies - Gourmet Retailer

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 08:40

Gourmet Retailer

IHA's Judy Colitz Dies
Gourmet Retailer
“During her 22 years at IHA, she touched many lives through her work with the HCF and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, CORE, CHESS and the other member services she administered. We have lost a devoted colleague and friend.” “The Breast ...

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DC community calendar, Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 2016 - Washington Post

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 08:22

DC community calendar, Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 2016
Washington Post
202-727-1488. Free. Chess for kids Master chess instructor guides you from learning the basics to advancing your level of skill. Thursdays at 5 p.m. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut ... 202-939-5946. Free. Breast cancer advances Anne Favret ...

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Stephen Hawking Takes on Paul Rudd at Quantum Chess... and Loses - Newsweek

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 07:29

Entertainment Weekly

Stephen Hawking Takes on Paul Rudd at Quantum Chess... and Loses
Newsweek
The eminent, world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has taken on the goofy, comic actor Paul Rudd at a game of quantum chess—and lost. In a short film called Anyone Can Quantum, Hawking and Rudd face off in an online battle designed to explain ...
Paul Rudd and Stephen Hawking Face-Off in a Game of Quantum Chess, Narrated by Keanu ReevesOuter Places

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Google's Go triumph is a milestone for artificial intelligence research - Phys.Org

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 06:43

Phys.Org

Google's Go triumph is a milestone for artificial intelligence research
Phys.Org
Computer games have been a crucial test bed for developing and testing new AI techniques – the "lab rat" of our research. This has led to superhuman players in checkers, chess, Scrabble, backgammon and more recently, simple forms of poker.
Google's AI beats a professional Go player, an industry firstVentureBeat
Program by Alphabet Beats a Human Professional at GoNew York Times
In a Huge Breakthrough, Google's AI Beats a Top Player at the Game of GoWIRED
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Facebook AI Go Player Gets Smarter With Neural Network And Long-Term Prediction To Master World's Hardest Game - Tech Times

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 04:55

Tech Times

Facebook AI Go Player Gets Smarter With Neural Network And Long-Term Prediction To Master World's Hardest Game
Tech Times
The social media company recently published a research paper showcasing the progress it made with the DarkForest bots, which use a synergy of methods to be the best Go players available. Yuandong Tian and Yan Zhu, AI researchers at Facebook, explain ...

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Way To Go - Machine Outclasses Go Champion - Nasdaq

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 04:50

Way To Go - Machine Outclasses Go Champion
Nasdaq
(RTTNews.com) - Yet another milestone has been carved in artificial intelligence research - with a computer program defeating a human professional player in the ancient game of Go, which is considered to be more complex than Chess. As you may know, ...

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Does the 'Chinese room' argument preclude a robot uprising? - OUPblog (blog)

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 04:32

Does the 'Chinese room' argument preclude a robot uprising?
OUPblog (blog)
In this blog series, Olle Häggström, author of Here Be Dragons, explores the risks and benefits of advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and machine intelligence. In this third and final post, Olle challenges John Searle's 'Chinese room' argument ...

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What seductive lies are investors telling themselves today? - MoneyWeek

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 04:01

MoneyWeek

What seductive lies are investors telling themselves today?
MoneyWeek
But here's why Go matters for AI research, and why it's been seen as a 'tough' problem. Chess is difficult. But you can win using “brute force'. A computer can calculate every potential combination of moves, then pick the best one given the current ...

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Pro football and a math PhD: Juggling two worlds - The MIT Tech

Chess Research - Thu, 01/28/2016 - 01:32

Pro football and a math PhD: Juggling two worlds
The MIT Tech
The Tech: What are your research interests? Do you consider yourself more of an ... Because I love the things I do, I like doing them all day, and somehow I find time to do math, do football, play some chess sometimes, and sleep. So, lots of hours in ...

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