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State of Sciences to bring hands-on education to Hunt - N.C. State University Technician Online

Tue, 04/10/2018 - 20:08

N.C. State University Technician Online

State of Sciences to bring hands-on education to Hunt
N.C. State University Technician Online
“But we're moving things around, and we have new things like rockets and a chess-playing robot. The library staff is doing green screen filming in the media studio on the fourth floor.” The event, which is part of the North Carolina Science Festival ...

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Will There Be Another AI Winter? - CTOvision (blog)

Tue, 04/10/2018 - 09:26

CTOvision (blog)

Will There Be Another AI Winter?
CTOvision (blog)
Much of the early AI research and development stemmed from the burgeoning field of computer science, and AI research built upon these exponential improvements in computing technology. This combined with funding from government, academic, and military ...

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Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Director Robert Chess Sells 25000 Shares of Stock - Macon Daily

Tue, 04/10/2018 - 05:21

Macon Daily

Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Director Robert Chess Sells 25000 Shares of Stock
Macon Daily
NKTR has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Mizuho set a $89.00 price objective on Nektar Therapeutics and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 29th. Jefferies Group upped their price objective on ...
Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Director Sells $2303500.00 in StockStockNewsTimes
Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) Given Buy Rating at HC Wainwrightregistrarjournal.com

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All the things you're best at in your teens, 20s, 30s, and 40s - INSIDER

Mon, 04/09/2018 - 20:51

INSIDER

All the things you're best at in your teens, 20s, 30s, and 40s
INSIDER
According to the 37 percent rule of statistics, at 26, you've met enough people to have some solid options without waiting so long that everyone begins pairing off without you. Research also shows that divorce rates are lowest for couples who marry ...

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Dungeons and Dragons, not chess and Go: why AI needs roleplay - Big Think (blog)

Mon, 04/09/2018 - 14:56

Big Think (blog)

Dungeons and Dragons, not chess and Go: why AI needs roleplay
Big Think (blog)
Of course, this is just a playful thought experiment, but it does highlight the flaws in certain models of intelligence. First, it reveals how intelligence has to work across a variety of environments. D&D participants can inhabit many characters in ...
Dungeons and Dragons, Not Chess and Go: Why AI Needs Role ...The Wire

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Simon Singh: 'Science doesn't dictate policy but policy shouldn't ignore science' - The Sofia Globe

Mon, 04/09/2018 - 12:53

The Sofia Globe

Simon Singh: 'Science doesn't dictate policy but policy shouldn't ignore science'
The Sofia Globe
A keen chess player who thoroughly enjoys playing the game with his older son, Singh says that he has held the belief that chess has a beneficial effect on the development of the brains of young people – preparing them, for instance, to engage with ...

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Dungeons and Dragons, Not Chess and Go: Why AI Needs Role Play - The Wire

Mon, 04/09/2018 - 03:15

The Wire

Dungeons and Dragons, Not Chess and Go: Why AI Needs Role Play
The Wire
The late Robert Wilensky, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and a leading figure in AI, offered one reason why this might be. Computer scientists 'looked around at who the smartest people were, and they were themselves, of course ...

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Dungeons and Dragons, not chess and Go: why AI needs roleplay - Big Think

Mon, 04/09/2018 - 02:00
Dungeons and Dragons, not chess and Go: why AI needs roleplay  Big Think

Instead of beating adversaries in games, we might learn more about intelligence if we tried to teach artificial agents to play together as we do: as paladins and elf ...

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How Ed Tech Is Exploiting Students - The Chronicle of Higher Education

Sun, 04/08/2018 - 19:02

The Chronicle of Higher Education

How Ed Tech Is Exploiting Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education
In the late 1700s, a Hungarian inventor named Wolfgang von Kempelen debuted a machine he called "The Mechanical Turk." It was purported to be an automaton capable of playing chess, and during its reign it defeated opponents such as Napoleon Bonaparte ...

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AI transcribes words users 'speak silently' - Digital Journal

Sat, 04/07/2018 - 05:10

Digital Journal

AI transcribes words users 'speak silently'
Digital Journal
The device forms part of a silent-computing system intended to allow the user undetectably pose and receive answers to difficult computational problems. In a test the researchers asked subjects to silently report opponents' moves in a chess game. The ...

