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'2001: A Space Odyssey' Is 50 Years Old—But It Still Offers Insights Into the Future of AI - Newsweek

Chess Research - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 05:00

Newsweek

'2001: A Space Odyssey' Is 50 Years Old—But It Still Offers Insights Into the Future of AI
Newsweek
Watching a 50th-anniversary screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey, I found myself, a mathematician and computer scientist whose research includes work related to artificial intelligence, comparing the story's vision of the future with the world today. The ...

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Viking Chess Pieces May Reveal Early Whale Hunts in Northern Europe - Smithsonian

Chess Research - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:00
Viking Chess Pieces May Reveal Early Whale Hunts in Northern Europe  Smithsonian

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com.

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Chess Olympiad: Poland Continues Remarkable Run, Beats USA - Chess.com

Chess Research - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:00
Chess Olympiad: Poland Continues Remarkable Run, Beats USA  Chess.com

No matter the partner, Poland keeps polkaing. Other nations can't keep up. Poland, the surprise of the 43rd Olympiad, took down number-one seed and ...

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On Chess: Legendary photojournalist Harry Benson's connection to St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:00
On Chess: Legendary photojournalist Harry Benson's connection to St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

Harry Benson, world-renowned photographer and International Photography Hall of Fame inductee,was the only person to have private access to Bobby ...

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On Chess: Legendary photojournalist Harry Benson's connection to St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:00
On Chess: Legendary photojournalist Harry Benson's connection to St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

Harry Benson, world-renowned photographer and International Photography Hall of Fame inductee,was the only person to have private access to Bobby ...

Dvorkovich wins FIDE election - Chessbase News

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:00
Dvorkovich wins FIDE election  Chessbase News

A Russian politician is the new FIDE President. Arkady Dvorkovich defeated incumbent Georgios Makropoulos by 103 votes to 78, after the third candidate Nigel ...

Harry Benson and Peter Manion - STLtoday.com

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:00
Harry Benson and Peter Manion  STLtoday.com

When Reception 6-8 p.m. Friday; on view through March 24 • Where World Chess Hall of Fame, 4652 Maryland Avenue • How much Free • More info ...

On Chess: Legendary photojournalist Harry Benson's connection to St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:00
On Chess: Legendary photojournalist Harry Benson's connection to St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

Harry Benson, world-renowned photographer and International Photography Hall of Fame inductee,was the only person to have private access to Bobby ...

On Chess: Legendary photojournalist Harry Benson's connection to St. Louis - St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:00
On Chess: Legendary photojournalist Harry Benson's connection to St. Louis  St. Louis Public Radio

Harry Benson, world-renowned photographer and International Photography Hall of Fame inductee,was the only person to have private access to Bobby ...

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Viking Chess Pieces May Reveal Early Whale Hunts in Northern Europe - Smithsonian.com

Chess Research - Thu, 10/04/2018 - 02:00
Viking Chess Pieces May Reveal Early Whale Hunts in Northern Europe  Smithsonian.com

This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com.

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Model helps robots navigate more like humans do - MIT News

Chess Research - Wed, 10/03/2018 - 23:06

MIT News

Model helps robots navigate more like humans do
MIT News
But unlike chess players, [the robots] explore what the future looks like without learning much about their environment and other agents,” says co-author Andrei Barbu, a researcher at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL ...

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IBM's argumentative AI - Axios

Chess Research - Wed, 10/03/2018 - 19:24

IBM's argumentative AI
Axios
... beat humans at chess, Go, and Jeopardy, it rather muscles its way through mounds of data, without any real thinking at all. Editor's note: An earlier version of this article said Project Debater was developed by IBM Watson. It was developed by IBM ...

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50 years old, '2001: A Space Odyssey' still offers insight about the future - Midland Reporter-Telegram

Chess Research - Wed, 10/03/2018 - 17:10

50 years old, '2001: A Space Odyssey' still offers insight about the future
Midland Reporter-Telegram
(THE CONVERSATION) Watching a 50th anniversary screening of “2001: A Space Odyssey,” I found myself, a mathematician and computer scientist whose research includes work related to artificial intelligence, comparing the story's vision of the future with ...

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Arkady Dvorkovich is the new FIDE President - chess24

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Wed, 10/03/2018 - 14:49

FiveThirtyEight

Arkady Dvorkovich is the new FIDE President
chess24
Arkady Dvorkovich has defeated Georgios Makropoulos 103:78 and will follow Kirsan Ilyumzhinov as the 7th President of the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The vote at the FIDE Congress in the Sheraton Hotel in Batumi took a dramatic late turn as the 3rd ...
Russia Made The King Of Chess. The US Dethroned Him.FiveThirtyEight

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Plymouth news briefs, Oct. 3 - Wicked Local Yarmouth

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 10/03/2018 - 14:46

Plymouth news briefs, Oct. 3
Wicked Local Yarmouth
Plymouth Library Chess Club tournament. PLYMOUTH — The Plymouth Library Chess Club will sponsor a scholastic chess tournament for students in kindergarten through grade 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Plymouth Public Library, 132 South St.

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