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Selley's Summer of Self-Improvement, Part Three: Selley gets serious - National Post

Wed, 08/17/2016 - 13:38

National Post

Selley's Summer of Self-Improvement, Part Three: Selley gets serious
National Post
CHESS. When I was a kid, I thought chess was for nerds — which is weird, in hindsight, because my best friend Ian played chess, and he wasn't a nerd, and in any event I wasn't exactly captaining the hockey team between clarinet lessons, math tutoring ...

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Ford's Future Is Driving Itself - NewCo Shift (registration)

Wed, 08/17/2016 - 13:25

NewCo Shift (registration)

Ford's Future Is Driving Itself
NewCo Shift (registration)
Machine learning — whether that means chess-champion computers, autonomous cars, or face-recognition programs — is only as good as the data it studies (Recode). The new generation of artificial intelligences learn by training on data ... But if ...

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How to Become the Best in the World at What You Do - Observer

Wed, 08/17/2016 - 12:08

Observer

How to Become the Best in the World at What You Do
Observer
Actually, he taught me more about academic writing and research in three months than most people learn through an entire PhD.With his help, I was easily able to get into the graduate school of my choice. I started blogging about 13 months .... He was a ...

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Are MLB baseballs juiced?: Between Innings - Waiting For Next Year

Wed, 08/17/2016 - 10:30

Waiting For Next Year

Are MLB baseballs juiced?: Between Innings
Waiting For Next Year
The Cleveland Indians (68-49) are a bit good at this game of baseball. The Chicago White Sox (56-62) gave the Indians their best shot with their ace left-handed starter Jose Quintana on the mound, but the Tribe still won the game, 3-1. Jason Kipnis (3 ...

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Gigaom Talks with Rodolphe Gelin about Robotics - Gigaom

Wed, 08/17/2016 - 08:54

Gigaom

Gigaom Talks with Rodolphe Gelin about Robotics
Gigaom
Rodolphe Gelin As a graduate of the School of Civil Engineering (l'Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées) and with a DEA in Artificial Intelligence, Rodolphe Gelin, EVP Chief Scientific Officer, SoftBank Robotics, has 20 years of experience in research with ...

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Awkward Hedge Funds and New Exchanges - Bloomberg

Wed, 08/17/2016 - 08:20

Awkward Hedge Funds and New Exchanges
Bloomberg
There are probably a lot of opportunities for artificial intelligence to replace human intelligence in a variety of investing functions, just as there are in chess or driving. Professionals probably have an advantage over amateurs in investing, just ...

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Community calendar from August 17 - Troy Record

Wed, 08/17/2016 - 00:28

Community calendar from August 17
Troy Record
This is a workshop/presentation on how to us the “FAN” (Friends-Associates-Neighbors) and alternative resources to get to the next stage in your family history research. Pamela Vittorio demos strategies and tips for using major websites but also ...

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Jared Leto Is Apparently Really Upset About Suicide Squad, Here's What Happened - Cinema Blend

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 16:20

Cinema Blend

Jared Leto Is Apparently Really Upset About Suicide Squad, Here's What Happened
Cinema Blend
Jared Leto is a tough artist to read. There are times when he can plunge himself into the Method style of acting, refusing to break character as The Joker (for example) to the point that he's sending his co-stars disgusting "gifts." And then later, he ...

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Artificial Intelligence and the Language Barrier - Discovery Institute

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 15:45

Artificial Intelligence and the Language Barrier
Discovery Institute
The research paper describing AlphaGo's programming is clear: AlphaGo is not that different from other game-playing computer programs. More or less, it looks at the current board position, rapidly explores possibly moves, evaluates their results, and ...

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Calling all coders: is AI coming for your job? - CIO

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 13:51

Calling all coders: is AI coming for your job?
CIO
Here is Dr. Arthur L. Samuel of IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York: “This problem [of machine learning] should ... And a final example: 2016's sensational achievements of Google's AlphaGo machine in beating one of the top two Go champions ...