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MIT researchers develop tech to transcribe the words you're thinking - TechRepublic

Fri, 04/06/2018 - 09:28

BT.com

MIT researchers develop tech to transcribe the words you're thinking
TechRepublic
They initially tested the software during a chess game, with the user silently verbalizing his opponents' moves and an AI algorithm responding with moves the user should make. The devices are constantly learning, correlating more neuromuscular signals ...
The mind-reading AlterEgo headset (almost) promises telepathy with AlexaYahoo News

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Researchers develop device that can 'hear' your internal voice - The Guardian

Fri, 04/06/2018 - 07:22

The Guardian

Researchers develop device that can 'hear' your internal voice
The Guardian
Kapur and team are currently working on collecting data to improve recognition and widen the number of words AlterEgo can detect. It can already be used to control a basic user interface such as the Roku streaming system, moving and selecting content ...

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MIT's AlterEgo headset reads your face to see words you're only saying in your mind - ZDNet

Fri, 04/06/2018 - 06:47

ZDNet

MIT's AlterEgo headset reads your face to see words you're only saying in your mind
ZDNet
MIT researchers have developed a headset that can identify words you think of but don't actually say, by reading signals the brain sends to the face and jaw during internal speech. The AlterEgo headset captures the neuromuscular signals that occur when ...

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Global Chess Market 2018 – Official Staunton, The House of Staunton , ChessSUA, Yiwu Linsai - New Mexico Courier Express

Fri, 04/06/2018 - 05:07

Global Chess Market 2018 – Official Staunton, The House of Staunton , ChessSUA, Yiwu Linsai
New Mexico Courier Express
The report covered by MRS Research Group provides information that is gathered from different essential and optional assets. The information gathered was approved from the business investigator which makes the record a valuable for supervisors ...

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MIT's 'mind-reading' device brings us closer to sending texts with our brains - TechRadar

Fri, 04/06/2018 - 04:04

TechRadar

MIT's 'mind-reading' device brings us closer to sending texts with our brains
TechRadar
Using your hands to press buttons on a screen is so 20th century. Thankfully, we're edging closer to a totally hands-free device with each month that passes. While most of the brain-computer interface devices that we've seen up until this point use EEG ...

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On the origins of chess (1/5) - Chessbase News

Fri, 04/06/2018 - 02:00
On the origins of chess (1/5)  Chessbase News

In September 2017, in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sergio Negri, a researcher specialized in chess of Argentine origin, completed an epic treatise on the ...

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15 questions about MIT's new mind-reading device - Quartz

Thu, 04/05/2018 - 13:25

Quartz

15 questions about MIT's new mind-reading device
Quartz
Can I use this to trick people into thinking I'm really good at chess? Can I use this to trick people into thinking I'm really good at a foreign language I have never studied, by getting it to take my thoughts and transmit the translation through face ...

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On Chess: The 169-year-old modern chess set - St. Louis Public Radio

Thu, 04/05/2018 - 11:30

On Chess: The 169-year-old modern chess set
St. Louis Public Radio
A longtime chess fan and competitor, Jon Crumiller has amassed one of the greatest collections of antique chess sets in the world, which includes more than 600 sets originating from more than 40 countries. Crumillier is not only interested in acquiring ...

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Chess: How Kabera bounced back to win Easter tournament - The New Times

Thu, 04/05/2018 - 10:07

The New Times

Chess: How Kabera bounced back to win Easter tournament
The New Times
In chess, just like in life, things do not always go as planned and it's a sea of ups and downs but it is all about how we weather the storm and bounce back, Candidate Master (CM) Godfrey Kabera said after winning the Easter Open Chess Classic ...

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Dungeons and Dragons, Not Chess and Go: Why AI Needs Roleplay - Singularity Hub

Thu, 04/05/2018 - 04:56

Singularity Hub

Dungeons and Dragons, Not Chess and Go: Why AI Needs Roleplay
Singularity Hub
Meanwhile, AI researchers know that it's super difficult to get a well-trained algorithm to apply its insights in even slightly different domains—something that we humans manage surprisingly well. Second, D&D reminds us that intelligence is embodied ...

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