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DeepMind Has Simple Tests That Might Prevent Elon Musk's AI Apocalypse - Bloomberg

Chess Research - Mon, 12/11/2017 - 14:13

DeepMind Has Simple Tests That Might Prevent Elon Musk's AI Apocalypse
Bloomberg
Whether it goes far enough to ensure safety remains debated. In other research DeepMind conducted with OpenAI, a non-profit AI group backed by Musk, an AI software program learned to satisfy a human teacher, rather than pursuing the best strategy ...

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4 lessons learned from training successful traders - Yahoo Finance

Chess Research - Mon, 12/11/2017 - 13:05

Yahoo Finance

4 lessons learned from training successful traders
Yahoo Finance
Our overriding takeaway is that the development of trading expertise is not so different from the development of elite performance in other fields, such as athletics and chess. It follows from a sustained developmental process. Unfortunately, aspiring ...

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Deutsche Bank Sees Huge Potential in Blockchain - Cryptovest (Cryptocurrency & Blockchain News)

Chess Research - Mon, 12/11/2017 - 09:49

Cryptovest (Cryptocurrency & Blockchain News)

Deutsche Bank Sees Huge Potential in Blockchain
Cryptovest (Cryptocurrency & Blockchain News)
The fact that CHESS is in good enough shape to continue functioning at a decent level strengthens further the case for blockchain application. Deutsche Bank considers this emerging technology “one of the most innovative developments in recent years ...

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Google's AlphaZero AI mastered chess in just four hours - Infosurhoy - Infosurhoy

Chess Research - Mon, 12/11/2017 - 09:33

Google's AlphaZero AI mastered chess in just four hours - Infosurhoy
Infosurhoy
Google's latest artificial intelligence, AlphaZero, has defeated one of the best chess programs in the world after learning the game from scratch in just four hours. The 'superhuman' AlphaZero AI played 100 games against rival computer program ...

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In Just 4 Hours, Google's AI Mastered All The Chess Knowledge in History - Science Trends

Chess Research - Mon, 12/11/2017 - 09:26

Science Trends

In Just 4 Hours, Google's AI Mastered All The Chess Knowledge in History
Science Trends
“It's a remarkable achievement, even if we should have expected it after AlphaGo,” says Garry Kasparov about AlphaZero. “We have always assumed that chess required too much empirical knowledge for a machine to play so well from scratch, with no human ...

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Fake news: A world of pixel-perfect forgeries is coming - The Straits Times

Chess Research - Sun, 12/10/2017 - 15:00

Fake news: A world of pixel-perfect forgeries is coming
The Straits Times
The images are jerky, as dashcam footage often is: A car travels down an American highway, with green grass at the side of the road and leaves on the branches of passing trees. At first glance, the video seems utterly mundane - but its very ...

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Playoffs To Decide 2018 Grand Chess Tour - Chess.com

St. Louis AND Chess News Feed - Sun, 12/10/2017 - 02:00
Playoffs To Decide 2018 Grand Chess Tour  Chess.com

The 2018 Grand Chess Tour will be decided in a four-player playoff final to be held at the London Chess Classic. This was announced at a press meeting today ...

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New format for Grand Chess Tour 2018 - Chessbase News

In the News - Sun, 12/10/2017 - 02:00
New format for Grand Chess Tour 2018  Chessbase News

The organisers of the Grand Chess Tour announced changes to the format for 2018, including a new format for next year's London Chess Classic. The traditional ...

Is it possible to boost your intelligence by training? - Salon

Chess Research - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 20:01

Salon

Is it possible to boost your intelligence by training?
Salon
Scientists achieved astonishing results when training a student with a memory training program in a landmark experiment in 1982. After 44 weeks of practice, the student, dubbed SF, expanded his ability to remember digits from seven numbers to 82 ...

