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Artificial intelligence impacts legal profession - The Tennessean

Wed, 03/30/2016 - 08:05

The Tennessean

Artificial intelligence impacts legal profession
The Tennessean
Perhaps you read where a Google software program just beat a world master champion at Go, a game of intelligence, strategy and intuition far more complex than chess. But the future of these developments isn't computers as TV celebrities. Instead, the ...

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THINGS TO DO: March 31-April 6 - Marco Island Sun Times

Wed, 03/30/2016 - 07:52

Marco Island Sun Times

THINGS TO DO: March 31-April 6
Marco Island Sun Times
Chess on Marco Island meets Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon, at Marco Lutheran Church, 525 N. Collier Blvd. Chess in Naples meets Saturdays, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., in clubhouse at Moorings Park, off Goodlette-Frank Road. ... while continuing to lecture and do freelance ...

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Nick Blackwell Injury: Is It Time To Ban Head Blows in Boxing? - Newsweek

Wed, 03/30/2016 - 06:28

Newsweek

Nick Blackwell Injury: Is It Time To Ban Head Blows in Boxing?
Newsweek
In the past, before concerted research was conducted into the effects of head blows on the brain, many boxing gyms had stumbling, mumbling characters doing menial tasks in the only world they knew. Sometimes cruelly mocked, they were the “punch-drunk” ...

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Could DeepMind try to conquer poker next? - The Guardian

Wed, 03/30/2016 - 03:27

The Guardian

Could DeepMind try to conquer poker next?
The Guardian
A paper from two UCL researchers suggests one future project: playing poker. And unlike Go, victory in that field could probably fund itself – at least until humans stopped playing against the robot. The paper's authors are Johannes Heinrich, a ...

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The Parliamentary Gupta divide - eNCA

Wed, 03/30/2016 - 03:13

The Parliamentary Gupta divide
eNCA
That means the space remains open for further manoeuvres in the chess game of politics. Not only in the ANC, but across the broader political landscape – and Parliament. The national ... Too many communities erupt in protest against unresponsive ...

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Barbara Bradley Hagerty Finds the Art and Opportunity of Midlife - KQED

Wed, 03/30/2016 - 02:21

Barbara Bradley Hagerty Finds the Art and Opportunity of Midlife
KQED
I've been slowly getting better. I try to stay hopeful as my condition ultimately is my brain being confused. It triggers my brain to send pain signals when there is nothing wrong. any research that shows staying hopeful and staying in the moment can ...

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'Dark Horse' a loving portrait of hero – Webber, Hurd-Wood to star in Joe Dante's chiller 'Labirintus' - Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 23:58

Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

'Dark Horse' a loving portrait of hero – Webber, Hurd-Wood to star in Joe Dante's chiller 'Labirintus'
Arab Times Kuwait English Daily
It was a 2003 documentary about the New Zealand chess champ (nicknamed the Dark Horse) that inspired writer-director James Napier Robertson to give Potini's story narrative treatment. But it's Curtis who brings Potini ... “Labirintus” tells the story ...

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Defendant asks judge for computer to research his shooting spree - New York Post

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 18:34

New York Post

Defendant asks judge for computer to research his shooting spree
New York Post
Wright-El — who had been arrested twice for attempted murder in Baltimore— fired six times on quiet Bed-Stuy street in October 2014, hitting a 57-year-old man and his 16-year-old nephew as the two played chess together. He then ran down the street ...

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REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR - Redlands Daily Facts

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 18:32

REDLANDS DAILY FACTS CALENDAR
Redlands Daily Facts
Chess club: Redlands Chess Club meets 2 to 5 p.m. every Friday at Redlands Community Senior Center, 111 W. Lugonia Ave. Players of all ages are welcome, .... Anyone interested in genealogy research is welcome to attend. Information: www.yvgs.org; ...

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Analysis: The Parliamentary Gupta divide - Daily Maverick

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 17:50

Daily Maverick

Analysis: The Parliamentary Gupta divide
Daily Maverick
That means the space remains open for further manoeuvres in the chess game of politics. Not only in the ANC, but across the broader political landscape – and Parliament. The national ... Too many communities erupt in protest against unresponsive ...