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How Smart Am I? 7 Science-Backed Signs Of High Intelligence - Medical Daily

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 12:44

Medical Daily

How Smart Am I? 7 Science-Backed Signs Of High Intelligence
Medical Daily
Other research suggests that the skill needed to complete mathematical equations and process information rapidly may also put individuals at risk for mania — a state of high focus and psychomotor activity that is experienced among individuals with ...

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The Nine Lives of Antoine de Saint-Exupery review at Assembly, Edinburgh – 'insufficiently rehearsed' - The Stage

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 11:21

The Nine Lives of Antoine de Saint-Exupery review at Assembly, Edinburgh – 'insufficiently rehearsed'
The Stage
This portrait of the pilot and author of The Little Prince opens with him playing chess with Death, who is imagined as a temptress he has loved all his life. There are footnotes there to Bergman and Fosse, but no indication in The Nine Lives of ... and ...

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The next wave of AI is rooted in human culture and history - Engadget

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 09:02

Engadget

The next wave of AI is rooted in human culture and history
Engadget
She brought her anthropological research and fieldwork techniques to the world of microprocessors, wearables and artificial intelligence. Over the years, her formal role has evolved from director of user experience at Intel's research lab to VP of ...

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Red Bank Public Library September 2016 Events - Atlantic Highlands Herald

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 08:44

Atlantic Highlands Herald

Red Bank Public Library September 2016 Events
Atlantic Highlands Herald
Visit the Research Databases page on our website, select "Rosetta Stone" and create an account. Then choose a language and .... We'll have make & take crafts, a variety of games - chess, checkers, board & card games, and more! Try something different ...

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Nail biting competition expected at 2016 African Youth Chess ... - RNews

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 08:17

RNews

Nail biting competition expected at 2016 African Youth Chess ...
RNews
The prestigious 2016 African Youth Chess Championships will be hosted courtesy of The Boardwalk at its Light Houses venue from 21 to 29 August 2016...

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No plans for new old folks homes - Daily Express

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 00:24

No plans for new old folks homes
Daily Express
She said the research was being carried out by the Department of Social Welfare, Malaysia (JKM) with the cooperation of professionals and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in an effort to control the number of institutions for senior citizens in the ...

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Community calendar from August 16 - Troy Record

Tue, 08/16/2016 - 00:24

Community calendar from August 16
Troy Record
This is a workshop/presentation on how to us the “FAN” (Friends-Associates-Neighbors) and alternative resources to get to the next stage in your family history research. Pamela Vittorio demos strategies and tips for using major websites but also ...

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Crucial Role Of NPO Recognised - Fiji Sun Online

Mon, 08/15/2016 - 18:50

Fiji Sun Online

Crucial Role Of NPO Recognised
Fiji Sun Online
This is being hoped to be achieved through research, development and interaction. NTPC acting director, Penitiko Taoi, made these comments while officiating the “Workshop on Management of Consultancy Activities of National Productivity Organisations ...

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Olympia student to be the first to graduate college with a gaming scholarship - KUOW News and Information

Mon, 08/15/2016 - 17:06

KUOW News and Information

Olympia student to be the first to graduate college with a gaming scholarship
KUOW News and Information
The Micheau family did their research and decided that it wasn't a scam at all. “Once we visited, once we went through what Robert Morris was about and what their plan was, it was ... “Seeing that strategy emerge and the mechanics of their play ...

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Why There's New Hope About Ending Blindness - National Geographic (registration) (blog)

Mon, 08/15/2016 - 17:04

National Geographic (registration) (blog)

Why There's New Hope About Ending Blindness
National Geographic (registration) (blog)
Rhian Lewis, 50, uses a pointer to interpret the images her retinal implant sends to her brain as research optometrist Charles Cottriall, of England's Oxford Eye Hospital, looks on. Patients' decoding of such signals is revealing the great degree to ...

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