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Ex-engineer attacks 'shaming' - Albany Times Union

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 21:40

Albany Times Union

Ex-engineer attacks 'shaming'
Albany Times Union
An online resume says he was a competitive chess player and held research positions at Harvard, Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An online CV and Facebook profile suggest Damore hails from suburban Chicago.
Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and OutNew York Times
Google engineer fired over memo is a UI grad, Bronze Tablet scholarChampaign/Urbana News-Gazette

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How artificial intelligence will transform higher education - Robohub

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 16:02

Robohub

How artificial intelligence will transform higher education
Robohub
As AI surpasses human abilities in Go and poker – two decades after Deep Blue trounced chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov – it is seeping into our lives in ever more profound ways. It affects the way we search the web, receive medical advice and whether ...

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DeepMind Targets Starcraft II for Its Next Research Milestone - Yahoo Finance UK

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 12:39

Yahoo Finance UK

DeepMind Targets Starcraft II for Its Next Research Milestone
Yahoo Finance UK
DeepMind, the Alphabet Inc. owned artificial intelligence company best known for creating software capable of beating the world's best players at the strategy game Go, has targeted the science fiction video game Starcraft II as its next big research ...
DeepMind and Blizzard release new tools to train AI using StarcraftThe Verge
Blizzard and DeepMind release StarCraft II AI toolsetZDNet

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A Practical Solution To Fulfill The Duty of Care - WealthManagement.com

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 12:31

A Practical Solution To Fulfill The Duty of Care
WealthManagement.com
The robo-analysts' research makes advisors more effective than either a standalone human or a robo advisor in the same way that a human chess player aided by a machine is better than either one on its own. What Should A Prudent Man Or Institution Do?

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DeepMind Targets Starcraft II for Its Next Research Milestone - Bloomberg

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 12:15

Bloomberg

DeepMind Targets Starcraft II for Its Next Research Milestone
Bloomberg
DeepMind, the Alphabet Inc. owned artificial intelligence company best known for creating software capable of beating the world's best players at the strategy game Go, has targeted the science fiction video game Starcraft II as its next big research ...
DeepMind and Blizzard release new tools to train AI using StarcraftThe Verge

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DeepMind and Blizzard release new tools to train AI using Starcraft - The Verge

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 12:00

The Verge

DeepMind and Blizzard release new tools to train AI using Starcraft
The Verge
Last year, DeepMind said it was going to work with Starcraft creator Blizzard to turn the space-based strategy game into a proper research environment for AI engineers, and today, that software is being released to the public. The toolkit from DeepMind ...
DeepMind's AI is Struggling to Beat Starcraft IIBloomberg
DeepMind and Blizzard open StarCraft II as an AI research environment | DeepMindDeepMind
GitHub - Blizzard/s2client-proto: StarCraft II Client - protocol definitions used to communicate with StarCraft II.GitHub
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Demystifying the Black Box That Is AI - Scientific American

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 08:15

Scientific American

Demystifying the Black Box That Is AI
Scientific American
“[Deep neural nets] can be really good but they can also fail in mysterious ways,” says Anders Sandberg, a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute. “People are starting to wake up to the realization that you ...

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Fired Google Engineer: Gender Memo Was My Response to 'Group-Think' - Fortune

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 07:56

Fortune

Fired Google Engineer: Gender Memo Was My Response to 'Group-Think'
Fortune
An online resume says he was a competitive chess player and held research positions at Harvard, Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An online CV and Facebook profile suggest Damore hails from suburban Chicago.
Google engineer fired over memo is a UI grad, Bronze Tablet scholarChampaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and OutNew York Times

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Fired Google Engineer: Gender Memo Was My Response to 'Group-Think' - Yahoo Finance

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 07:55

Yahoo Finance

Fired Google Engineer: Gender Memo Was My Response to 'Group-Think'
Yahoo Finance
An online resume says he was a competitive chess player and held research positions at Harvard, Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An online CV and Facebook profile suggest Damore hails from suburban Chicago.

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“The greatest lesson was simply to let the music happen": DiS Meets Elise LeGrow - Drowned In Sound

Wed, 08/09/2017 - 05:45

Drowned In Sound

“The greatest lesson was simply to let the music happen": DiS Meets Elise LeGrow
Drowned In Sound
Working with The Root's QuestLove and S-Curve Records founder, Steve Greenberg and R&B legend, Betty Wright, LeGrow's soulful re-workings of the Chess back-catalogue bring some of the most iconic songs from music's history to a new generation. Speaking ...

