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Animal Rights Group Alleges Yerkes Negligence - The Emory Wheel

Wed, 10/26/2016 - 14:42

Animal Rights Group Alleges Yerkes Negligence
The Emory Wheel
A monkey died last winter at Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center, marking the third primate death at Yerkes after which animal rights group Stop Animal Exploitation Now (SAEN) has alleged negligence since December 2014.

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AI and robots aren't gunning for your job, White House economist says - CIO

Wed, 10/26/2016 - 13:36

CIO

AI and robots aren't gunning for your job, White House economist says
CIO
The federal government's research budget isn't likely to grow significantly, but it can be "smarter" about using the funds it has, Furman said. Expect more government projects like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency self-driving vehicle ...

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AI and robots aren't gunning for your job, White House economist says - PCWorld

Wed, 10/26/2016 - 13:36

PCWorld

AI and robots aren't gunning for your job, White House economist says
PCWorld
U.S. government R&D spending has not kept up with the economic growth since the 1960s, but the government still funds more than half of the basic research being done in the country, he said. The federal government's research budget isn't likely to grow ...

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Drones with AI can identify armed and unarmed people at a mock middle east compound - Next Big Future

Wed, 10/26/2016 - 12:02

Next Big Future

Drones with AI can identify armed and unarmed people at a mock middle east compound
Next Big Future
Mr. Work believes a lesson learned in chess can be applied to the battlefield, and he envisions a military supercharged by artificial intelligence. Brilliant computers would transform ordinary commanders into master tacticians. American soldiers would ...

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Passing Go: Augmented Intelligence and the Improvement, not Replacement, of Us - EnterpriseTech

Wed, 10/26/2016 - 09:20

EnterpriseTech

Passing Go: Augmented Intelligence and the Improvement, not Replacement, of Us
EnterpriseTech
Moreover, when chess tournaments opened participation to groups of humans working with computers, we learned that human collaboration, great computer interfaces, and the decision-making process was far superior to the best AI by itself. Kasparov ...

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The humans behind Mechanical Turk's artificial intelligence - Financial Times

Wed, 10/26/2016 - 06:57

Financial Times

The humans behind Mechanical Turk's artificial intelligence
Financial Times
A recent study from the Pew Research Center found that one in two Turkers has a college degree, compared with a third of the US workforce overall. “The biggest surprise was probably the ... Mechanical Turk takes its name from a chess-playing machine ...

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The Pentagon's 'Terminator conundrum': Robots that could kill on their own - Economic Times

Wed, 10/26/2016 - 05:40

The Pentagon's 'Terminator conundrum': Robots that could kill on their own
Economic Times
Defense officials say the weapons are needed for the United States to maintain its military edge over China, Russia and other rivals, who are also pouring money into similar research (as are allies, such as Britain and Israel). The Pentagon's latest ...

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The Pentagon's 'terminator conundrum': Robots that could kill on their own - Alaska Dispatch News

Tue, 10/25/2016 - 21:05

The Pentagon's 'terminator conundrum': Robots that could kill on their own
Alaska Dispatch News
Jacob Regenstein, an engineer, holds a fake rifle while testing an airborne autonomous drone at Joint Base Cape Cod, Mass., on Aug. 25. The U.S. has put artificial intelligence at the center of its defense strategy, with weapons that can identify ...

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The Pentagon's 'Terminator Conundrum': Robots that could kill on their own - Houston Chronicle

Tue, 10/25/2016 - 18:22

The Pentagon's 'Terminator Conundrum': Robots that could kill on their own
Houston Chronicle
Defense officials say the weapons are needed for the United States to maintain its military edge over China, Russia and other rivals, who are also pouring money into similar research (as are allies, such as Britain and Israel). The Pentagon's latest ...

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How to Plan the Content for Your New Blog - The Dough Roller

Tue, 10/25/2016 - 10:48

How to Plan the Content for Your New Blog
The Dough Roller
If you've been following this podcast series, you've heard me mention my hypothetical chess blog. I don't have one, ... Whether it's a topic you're familiar with (and know a lot about), or one in which you'll need to do some research, the starting ...

