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What DeepMind's win says about our AI future - USA TODAY

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 17:29

USA TODAY

What DeepMind's win says about our AI future
USA TODAY
The game of Go features circular stones used to entrap opponents and, like chess, has more possible board configurations than there are atoms in the universe, according to this video interview of DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis. That complexity was ...

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It's been a magical ride for Arnold's Oriental Rugs - Tallahassee.com

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 13:44

Tallahassee.com

It's been a magical ride for Arnold's Oriental Rugs
Tallahassee.com
Along the way he worked with Salk and later Sabin on the polio vaccine; rabies research; and the moon rocks brought back from Apollo 11, 12, and 13. “I was a test baby for the Sabin vaccine,” laughs Tony Arnold. But in the 1950s Earl was also a ...

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What Your Gaming Handle Reveals About You - Newsweek

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 10:41

Newsweek

What Your Gaming Handle Reveals About You
Newsweek
In our research, we teamed up with Riot Games (the makers of LoL), to look at the types of user names people were creating. We noticed that some players used highly antisocial words in their user names. We will not sully your eyes with graphic examples ...

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Deep Blue developer speaks on how to beat Go and crack chess - The Verge

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 10:00

The Verge

Deep Blue developer speaks on how to beat Go and crack chess
The Verge
We had actually started work on a chess program while we were graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University, and IBM hired the three of us to come and build the next chess machine, which became known as Deep Blue. Our approach was that we realised ...
Rise of the Machines: Keep an eye on AI, experts warnPhys.Org
The beginning of the end: Google's AI has beaten a top human player at the complex game of GoQuartz
Google's AlphaGo AI program strong but not perfect, says defeated South Korean Go playerCIO
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Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next? - CIO Today

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 09:43

CIO Today

Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next?
CIO Today
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 ...
Artificial intelligence beats human champion at the game Go!Biotechin.Asia

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Rise of the Machines: Keep an eye on AI, experts warn - Yahoo News

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 09:38

Yahoo News

Rise of the Machines: Keep an eye on AI, experts warn
Yahoo News
Paris (AFP) - A Google computer's stunning 3-0 victory in a Man-vs-Machine face-off over the ultimate board game highlights the need to keep Artificial Intelligence under human control, experts said Saturday.
Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next?Top Tech News
After Google's AlphaGo program beats Go champion, what's next for ...Los Angeles Times
Rise of the Machines: Keep an eye on AI, say experts | GlobalPostGlobalPost
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Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next? - Sci-Tech Today

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 09:32

Sci-Tech Today

Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next?
Sci-Tech Today
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 ...
Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next ...NewsFactor Network
Artificial intelligence beats human champion at the game Go!Biotechin.Asia

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Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next? - Top Tech News

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 09:28

Top Tech News

Artificial Intelligence Beats Humans in Board Games, What's Next?
Top Tech News
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 ...
Artificial intelligence beats human champion at the game Go!Biotechin.Asia

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WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 18) - The Sun Herald

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 05:48

WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 18)
The Sun Herald
Picayune Chess Club Tournament: 8-9 a.m. registration, 9:15 a.m. Round one, 1 p.m. Round two and 4:30 p.m. Round three, March 12-13, Holiday Inn Express Suites, 1001 Dauphin St. Cost: $40 entry fee paid by March 4. Details: 901-609-0696. American ...

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Google's AI Takes Historic Match Against Go Champ With Third Straight Win - WIRED

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 02:32

WIRED

Google's AI Takes Historic Match Against Go Champ With Third Straight Win
WIRED
But this is the first time an artificially intelligent system has topped one of the very best at Go, which is exponentially more complex than chess and requires an added level of intuition—at least among humans. This makes the win a major milestone ...
AlphaGo beats Lee Se-dol again to take Google DeepMind Challenge seriesThe Verge
Google DeepMind's AlphaGo Wins 5-Match Go Series With Third Straight Victory Against World Champion Lee SedolInternational Business Times
Big win for AI as Google AlphaGo program trounces Korean player in Go tournamentCIO
Popular Science -Business Insider UK -The Verge
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South by Southwest 2016 Opens, Highlights Tech Innovation - Sci-Tech Today

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 02:16

Sci-Tech Today

South by Southwest 2016 Opens, Highlights Tech Innovation
Sci-Tech Today
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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What your gaming name reveals about your personality - Times LIVE

Sat, 03/12/2016 - 02:05

Times LIVE

What your gaming name reveals about your personality
Times LIVE
In our research, we teamed up with Riot Games (the makers of LoL), to look at the types of user names people were creating. We noticed that some players used highly antisocial words in their user names. We will not sully your eyes with graphic examples ...

