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'Goodbye to the Dead,' A Conversation with Brian Freeman - Huffington Post

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 14:03

Huffington Post

'Goodbye to the Dead,' A Conversation with Brian Freeman
Huffington Post
One of the best things about writing books is your research takes you to discover different lines of work. I spent a lot of time with one of ... I was starting a novel called Checkmate, which was about the murder of a chess grandmaster. Writing fiction ...

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Machines use their own intelligence - Financial Times

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 14:03

Financial Times

Machines use their own intelligence
Financial Times
Chess-playing was a good example. When researchers sat down with grandmasters and asked them to explain how they played such fine chess, the answers were useless. Some players appealed to “intuition”, others to “experience”. Many said they did not ...

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7 Fascinating Things You Probably Didn't Know About Walt Disney Co. - mySanAntonio.com

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 13:20

7 Fascinating Things You Probably Didn't Know About Walt Disney Co.
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Chess pieces with embedded 3D-printed light pipes display content piped from an interactive tabletop. Location and suggested moves can be displayed on each piece. Image source: Disney Research. It seems to fly under the radar, however, that Disney has ...

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7 Fascinating Things You Probably Didn't Know About Walt Disney Co. - Motley Fool

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 13:07

Motley Fool

7 Fascinating Things You Probably Didn't Know About Walt Disney Co.
Motley Fool
Chess pieces with embedded 3D-printed light pipes display content piped from an interactive tabletop. Location and suggested moves can be displayed on each piece. Image source: Disney Research. It seems to fly under the radar, however, that Disney has ...

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7 Fascinating Things You Probably Didn't Know About Walt Disney Co. - Motley Fool

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 13:07

Motley Fool

7 Fascinating Things You Probably Didn't Know About Walt Disney Co.
Motley Fool
Chess pieces with embedded 3D-printed light pipes display content piped from an interactive tabletop. Location and suggested moves can be displayed on each piece. Image source: Disney Research. It seems to fly under the radar, however, that Disney has ...

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Can cultural engagement soften N. Korea's hard-line stance? - The Japan Times

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 05:57

The Japan Times

Can cultural engagement soften N. Korea's hard-line stance?
The Japan Times
While generally not an issue, visitors could also be used as unwitting pawns in a political game of chess, as evidenced by the arrest of U.S. student Otto Warmbier in late January. Warmbier, who was taking part in a tour organized by ... “There aren't ...

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With artificial intelligence having beaten humans in board games, what's next? - Herald and News

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 03:55

With artificial intelligence having beaten humans in board games, what's next?
Herald and News
Games are typically chosen for the specific challenges that researchers want their AI to be able to overcome. With board games such as chess and Go, computer programs are put through the ringer to see if they can learn from past matches and determine ...

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Do it: Your guide to area entertainment and events - Scranton Times-Tribune

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 03:08

Do it: Your guide to area entertainment and events
Scranton Times-Tribune
Benefits SIDS research in memory of Jude Zayac. judezayacfoundation.com. ABINGTON HEIGHTS EDUCATION ... 570-587-3440 or lclshome.org. CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Abington Community Library, Clarks Summit. 570-587-3440 or ...

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Everything You Know About Artificial Intelligence is Wrong - Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 02:05

Everything You Know About Artificial Intelligence is Wrong
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
It was hailed as the most significant test of machine intelligence since Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in chess nearly 20 years ago. Google's AlphaGo has won two of the first three games against grandmaster Lee ... NYU research psychologist Gary ...

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Apple aims to bolster lineup with new iPhone to remain competitive - Economic Times

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 00:10

Apple aims to bolster lineup with new iPhone to remain competitive
Economic Times
"I suspect this is far more about boosting off-season sales than it is about introducing a new iPhone at a dramatically lower price point, for example, for emerging markets," said Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research in a blog post. But Dawson said the new ...

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Apple aims to bolster lineup with new iPhone to remain competitve - Economic Times

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 00:10

Apple aims to bolster lineup with new iPhone to remain competitve
Economic Times
"I suspect this is far more about boosting off-season sales than it is about introducing a new iPhone at a dramatically lower price point, for example, for emerging markets," said Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research in a blog post. But Dawson said the new ...

