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The Beckley Foundation Intends To Study Links Between Microdosing LSD And Creativity - Forbes

Mon, 02/26/2018 - 14:53

Forbes

The Beckley Foundation Intends To Study Links Between Microdosing LSD And Creativity
Forbes
My call to action was that somebody - anybody - needed to get the funding to conduct such research. I'm excited to say my call is being answered. The Beckley Foundation has been at the forefront of global drug policy reform and scientific research into ...

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Artificial intelligence techniques reconstruct mysteries of quantum systems - Phys.Org

Mon, 02/26/2018 - 10:00

Phys.Org

Artificial intelligence techniques reconstruct mysteries of quantum systems
Phys.Org
Complex systems that would require thousands of years to reconstruct with previous methods could be wholly analyzed in a matter of hours. The research will benefit the development of quantum computers and other applications of quantum mechanics, the ...

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Saquon Barkley on growing up a Jets fan, playing with Odell and taking up chess - New York Post

Sat, 02/24/2018 - 12:18

New York Post

Saquon Barkley on growing up a Jets fan, playing with Odell and taking up chess
New York Post
Definitely, I would say LT [Lawrence Taylor] from the Giants — not saying I would beat him — or a guy like Ray Lewis. It would be a fun game going against a linebacker like him and LT. I'm not over here calling them out, though, trust me (laugh). Q ...

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Asia-Pacific Chess market 2018: research in-depth analysis, manufacturers, and forecasts to 2022 - satPRnews (press release)

Sat, 02/24/2018 - 03:43

Asia-Pacific Chess market 2018: research in-depth analysis, manufacturers, and forecasts to 2022
satPRnews (press release)
In 2018, the market is immensely affected by bans imposed on the use of Chess on roads across several cities of some major countries such as New York and California in Asia-Pacific, New South Wales in Australia, Asia-Pacific, Dubai, etc. However, the ...

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AlphaZero just wants to play - Phys.Org

Fri, 02/23/2018 - 08:15

Phys.Org

AlphaZero just wants to play
Phys.Org
I think that AI research and its advocates have cried wolf too often – meaning that now, people don't tend to see the value of real successes and genuine breakthroughs. But the wolf is really here, and it has a name: AlphaZero. AlphaZero, a computer ...

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Dominating Chess Market Size Estimation, Strategy Analysis and Forecast 2021 - Investor Opinion

Fri, 02/23/2018 - 05:36

Dominating Chess Market Size Estimation, Strategy Analysis and Forecast 2021
Investor Opinion
Chess Market split by Types: Type 1, Type 2, Type 3 and more. Secondly, through the statistical research, Chess Market report depicts the analysis of global Industry Manufacturers, Product differentiation, Strategic Market, Development Trend, Sales ...

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AlphaZero just wants to play - Phys.Org

Fri, 02/23/2018 - 02:00
AlphaZero just wants to play  Phys.Org

Artificial intelligence is continually hyped up, but disappears from view again just as quickly. Roger Wattenhofer explains why that might soon change.

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Mobile health program improved addiction outcomes despite low clinician engagement - MobiHealthNews

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 14:58

Mobile health program improved addiction outcomes despite low clinician engagement
MobiHealthNews
The mobile health program employed in the study, called Seva, was developed by the researchers for a previous investigation. Drawing from two pre-existing systems — the web- and mobile-based Therapeutic Education System for addiction treatment and the ...

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Elon Musk leaves board of AI safety group to avoid conflict of interest with Tesla - The Verge

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:57

The Verge

Elon Musk leaves board of AI safety group to avoid conflict of interest with Tesla
The Verge
Its research has been wide-ranging, including teaching computers to control robots with minimal instruction (known as “one-shot learning”) and the creation of AI agents to play popular video game Dota (a more daunting challenge than board games like ...

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Why Self-Taught Artificial Intelligence Has Trouble With the Real World - Quanta Magazine

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:02

Quanta Magazine

Why Self-Taught Artificial Intelligence Has Trouble With the Real World
Quanta Magazine
To beat Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997, IBM engineers distilled centuries of chess wisdom into a formula that was hard-wired into their Deep Blue computer. In 2016, Google DeepMind's AlphaGo thrashed champion Lee Sedol at the ancient board game Go ...

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Will Machines Become Smarter Than Man? - Edgy Labs (blog)

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 06:34

Edgy Labs (blog)

Will Machines Become Smarter Than Man?
Edgy Labs (blog)
Ray Kurzweil, a futurist, claims that AI will become billions of times smarter than humans. In a classic case of “if you can't beat them, join them,” Ray says humans will have to merge with AI to survive. Digital Information World recently published an ...

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Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be' - The Independent

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 05:31

The Independent

Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be'
The Independent
“At the time, I was falling in love with her and her music but I wasn't aware that she was on the Chess label. It was kind of a pleasant surprise when I went digging for songs for this record, to find her name amongst them.” As well as James, LeGrow ...

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Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be' - The Independent

Wed, 02/21/2018 - 05:31

The Independent

Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be'
The Independent
LeGrow started singing almost at the same time as she began speaking according to her mother – unsurprising when you learn she is from a family of musicians, one of whom played in Chicago during Chess' peak era. “Music definitely runs in the family ...

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An Australian university has introduced a course that tries to explain blockchain - Business Insider

Tue, 02/20/2018 - 15:24

Business Insider

An Australian university has introduced a course that tries to explain blockchain
Business Insider
... and research with industry partners, into applications for banking, insurance, trade logistics, healthcare, and creative industries. Blockchain uses computers with advanced encryption to keep track of transactions, giving confidence to both buyers ...

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Smart chess board moves its own pieces - Electronics Weekly (blog)

Tue, 02/20/2018 - 12:13

Electronics Weekly (blog)

Smart chess board moves its own pieces
Electronics Weekly (blog)
This is a good one – a chess board that moves its own pieces so you can play with physical pieces and a virtual opponent, be it a remote player or the systems own moves. Recommended Articles. Apple HomePod smart speaker resists its teardown · Folding ...

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Are African Board Games a Key to African Excellence? - Black Enterprise

Mon, 02/19/2018 - 09:09

Black Enterprise

Are African Board Games a Key to African Excellence?
Black Enterprise
Last week, I wrote about research that shows that African immigrants are more highly educated than native-born Americans. Now I wonder if one reason for their propensity toward success is their cultural and historical use of board games. An article on ...

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Are African Board Games a Key to African Excellence? - Black Enterprise

Mon, 02/19/2018 - 09:01

Black Enterprise

Are African Board Games a Key to African Excellence?
Black Enterprise
Last week, I wrote about research that shows that African immigrants are more highly educated than native-born Americans. Now I wonder if one reason for their propensity toward success is their cultural and historical use of board games. An article on ...

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The country breeding a generation of chess whizz kids – BBC on ... - Armenpress.am

Mon, 02/19/2018 - 03:37

Armenpress.am

The country breeding a generation of chess whizz kids – BBC on ...
Armenpress.am
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. BBC has published an article on Armenia as the first country to have introduced compulsory chess lessons in schools since 2011. “With a population of a little over three million, Armenia has one of the highest numbers of chess grandmasters, per capita, in the world”, the article ...

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Armenia breeds a generation of chess whizz kids: BBC ... - PanARMENIAN.Net

Mon, 02/19/2018 - 03:00

PanARMENIAN.Net

Armenia breeds a generation of chess whizz kids: BBC ...
PanARMENIAN.Net
Through their dedication, Mikhael and thousands more children here have helped put Armenia on the chess-playing map, the article says.
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