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What's up March 12, 2016 - News-Press Now

Fri, 03/11/2016 - 23:55

What's up March 12, 2016
News-Press Now
Proceeds from this event go toward the Lions mission for sight research, area charities and eyeglasses for those in the St. Joseph community in need of optical assistance. East Hills Shopping Center's Easter Bunny Arrival will be held at 11 a.m. in the ...

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AlphaGo beats champion Sedol in second straight game of Go - Fusion

Fri, 03/11/2016 - 12:18

New Statesman

AlphaGo beats champion Sedol in second straight game of Go
Fusion
Specifically, Kasparov was hopeful for research leading to the development of “a program that played chess by thinking like a human, perhaps even by learning the game as a human does” as opposed to one that simply plays better, more efficient chess.
Google's Go triumph is a milestone for artificial intelligence researchNew Statesman
Computer beats human in Go: Should we be scared or excited about A.I. milestone?Michigan Radio
HomeArticlesFaultlineGoogle's AI ready to conquer Go? Solve most human problemsRethink Research (subscription)

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WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 11) - The Sun Herald

Fri, 03/11/2016 - 09:38

WHAT'S HAPPENING for March (Updated March 11)
The Sun Herald
Picayune Chess Club Tournament: 8-9 a.m. registration, 9:15 a.m. Round one, 1 p.m. Round two and 4:30 p.m. Round three, March 12-13, Holiday Inn Express Suites, 1001 Dauphin St. Cost: $40 entry fee paid by March 4. Details: 901-609-0696. American ...

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New scheduling optimisation tool for handball, football and volleyball tournaments - Phys.Org

Fri, 03/11/2016 - 07:20

Phys.Org

New scheduling optimisation tool for handball, football and volleyball tournaments
Phys.Org
SINTEF researchers have for many years been assisting the Norwegian Football Association (NFF) with the scheduling of its professional premier and second tier leagues (Tippeligaen and OBOS-ligaen, respectively). Annual fixture lists for the ...

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Practice makes perfect? The key to breaking performance barriers - Deseret News

Fri, 03/11/2016 - 07:10

Deseret News

Practice makes perfect? The key to breaking performance barriers
Deseret News
His research attracted wide attention in 2008, when Malcolm Gladwell's book "Outliers" popularized the “10,000-hour rule,” which held that any discipline — from playing the piano to jiu jitsu — takes 10,000 hours to master. ... In “Peak: Secrets from ...

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Google's DeepMind AI wants to make your smartphone virtual assistant better - Android Authority (blog)

Fri, 03/11/2016 - 06:39

Android Authority (blog)

Google's DeepMind AI wants to make your smartphone virtual assistant better
Android Authority (blog)
“Go has always been a holy grail for AI research,” DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis told The Verge in an interview following AlphaGo's first victory against Korean Go champion Lee Sedol this week (which has already been followed up by a second victory ...

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The Sadness and Beauty of Watching Google's AI Play Go - WIRED

Fri, 03/11/2016 - 06:02

Tech Insider (blog)

The Sadness and Beauty of Watching Google's AI Play Go
WIRED
The move in question was the 37th in the second game of the historic Go match between Lee Sedol, one of the world's top players, and AlphaGo, an artificially intelligent computing system built by researchers at Google. Inside the towering Four Seasons ...
Why Go is so much harder for AI to beat than chessTech Insider (blog)
Computer Beats Go World Champ, Leading Series 2-0ZME Science
Google's DeepMind AI wants to make your smartphone virtual assistant betterAndroid Authority (blog)
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