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Al Batt: She ain't teaching English classes - Austin Herald

Thu, 03/10/2016 - 09:28

Al Batt: She ain't teaching English classes
Austin Herald
Our shop teacher was involved in a chess game against a student. I wasn't playing him. I'd lost the previous match to our instructor. ... Research and management projects find bird-banding data useful. Individual identification of birds aids the study ...

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Job-killing legal technologies? They only look that way - ABA Journal - ABA Journal

Thu, 03/10/2016 - 08:42

Job-killing legal technologies? They only look that way - ABA Journal
ABA Journal
It is stunning how quickly technological advances become a 'natural' part of our landscape. In the mid 1990s, Richard Susskind was being labeled “dangerous” ...

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Job-killing legal technologies? They only look that way - ABA Journal - ABA Journal

Thu, 03/10/2016 - 08:42

Job-killing legal technologies? They only look that way - ABA Journal
ABA Journal
It is stunning how quickly technological advances become a 'natural' part of our landscape. In the mid 1990s, Richard Susskind was being labeled “dangerous” ...

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Around the Park: SPHS stage company rocks through 'Four Seasons' - CapitalGazette.com

Thu, 03/10/2016 - 04:40

CapitalGazette.com

Around the Park: SPHS stage company rocks through 'Four Seasons'
CapitalGazette.com
She chose to raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Haskell leaned on her talents to organize her first endeavor for St. Jude. Her passion for dance made a Zumbathon an easy choice. Coordinating with the St. Jude organization was a bit ...

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Google's AI Wins Pivotal Second Game In Match With Go Grandmaster - WIRED

Thu, 03/10/2016 - 02:32

WIRED

Google's AI Wins Pivotal Second Game In Match With Go Grandmaster
WIRED
In his 1996 match with IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer, world chess champion Gary Kasparov lost the first game, but then came back to win the second game and, eventually, the whole match. It wasn't until the following year that Deep Blue topped Kasparov ...
Google's DeepMind beats Lee Se-dol again to go 2-0 up in historic Go seriesThe Verge
Google's AI makes history, beating world-class Go grandmaster ...ScienceAlert
Now it's 2-0 to AlphaGo! Google's DeepMind computer takes the second victory against Lee Sedol - and if it wins the ...Daily Mail
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Google's DeepMind beats Lee Se-dol again to go 2-0 up in historic Go series - The Verge

Thu, 03/10/2016 - 02:26

The Verge

Google's DeepMind beats Lee Se-dol again to go 2-0 up in historic Go series
The Verge
... level by an AI. Computer programs have long bested the world's leading human players of games like checkers and chess, but Go's combination of simple rules and intricate strategy has made it a major challenge for artificial intelligence research.
Google's AI Wins Pivotal Second Game In Match With Go GrandmasterWIRED
Google's AI Program AlphaGo Claims Second Victory Against 'Go' ChampionForbes
ROUND TWO: Google's DeepMind AI just beat a human Go champion for a second timeBusiness Insider UK
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Google's AI makes history, beating world-class Go grandmaster ... - ScienceAlert

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 21:11

Firstpost

Google's AI makes history, beating world-class Go grandmaster ...
ScienceAlert
It's no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) is getting better all the time, to the point where your well-honed gaming skills just can't hold a candle to a better-honed ...
Computer beats human in Go: Should we be scared or excited about A.I. milestone?Michigan Radio
Computer defeats Go master in first round of faceoffThe Seattle Times
Next stop, SkyNet - Google's DeepMind beats Go world championStuff
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The Cast of Underground Talks About Tonight's New Show :: TV ... - Paste Magazine

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 21:07

Paste Magazine

The Cast of Underground Talks About Tonight's New Show :: TV ...
Paste Magazine
Tonight marks the debut of WGN's new series Underground, the story of a group of slaves making the 600-mile journey from a plantation in Macon, Ga., ...

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Computer beats human in Go: Should we be scared or excited about A.I. milestone? - Michigan Radio

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 16:38

Michigan Radio

Computer beats human in Go: Should we be scared or excited about A.I. milestone?
Michigan Radio
To help us understand more about what exactly artificial intelligence is, Michigan State University biologist and computer scientist Arend Hintze joined Stateside to talk about his research in the field. Hintze has said that he believes that artificial ...