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100+ students compete in first West Seattle Elementary-hosted chess tournament - West Seattle Blog (blog)

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 19:42

West Seattle Blog (blog)

100+ students compete in first West Seattle Elementary-hosted chess tournament
West Seattle Blog (blog)
The all-day scholastic event today drew 104 participants from schools across the city, including multi-grade teams from Fairmount Park, Lafayette, Alki, Holy Rosary, Genesee Hill, Roxhill, Arbor Heights, and West Seattle elementaries. At the end of the ...

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New York City Ballet Board Of Directors Appoints Interim Team to Oversee Artistic Management - Broadway World

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 16:18

New York City Ballet Board Of Directors Appoints Interim Team to Oversee Artistic Management
Broadway World
He has worked with a range of artistic collaborators including composers Dan Deacon, Bryce Dessner, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, and Sufjan Stevens; and visual artists John Baldessari, Jules de Balincourt, Marcel Dzama, Shepard Fairey, Karl Jensen, and ...

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Chess Tournament draws in over 60 student competitors - Paso Robles Daily News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 09:53

Chess Tournament draws in over 60 student competitors
Paso Robles Daily News
—Over 14 elementary, middle, and high schools from SLO County participated in 2017 “Fall Fiesta” SLO County Scholastic Chess Tournament on Dec. 2. The event was organized by the San Luis Obispo Chess Club and hosted by the Paso Robles High School ...

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Chess Tournament draws in over 60 student competitors - Paso Robles Daily News

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 02:00
Chess Tournament draws in over 60 student competitors  Paso Robles Daily News

—Over 14 elementary, middle, and high schools from SLO County participated in 2017 “Fall Fiesta” SLO County Scholastic Chess Tournament on Dec. 2.

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New York City Ballet Board Of Directors Appoints Interim Team to Oversee Artistic Management - Broadway World

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 02:00
New York City Ballet Board Of Directors Appoints Interim Team to Oversee Artistic Management  Broadway World

The New York City Ballet Board of Directors announced today that an interim team has been appointed to oversee the artistic management of NYCB during ...

Falconry Research Project: database by UAE researchers shows ubiquity of predatory bird - The National

Chess Research - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 01:59

The National

Falconry Research Project: database by UAE researchers shows ubiquity of predatory bird
The National
From whimsical 19th century Japanese drawings to 4,000-year-old Mongolian rock art, Dutch chess pieces and Qajar tableware from Iran, the history of man's relation to the falcon is one of the oldest recorded love stories. It is even carried in your ...

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The Weekend "Planet Earth Report" --Google's CIA Origins, Hubble's 'Time-Machine' Successor, Destructive Bitcoin ... - The Daily Galaxy (blog)

Chess Research - Sat, 12/09/2017 - 01:05

The Daily Galaxy (blog)

The Weekend "Planet Earth Report" --Google's CIA Origins, Hubble's 'Time-Machine' Successor, Destructive Bitcoin ...
The Daily Galaxy (blog)
Some of the research that led to Google's ambitious creation was funded and coordinated by a research group established by the intelligence community to find ways to track individuals and groups online. The intelligence community hoped that the nation ...

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Fake news: A world of pixel-perfect forgeries is coming - Financial Times

Chess Research - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 23:05

Financial Times

Fake news: A world of pixel-perfect forgeries is coming
Financial Times
The images are jerky, as dashcam footage often is: a car travels down an American highway, with green grass at the side of the road and leaves on the branches of passing trees. At first glance, the video seems utterly mundane — but its very ...

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Thumbs up, thumbs down: It's the Valley's turn to get 'before and after' TV treatment - Fresno Bee

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 12/08/2017 - 18:58

Fresno Bee

Thumbs up, thumbs down: It's the Valley's turn to get 'before and after' TV treatment
Fresno Bee
It's sickening. Congress, get your act together. Thumbs up to Coalinga High School students for winning awards at the Northern California Scholastic State Chess Championships at the Santa Clara Convention Center. Nine total chess players from Fresno ...

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