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Damore Went From Intern to Pariah in Google Tenure Ended by Memo - Yahoo Finance

Tue, 08/08/2017 - 19:38

Yahoo Finance

Damore Went From Intern to Pariah in Google Tenure Ended by Memo
Yahoo Finance
The Google Inc. logo hangs illuminated at the company's exhibition stand at the Dmexco digital marketing conference in Cologne, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016. Dmexco is a two-day global business and digital economy innovation platform, ...
Google engineer fired over memo is a UI grad, Bronze Tablet scholarChampaign/Urbana News-Gazette
Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and OutNew York Times

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Damore Went From Intern to Pariah in Google Tenure Ended by Memo - Bloomberg

Tue, 08/08/2017 - 19:18

Bloomberg

Damore Went From Intern to Pariah in Google Tenure Ended by Memo
Bloomberg
An online resume says he was a competitive chess player and held research positions at Harvard, Princeton and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An online CV and Facebook profile suggest Damore hails from suburban Chicago. His Facebook ...
Contentious Memo Strikes Nerve Inside Google and OutNew York Times

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Dress for Chess: Audra Noyes Wins Design Contest - WWD

Tue, 08/08/2017 - 15:12

WWD

Dress for Chess: Audra Noyes Wins Design Contest
WWD
Her winning chess “uniform” was chosen by a panel of judges including New York-based designer Timo Weiland, research chair of fashion at Parsons School of Design Dr. Hazel Clark, St. Louis Post-Dispatch fashion editor Debra Bass, chess grand master ...

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How Google is making music with artificial intelligence - Science Magazine

Tue, 08/08/2017 - 14:48

Science Magazine

How Google is making music with artificial intelligence
Science Magazine
Last year, Google launched Magenta, a research project aimed at pushing the limits of what AI can do in the arts. Science spoke with Douglas Eck, the team's ... But I don't see that chess-playing computers have devalued the game. People still love to play!

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Osprey Medical raises $18m - Mass Device

Tue, 08/08/2017 - 13:55

Mass Device

Osprey Medical raises $18m
Mass Device
... R&D, Osprey medical said. Last August, Osprey Medical said it raised $21.3 million (AUD $28 million) through the sale of CHESS depository interests to support the expanded commercialization of its DyVert System and ongoing research and development.

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Global Digital Twin Technology Industry - satPRnews (press release)

Tue, 08/08/2017 - 05:33

Global Digital Twin Technology Industry
satPRnews (press release)
WiseGuyReports has announced the addition of a new market intelligence report to its repository titled “Global Digital Twin Technology Market Size, Status and Forecast 2022”. The research report presents a comprehensive overview of market and growth ...

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'Rules of Life' outlines path to predicting phenotype - National Science Foundation (press release)

Mon, 08/07/2017 - 23:12

National Science Foundation (press release)

'Rules of Life' outlines path to predicting phenotype
National Science Foundation (press release)
The NSF-produced audio documentary "The Rules of Life" shows how NSF and the research community are working toward building that world, by solving the riddle of predicting phenotype. The biggest gap in biological knowledge is our inability to look at ...

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'Rules of Life' outlines path to predicting phenotype - National Science Foundation (press release)

Mon, 08/07/2017 - 23:12

National Science Foundation (press release)

'Rules of Life' outlines path to predicting phenotype
National Science Foundation (press release)
The NSF-produced audio documentary "The Rules of Life" shows how NSF and the research community are working toward building that world, by solving the riddle of predicting phenotype. The biggest gap in biological knowledge is our inability to look at ...

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Community news - Chicago Tribune

Mon, 08/07/2017 - 12:05

Community news
Chicago Tribune
DunesAction! will hold a public meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The Baugher Center, formerly the Westchester Public Library Service Center,100 E. Indiana Ave., Chesterton. The purpose of the meeting is to update supporters on the current status of the ...

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Fight Science: Experts are made in the correct weight class - Bloody Elbow

Mon, 08/07/2017 - 11:02

Bloody Elbow

Fight Science: Experts are made in the correct weight class
Bloody Elbow
Though filled with many intelligent athletes, coaches, and complex techniques akin to physical chess, MMA is often perceived as a violent and dangerous sport because of the apparent visceral and gladiatorial nature of this combat spectacle. ... More ...

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