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On Chess: Reliving American chess victory on the world stage - St. Louis Public Radio

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 02/22/2018 - 02:00
On Chess: Reliving American chess victory on the world stage  St. Louis Public Radio

In 2016, Americans made history by earning team gold in the Chess Olympiad, a biennial tournament in which teams of chess players represent their countries.

ChessKid: New Features Update - Chess.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 02/22/2018 - 02:00
ChessKid: New Features Update  Chess.com

ChessKid.com, the scholastic extension of Chess.com, has added a flurry of new features in the last few months. Several new members of the programming ...

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On Chess: Reliving American chess victory on the world stage - St. Louis Public Radio

World Chess Hall of Fame - Thu, 02/22/2018 - 02:00
On Chess: Reliving American chess victory on the world stage  St. Louis Public Radio

In 2016, Americans made history by earning team gold in the Chess Olympiad, a biennial tournament in which teams of chess players represent their countries.

Mobile health program improved addiction outcomes despite low clinician engagement - MobiHealthNews

Chess Research - Wed, 02/21/2018 - 14:58

Mobile health program improved addiction outcomes despite low clinician engagement
MobiHealthNews
The mobile health program employed in the study, called Seva, was developed by the researchers for a previous investigation. Drawing from two pre-existing systems — the web- and mobile-based Therapeutic Education System for addiction treatment and the ...

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Elon Musk leaves board of AI safety group to avoid conflict of interest with Tesla - The Verge

Chess Research - Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:57

The Verge

Elon Musk leaves board of AI safety group to avoid conflict of interest with Tesla
The Verge
Its research has been wide-ranging, including teaching computers to control robots with minimal instruction (known as “one-shot learning”) and the creation of AI agents to play popular video game Dota (a more daunting challenge than board games like ...

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Why Self-Taught Artificial Intelligence Has Trouble With the Real World - Quanta Magazine

Chess Research - Wed, 02/21/2018 - 10:02

Quanta Magazine

Why Self-Taught Artificial Intelligence Has Trouble With the Real World
Quanta Magazine
To beat Garry Kasparov at chess in 1997, IBM engineers distilled centuries of chess wisdom into a formula that was hard-wired into their Deep Blue computer. In 2016, Google DeepMind's AlphaGo thrashed champion Lee Sedol at the ancient board game Go ...

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Will Machines Become Smarter Than Man? - Edgy Labs (blog)

Chess Research - Wed, 02/21/2018 - 06:34

Edgy Labs (blog)

Will Machines Become Smarter Than Man?
Edgy Labs (blog)
Ray Kurzweil, a futurist, claims that AI will become billions of times smarter than humans. In a classic case of “if you can't beat them, join them,” Ray says humans will have to merge with AI to survive. Digital Information World recently published an ...

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Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be' - The Independent

Chess Research - Wed, 02/21/2018 - 05:31

The Independent

Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be'
The Independent
“At the time, I was falling in love with her and her music but I wasn't aware that she was on the Chess label. It was kind of a pleasant surprise when I went digging for songs for this record, to find her name amongst them.” As well as James, LeGrow ...

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Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be' - The Independent

Chess Research - Wed, 02/21/2018 - 05:31

The Independent

Elise LeGrow: 'That's the essence of creativity: not caring what other people need you to do or need you to be'
The Independent
LeGrow started singing almost at the same time as she began speaking according to her mother – unsurprising when you learn she is from a family of musicians, one of whom played in Chicago during Chess' peak era. “Music definitely runs in the family ...

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Nimzowitsch and Onischuk among Chess Hall of Fame inductees - Chessbase News

World Chess Hall of Fame - Wed, 02/21/2018 - 02:00
Nimzowitsch and Onischuk among Chess Hall of Fame inductees  Chessbase News

PRESS RELEASE: Five Chess Legends Selected as 2018 Inductees to U.S. and World Chess Halls of Fame to be Honored in Saint Louis. Induction Ceremony ...

Nimzowitsch and Onischuk among Chess Hall of Fame inductees - Chessbase News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Wed, 02/21/2018 - 02:00
Nimzowitsch and Onischuk among Chess Hall of Fame inductees  Chessbase News

PRESS RELEASE: Five Chess Legends Selected as 2018 Inductees to U.S. and World Chess Halls of Fame to be Honored in Saint Louis. Induction Ceremony ...

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An Australian university has introduced a course that tries to explain blockchain - Business Insider

Chess Research - Tue, 02/20/2018 - 15:24

Business Insider

An Australian university has introduced a course that tries to explain blockchain
Business Insider
... and research with industry partners, into applications for banking, insurance, trade logistics, healthcare, and creative industries. Blockchain uses computers with advanced encryption to keep track of transactions, giving confidence to both buyers ...

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Amal and George Clooney Pledge Their Support to the Parkland Students' March For Our Lives - Yahoo News

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Tue, 02/20/2018 - 13:08

Yahoo News

Amal and George Clooney Pledge Their Support to the Parkland Students' March For Our Lives
Yahoo News
Amal and George Clooney have combined two of their most important roles—as humanitarians and new parents—to pledge their support to the March For Our Lives movement, a nationwide march established by the survivors of last week's deadly shooting at ...

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Smart chess board moves its own pieces - Electronics Weekly (blog)

Chess Research - Tue, 02/20/2018 - 12:13

Electronics Weekly (blog)

Smart chess board moves its own pieces
Electronics Weekly (blog)
This is a good one – a chess board that moves its own pieces so you can play with physical pieces and a virtual opponent, be it a remote player or the systems own moves. Recommended Articles. Apple HomePod smart speaker resists its teardown · Folding ...

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