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Sex, love and robots: is this the end of intimacy? - The Guardian

Sun, 12/13/2015 - 03:55

The Guardian

Sex, love and robots: is this the end of intimacy?
The Guardian
David Levy is a British international master of chess. With his white hair and a sharp eyebrow, he has the look of a cynical Einstein. It was chess that led Levy to computing, consulting in the late 1970s on the development of a chess module for home ...

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Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and others are committing $1 billion to OpenAI to ... - Next Big Future

Sun, 12/13/2015 - 02:04

International Business Times

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and others are committing $1 billion to OpenAI to ...
Next Big Future
In the early days, people thought that solving certain tasks (such as chess) would lead us to discover human-level intelligence algorithms. However, the solution to each task turned out to be much less general than people were ... The group's other ...
Non-profit research company, OpenAI, backed by Elon Musk, Sam AltmanTV Newsroom

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Reel Boston - The Boston Globe

Sat, 12/12/2015 - 20:36

Reel Boston
The Boston Globe
REMEMBERED FOR: Multi-image technique swiped by director Norman Jewison from Expo '67, Michel Legrand's groovy theme song, “The Windmills of Your Mind,” chess used as a game of seduction. WHERE IT WAS SHOT: Everywhere. The Walter Mirisch ...

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Researchers create a computer program that learns the way humans do - Napa Valley Register

Sat, 12/12/2015 - 17:59

Researchers create a computer program that learns the way humans do
Napa Valley Register
... a central fact of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) research for decades. If you cram enough data into a machine, and let the algorithms grind away tirelessly, the computer can detect a pattern, produce a desired outcome and perhaps beat a grandmaster ...

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Page & Panel brings comic book culture to the Toronto Reference Library - Toronto Star

Sat, 12/12/2015 - 12:08

Toronto Star

Page & Panel brings comic book culture to the Toronto Reference Library
Toronto Star
It's easy to see why it stuck around — after all, where else in the city could a shopper snag a Jane Eyre mug, a Walking Dead foam-dart crossbow, a chess set inspired by Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, Gilbert Hernandez's Marble Season in hardcover or a ...

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Will Trump's Muslim comments boost Christie's chances? - NJ.com

Sat, 12/12/2015 - 08:01

NJ.com

Will Trump's Muslim comments boost Christie's chances?
NJ.com
David Paleologos, the director of polling at the Suffolk University Political Research Center in Boston notes that as of mid-November, Trump supporters gave Christie some of the highest favorability ratings of any GOP candidate running for president ...

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Why Cultural Capital is a Great Gift - International Policy Digest

Sat, 12/12/2015 - 06:26

International Policy Digest

Why Cultural Capital is a Great Gift
International Policy Digest
In a research article, Dr. Thomas Abel says that “it is concluded that cultural capital is a key element in the behavioral transformation of social inequality into health inequality.” That is ... So, this holiday season, in addition to purchasing ...

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Library hosts International Games Day - Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Sat, 12/12/2015 - 03:06

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Library hosts International Games Day
Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Current and prospective computer science students and the general public ahd the opportunity to see what projects the University's Innovation in Computing Research Labs (iCORE) students and other computer science students have been working on. They ...

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The science of learning: five classic studies - The Guardian

Sat, 12/12/2015 - 03:01

The Guardian

The science of learning: five classic studies
The Guardian
A classic study defines where research will go next – whether to confirm, disprove or qualify the original finding – and helps us to reorganise our learning to be more effective. .... His studies of how chess experts think began the modern study of ...

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Careers Nova Scotia Profile: Librarians - TheChronicleHerald.ca

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 22:04

TheChronicleHerald.ca

Careers Nova Scotia Profile: Librarians
TheChronicleHerald.ca
But while she likes all aspects of her busy job in a public library, the best part for her is meeting new people and helping them, whether it's to find a good book to read, get started on genealogical research, or find a program. “When I first started ...