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In The Esports Era, Chess Is Alive And Thriving - Forbes

Tue, 10/25/2016 - 08:37

In The Esports Era, Chess Is Alive And Thriving
Forbes
Next month, the World Chess Championship will be played in New York City between the reigning champ, 25-year-old Magnus Carlsen, and 26-year-old Sergey Karjakin, who still holds the record as the youngest person to become a grandmaster at the age of 12 ...

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Facebook Inc: This Could Be Huge For FB Stock - Profit Confidential

Tue, 10/25/2016 - 04:41

Profit Confidential

Facebook Inc: This Could Be Huge For FB Stock
Profit Confidential
The platform will allow users to do anything that they could do if they were actually with one another, including playing cards or chess, or even fencing with sabers. (Source: Ibid.) If VR is the next computing platform, it certainly isn't the only ...

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Time Warner bid is just one move in AT&T's bold game of 3D chess - Rethink Research (subscription)

Tue, 10/25/2016 - 03:28

Time Warner bid is just one move in AT&T's bold game of 3D chess
Rethink Research (subscription)
All over the world, network operators are racing to escape the bit-pipe trap. The value attached to the access provided by their fixed and mobile networks has been steadily eroded, in the eyes of consumers, service providers and shareholders. The ...

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20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard - WNYC

Tue, 10/25/2016 - 01:27

20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard
WNYC
Next month, there's a world chess championship match in New York City, and the two competitors, the assembled grandmasters, the budding chess prodigies, the older chess fans — everyone paying attention — will know this indisputable fact: A computer ...

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20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard - WKNO FM

Mon, 10/24/2016 - 16:45

WKNO FM

20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard
WKNO FM
Next month, there's a world chess championship match in New York City, and the two competitors, the assembled grandmasters, the budding chess prodigies, the older chess fans — everyone paying attention — will know this indisputable fact: A computer ...

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20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard - NPR

Mon, 10/24/2016 - 16:37

NPR

20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard
NPR
Next month, there's a world chess championship match in New York City, and the two competitors, the assembled grandmasters, the budding chess prodigies, the older chess fans — everyone paying attention — will know this indisputable fact: A computer ...

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20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard - NPR

Mon, 10/24/2016 - 16:36

20 Years Later, Humans Still No Match For Computers On The Chessboard
NPR
Next month, there's a world chess championship match in New York City, and the two competitors, the assembled grandmasters, the budding chess prodigies, the older chess fans — everyone paying attention — will know this indisputable fact: A computer ...

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First Computer to Match Humans in Conversational Speech Recognition - MIT Technology Review

Mon, 10/24/2016 - 13:32

MIT Technology Review

First Computer to Match Humans in Conversational Speech Recognition
MIT Technology Review
First there was chess, then Jeopardy!, then Go, then object recognition, face recognition, and video gaming in general. You could be forgiven for thinking that humans are becoming obsolete. ... Today, Geoff Zweig and buddies at Microsoft Research in ...

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Making Sense of AT&T's Bid for Time Warner - New York Times

Sun, 10/23/2016 - 22:07

New York Times

Making Sense of AT&T's Bid for Time Warner
New York Times
“Let's be honest, prices aren't going to go down because of this,” said Rich Greenfield, a media analyst at BTIG Research. “I don't think vertical integration lends itself to consumer benefits.” Already, Donald J. .... In the chess game that is the ...
Here's Why AT&T and Time Warner Is Worse Than the AOL-Time Warner DealFortune

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WTF is machine learning? - TechCrunch

Sun, 10/23/2016 - 22:01

TechCrunch

WTF is machine learning?
TechCrunch
From our science fiction to our research labs, we have long questioned whether the creation of artificial versions of ourselves will somehow help us uncover the origin of our own consciousness, and more broadly, our role on earth. Unfortunately, the ...

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