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Alpha Omicron Pi's Smoke Out Arthritis Event - The Charger Times

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 14:53

The Charger Times

Alpha Omicron Pi's Smoke Out Arthritis Event
The Charger Times
There was the delicious sent of barbeque, boisterous music, conversation, and many games including Jenga, giant chess, and giant Connect 4 played at the event. This great event occurred at the Shelby Center for Science and ... Kristen Curtis, Alpha ...

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Is AlphaGo Really Such a Big Deal? - Quanta Magazine

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 12:07

Quanta Magazine

Is AlphaGo Really Such a Big Deal?
Quanta Magazine
A monthly column in which top researchers explore the process of discovery. ... observation that there are more potential positions in Go than in chess, but they don't explain why this should cause more difficulty for computers than for humans. In ...

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UPDATE - Trifacta Introduces Photon Compute Framework, Enhancing the Industry's Most Fluid Data Wrangling ... - Marketwired (press release)

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 12:02

UPDATE - Trifacta Introduces Photon Compute Framework, Enhancing the Industry's Most Fluid Data Wrangling ...
Marketwired (press release)
Building on new concepts in high-performance, data-centric computing from both research and industry, Photon powers an unprecedented, immersive user experience. Trifacta users can now explore, profile and transform serious volumes of ... Enhanced ...

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Calculating the Human Brain's Processing Capacity Is a Flawed and Meaningless Exercise - Slate Magazine

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 10:34

Slate Magazine

Calculating the Human Brain's Processing Capacity Is a Flawed and Meaningless Exercise
Slate Magazine
... at arithmetic, and yet the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA's, best robots can't match a 3-year-old in tying shoelaces. So you can say a system with x bits or MIPS can match the brain at some well-defined task y, such as chess or ...

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Vancity Futures: Taking the Human out of Human Resources. - Vancity Buzz

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 10:14

Vancity Futures: Taking the Human out of Human Resources.
Vancity Buzz
A new study by Vancouver-based research firm Intensions surveyed 2299 adults across Canada, found that a quarter (26%) of Canadian adults would prefer to be screened and hired, or have their job performance assessed, by an unbiased computer program ...

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Game review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus comes to PS Vita - Metro

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 09:06

Metro

Game review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus comes to PS Vita
Metro
Your base is represented as a kind of human ant farm, with different rooms housing research, engineering, power plants, conference rooms, and so on. Injured soldiers can be out of service for weeks, so maintaining your base involves ensuring you have a ...

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The Xconversation: Vaccine Developer Meets Energy Innovator, Part I - Xconomy

Tue, 03/29/2016 - 05:20

Xconomy

The Xconversation: Vaccine Developer Meets Energy Innovator, Part I
Xconomy
Let your mind's eye travel to the cellular membrane, where a ligand is enveloped by a receptor, spurring a subtle change in the cell. (Bear with me.) In some respects, it's similar to what's happening inside a battery when electrolytes interact with ...

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Pranab Das: Cognitive computing isn't just a game - Fayetteville Observer

Mon, 03/28/2016 - 23:07

Pranab Das: Cognitive computing isn't just a game
Fayetteville Observer
They take input, which can be anything from letters on a page, the moves in a chess game, or even spoken words, and then they provide output. They might identify the letter they see, propose a countermove or answer a question. What makes neural ...

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What's Next for The Division's Story? - Twinfinite

Mon, 03/28/2016 - 21:20

Twinfinite

What's Next for The Division's Story?
Twinfinite
The fact that he has found his lab, along with some hardware and deadly research, can only point towards one thing. Something ... The Last Man Battalion was only a pawn, the King, Aaron Keener, is still very much in play in this game of chess. How it ...

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BARUH: Criticism of democratic socialism in US has merit - RU Daily Targum

Mon, 03/28/2016 - 20:23

RU Daily Targum

BARUH: Criticism of democratic socialism in US has merit
RU Daily Targum
s image. This debate isn't limited to the Democratic Party. Recently Garry Kasparov, Russian chess grandmaster and human rights activist, has written about how the democratic socialism that Bernie Sanders advocates for America is fine for Denmark, but ...

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