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Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman and others commit $1B to stop AI from ... - GeekWire

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 17:36

GeekWire

Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman and others commit $1B to stop AI from ...
GeekWire
OpenAI is a non-profit foundation tasked with expanding research and practical application of AI tech. As the introductory blog post notes, AI has been used to solve some very specific problem, like how to win a chess match, but those advancements ...

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Why the Max Planck Institute Wanted to Cook Up Plasma in its Fusion Reactor - Inverse

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 17:07

Inverse

Why the Max Planck Institute Wanted to Cook Up Plasma in its Fusion Reactor
Inverse
Fusion has long been the golden calf of nuclear energy research, showing up nuclear fission in all categories except feasibility. Fusion produces a colossal ... In years before super-computers played chess, trashed humans at Jeopardy, and folded ...

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Elon Musk And Sam Altman Launch OpenAI, A Nonprofit That Will Use AI To ... - Fast Company

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 16:59

Fast Company

Elon Musk And Sam Altman Launch OpenAI, A Nonprofit That Will Use AI To ...
Fast Company
"Since our research is free from financial obligations, we can better focus on a positive human impact," the blog post reads. "We believe AI should be an extension of individual human wills and, in the spirit of liberty, as broadly and evenly ...
Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman and others commit $1B to stop AI from ...GeekWire

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The New Education Bill May Not Improve Student Outcomes - Council on Foreign Relations (blog)

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 14:46

Council on Foreign Relations (blog)

The New Education Bill May Not Improve Student Outcomes
Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
Jaden Perez, 8, participates in a chess-geography lesson at Discovery Elementary School in Sunrise, Florida August 29, 2014. ... Fortunately tons of private philanthropy dollars are being poured into research to try to figure it out. The bill does not ...

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This week in Scottsdale: 50 Cent, Jedi Academy and Pickleball Clinic - Scottsdale Independent

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 13:04

Scottsdale Independent

This week in Scottsdale: 50 Cent, Jedi Academy and Pickleball Clinic
Scottsdale Independent
All proceeds from the auction and event will benefit the Arizona Cancer Foundation, a nonprofit organization that aims to support Arizona children living with cancer by supporting research and providing travel assistance to children who have to travel ...

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Still no deal as congressional budget talks limp forward - Fox 59

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 06:38

Fox 59

Still no deal as congressional budget talks limp forward
Fox 59
But a source close to the negotiations told CNN the Democrats' new push to include the language on gun research wasn't part of the talks up until Thursday, so the public push was viewed as a sign that both sides still had a lot of outstanding issues to ...

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Retirees play their way to a sharper mind - Bend Bulletin

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 02:04

Bend Bulletin

Retirees play their way to a sharper mind
Bend Bulletin
Wieder plays in tournaments in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and at the Marshall Chess Club in New York's Greenwich Village, where he's eligible for a reduced-rate senior membership of $225. He said he hoped to eventually join tournaments abroad once his ...

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Your instant 5 share healthcare portfolio - Motley Fool Australia

Thu, 12/10/2015 - 22:37

Your instant 5 share healthcare portfolio
Motley Fool Australia
After many years of growth, CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) is one of Australia's biggest and best companies. The biopharmaceutical giant is involved in the research, development, manufacture and distribution of blood plasma products that treat complex diseases ...

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Still no deal as congressional budget talks limp forward - fox13now.com

Thu, 12/10/2015 - 20:49

fox13now.com

Still no deal as congressional budget talks limp forward
fox13now.com
But a source close to the negotiations told CNN the Democrats' new push to include the language on gun research wasn't part of the talks up until Thursday, so the public push was viewed as a sign that both sides still had a lot of outstanding issues to ...

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Still no deal as congressional budget talks limp forward - WPTZ The Champlain Valley

Thu, 12/10/2015 - 19:35

Still no deal as congressional budget talks limp forward
WPTZ The Champlain Valley
But a source close to the negotiations told CNN the Democrats' new push to include the language on gun research wasn't part of the talks up until Thursday, so the public push was viewed as a sign that both sides still had a lot of outstanding issues to ...

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