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How the Computer Beat the Go Master - Scientific American

Sat, 03/19/2016 - 08:00

Scientific American

How the Computer Beat the Go Master
Scientific American
Assuming that a game of chess lasts on average d moves (called the game's depth), the complete game tree from any one starting position—the list of all moves, countermoves, counter-countermoves and so on until one side or the other wins—contains ...
AlphaGo and the Clash of CivilizationsForeign Policy (blog)
Five Lessons from AlphaGo's Historic VictoryMIT Technology Review
Is artificial intelligence ready to rule the world?Science Network Western Australia

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How the Computer Beat the Go Master - Scientific American

Sat, 03/19/2016 - 08:00

Scientific American

How the Computer Beat the Go Master
Scientific American
Assuming that a game of chess lasts on average d moves (called the game's depth), the complete game tree from any one starting position—the list of all moves, countermoves, counter-countermoves and so on until one side or the other wins—contains ...
AlphaGo and the Clash of CivilizationsForeign Policy (blog)
Five Lessons from AlphaGo's Historic VictoryMIT Technology Review
AlphaGo's win over Go champion Lee Se-Dol proves AI can be 'immoral'Daily Mail
Science Network Western Australia
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Now, Facebook introduces basketball game in its messenger service - Economic Times

Sat, 03/19/2016 - 06:01

Economic Times

Now, Facebook introduces basketball game in its messenger service
Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Twitter stated on Friday that new research from IPSOS shows that the social media site is increasingly adopted by the mass affluent across key markets in Asia. In India, 87 per cent of the mass affluent surveyed use Twitter on a regular ...

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WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 19) - The Sun Herald

Fri, 03/18/2016 - 20:39

WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 19)
The Sun Herald
Game master Mike Redmond offers role-playing games, trading games such as Pokemon, Yu-gi-oh, chess, video and computer games and board games. ..... Science Cafe: 6-7:30 p.m., Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, 703 E. Beach Drive, Ocean Springs.

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Checkmate: Electrical and Computer Engineering grad student wins the Alberta University chess title - Voiceonline.com

Fri, 03/18/2016 - 17:57

Voiceonline.com

Checkmate: Electrical and Computer Engineering grad student wins the Alberta University chess title
Voiceonline.com
For Banerjee, playing chess and conducting research are two interwoven activities that often feed off each other. His graduate study of wireless communication and networking echoes some of the underlying principles of the game. “Chess, if you think of ...

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Artificial intelligence moving beyond board games - SFGate

Fri, 03/18/2016 - 15:47

SFGate

Artificial intelligence moving beyond board games
SFGate
Long a yardstick for advances in AI, the era of board game testing has come to an end, said Murray Campbell, an IBM research scientist who was part of the team that developed Deep Blue, the first computer program to beat a world chess champion. “Games ...

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AlphaGo and the Clash of Civilizations - Foreign Policy (blog)

Fri, 03/18/2016 - 15:35

Foreign Policy (blog)

AlphaGo and the Clash of Civilizations
Foreign Policy (blog)
But in early March, AlphaGo, a computer program developed by Google's artificial intelligence research unit DeepMind, defeated a South Korean Go grandmaster. The historic match attracted wide attention ... But the number of possibilities in the game of ...
Five Lessons from AlphaGo's Historic VictoryMIT Technology Review

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For 'Magic: The Gathering', Diversity Is The Marketing Strategy - Forbes

Fri, 03/18/2016 - 10:00

Forbes

For 'Magic: The Gathering', Diversity Is The Marketing Strategy
Forbes
The game is so intricate that it has a professional circuit called the Pro Tour, where competitors who train as intensely as chess players vie for cash prizes and live audiences. It's this complexity that gives it such a geeky reputation, but also what ...

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When Machines Think and Feel - Wall Street Journal

Fri, 03/18/2016 - 09:36

Wall Street Journal

When Machines Think and Feel
Wall Street Journal
Go resembles chess in the deep, complex problems it poses but is even harder to play and has resisted AI researchers longer. It requires mastery of strategy and tactics while you conceal your own plans and try to read your opponent's. Mastering Go fits ...

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