Chess Research
Will Machines Take Over Finance? - CFO
CFO
CFO
... announced that it had used “machine learning” (which is still a major thread of AI research) to develop a computer capable of defeating the European champion at Go, the ancient Chinese game of strategy. Go is a much more complex “problem” than ...
Former Pentagon Official Has an Idea for How We Can Avoid a Robopocalypse - Big Think (blog)
Big Think (blog)
Big Think (blog)
Scharre directs the 20YY Future of Warfare Initiative at Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a policy research group in Washington, D.C. In the report Autonomous Weapons and Operational Risk, Scharre discusses the kinds of failures that could ...
Rising Commodity Prices Jumpstarts Stock Prices - Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
Fears of an economic slowdown or worse have all but gone away over the last few weeks, as the latest key data points indicate that the U.S economy is on stronger footing - stronger than most of the pundits expected. Growth has begun to rebound from a ...
Google's artificial intelligence machine to battle human champion of 'Go' - The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian
The company was founded by Demis Hassabis, a 39-year-old Brit who started the artificial intelligence (AI) research firm after a varied career taking in a neuroscience PhD, blockbuster video game development, and master-level chess – and he puts its ...
Google DeepMind's AlphaGo will take on Go world champion this weekDaily Mail
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The history of how Scotland brought golf to America - Scotsman (blog)
Scotsman (blog)
Scotsman (blog)
... find the headquarters of the United States Golf Association. More than 20,000 books line the shelves of their research library, alongside complete or near-complete runs of every golf magazine there has ever been, more than half a million ...
The Valeant Endgame Has Begun - Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
Seeking Alpha
For those of you that have followed the Valeant (NYSE:VRX) saga, chess terminology should sound somewhat familiar. It all started with Philidor and its network of specialty pharmacies named after famous chess moves and what we are currently seeing is ...
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Google DeepMind's AlphaGo will take on Go world champion this week - Daily Mail
Daily Mail
Daily Mail
President of the British Go Association Jon Diamond said: 'Following the Chess match between Gary Kasparov and IBM's Deep Blue in 1996 the goal of some Artificial Intelligence researchers to beat the top human Go players was an outstanding challenge ...
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The supremely intelligent rat-cyborg - Phys.Org
Phys.Org
Phys.Org
When Deep Blue battled the reigning human chess champion the world held its breath. Who was smarter … man or machine? A human victory would confirm the superiority of human intelligence, while a victory for ... To compare the performance of the rats ...
Has internet robbed you of quality time with your kids? - Khaleej Times
Khaleej Times
Khaleej Times
Identifying strengths, applying work in appreciative inquiry (Whitney & Trosten-Bloom, 2003) and research in positive psychology (Peterson & Seligman, 2004). "Really connecting with their child can help parents see ... Coaching helped this parent ...
No flowers please: Corporates need to do more this Women's Day - Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Secondly: Research by Professor Nilanjana Dasgupta, (professor of Psychology and Brain Studies, University of Massachusetts) indicates that for women to be more successful, they need to see more female peers in the workplace — more successful women ...
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COMMUNITY UPDATE - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
DISCOVERY CENTER: Genealogy Center, Allen County Public Library, 900 Library Plaza; “Forenames: First and Foremost – First Names, Nick Names, Called Names, Initials and Clues to Further Your Research,” 6:30 p.m. today; “Breaking Through the Brick ...
Clubs and Meetings: Week of March 7 - The Daily Courier
The Daily Courier
The Daily Courier
Northern Arizona Genealogy Society free assistance with genealogy research, 1 to 3 p.m. the 2nd and 4th Thursday by appointment at Prescott Public Library, 215 E. Goodwin St. 928-777-1500. Occupy Prescott, in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, meets 5 ...
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Smart Robots Make Strides, but There's No Need to Flee Just Yet - New York Times
New York Times
New York Times
As Retro Report recalls, fear of them in real life grew in 1997 when a chess-playing IBM computer, Deep Blue, defeated the world champion, Garry Kasparov. Apprehension deepened for some in 2011 when two stars of the quiz show ... “Things that are easy ...
Weekly Planner: Blarney stone run; St. Patrick's brunch; children's theater - Montana Standard
Montana Standard
Montana Standard
Ginette Abdo, senior research hydrogeologist for the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, will give a talk at 4 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at the Mineral Museum on Montana Tech campus. She will talk about “100 Years of Artificial Recharge in Montana ...
This Week events in South Mississippi: March 7-13 - The Sun Herald
The Sun Herald
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. Long Beach ...
With learning robots and emotional computers, AI becomes real - Washington Post
Washington Post
Washington Post
Raytheon engineer James Crowder built these robots, named Zeus and Hercules, as part of his research into artificial intelligence. Crowder's robots have neural systems similar to a cockroach or octopus. He hopes his work will lead to systems of greater ...
Will Russia End Up Controlling 73% of Global Oil Supply? - OilPrice.com
OilPrice.com
Russia has played a master stroke in the current oil crisis by taking the lead in forming a new cartel, but it's a move that could spell geopolitical disaster. The meeting between Russia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela on 16 February 2016 was the ...
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North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News
The Salem News
Marblehead: Children's Chess Club, 6 to 8 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Learn chess with Mikhail Perelsteyn. Beginners lessons from 6 to 7 p.m.; advanced ... Salem: Salem Youth Chess Club, 6 p.m., Children's Room, Salem Public Library ...
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Simple strategies to improve memory and brain health - Filipino Reporter
Filipino Reporter
1) Brain games — a) Sudoku, chess, and even video games can all be of benefit; b) Crossword puzzles in newspapers — an especially good choice since they tend to be easy in the beginning of the week and more difficult as the week progresses, allowing ...
Do it: Events and entertainment in Northeast Pa. - Scranton Times-Tribune
Scranton Times-Tribune
Benefits SIDS research in memory of Jude Zayac.judezayacfoundation.com. AN EVENING OF FINE FOOD AND WINE: ... 570-587-3440 or lclshome.org. CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Abington Community Library, Clarks Summit. 570-587-3440 or ...