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McGinnis, Mike (Athens) - The Chattanoogan

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 14:59

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McGinnis, Mike (Athens)
The Chattanoogan
They enjoyed 4X wheeling, traveling to various cities with Irish pubs, going to Ireland and genealogical research. He was an avid ... At age 76, he felt his greatest success was having taught Hannah Timmerman, his granddaughter, his beloved game of chess.

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The Skills of Human Interaction Will Become Most Valuable in the Future - New York Times

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 12:47

The Skills of Human Interaction Will Become Most Valuable in the Future
New York Times
Just as they beat the world champions at checkers and then chess, they were destined to beat the champion at Go. It's a game of clear rules, and while winning required new forms of computing that rely on ... Research on group effectiveness shows that ...

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Psychology: No blank slate - Nature.com

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 11:55

Psychology: No blank slate
Nature.com
In 1966, psychologist John Money of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, met someone who he felt was the research patient of a lifetime. David Reimer, then an eight-month-old boy, had had his penis mutilated in a circumcision accident ...

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'The How and the Why': Two generations of women take on science and each other in this play - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 11:32

Minneapolis Star Tribune

'The How and the Why': Two generations of women take on science and each other in this play
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Written by Sarah Treem, who has also achieved success as a screenwriter — she is co-creator of the Showtime series "The Affair" — the play begins with promising grad student Rachel arriving for an appointment at the office of established researcher ...

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Data Sheet—Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - Fortune - Fortune

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 08:26

Data Sheet—Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - Fortune
Fortune
Microsoft's startling sequel. There was a time when the one thing you could be certain of in the technology industry was that Microsoft wouldn't work with ...

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A computer takes on a human master of the board game Go - CNN

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 08:06

CNN

A computer takes on a human master of the board game Go
CNN
The AI research community has made incredible progress in five years. Researchers at Google have turned what used to be theoretical machine learning constructs into tangible, useful products. Some of the effects are subtle improvements: more relevant ...

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What your gaming name reveals about your personality - Medical Xpress

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 07:51

Medical Xpress

What your gaming name reveals about your personality
Medical Xpress
People online often live behind a veil of anonymity – and video gamers are no exception. Hundreds of millions of people play online games every day and are ...

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Google's Go triumph is a milestone for artificial intelligence research - New Statesman

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 07:07

New Statesman

Google's Go triumph is a milestone for artificial intelligence research
New Statesman
Computer games have been a crucial test bed for developing and testing new AI techniques – the “lab rat” of our research. This has led to superhuman players in checkers, chess, Scrabble, backgammon and more recently, simple forms of poker.
Master of Go Is Walloped by Emotionless Challenger, a Google ComputerNew York Times
Man vs. machine: AlphaGo AI program beats Lee Sedol in first game of Go duelGeekWire
Going places: machine beats top Go player in win for artificial intelligenceReuters
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Master of Go Board Game Is Walloped by Google Computer Program - New York Times

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 06:33

New York Times

Master of Go Board Game Is Walloped by Google Computer Program
New York Times
The play is more complex than chess, with a far greater possible sequence of moves, which had led many researchers to predict that mastery of the game by a computer was still a decade away. To researchers who have been using games as platforms for ...
Why is Google's Go win such a big deal?The Verge
Today, a board game; tomorrow, the worldFinancial Times
Google DeepMind, humanity and a freakishly hard gameCNBC
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Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Trump and Sanders win big ... - Quartz

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 04:47

Quartz Daily Brief—Americas edition—Trump and Sanders win big ...
Quartz
What to watch for today Slovenia and Croatia shut their borders. Only refugees with valid visas will be able to transit through from today onwards. Serbia and ...

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What your gaming name reveals about your personality - EconoTimes - EconoTimes

Wed, 03/09/2016 - 03:11

EconoTimes

What your gaming name reveals about your personality - EconoTimes
EconoTimes
EconoTimes is a fast growing non-partisan source of news and intelligence on global economy and financial markets, providing timely, relevant, and critical ...

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