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Ethical Conundrums in AI - Westlaw Insider (blog)
Westlaw Insider (blog)
Westlaw Insider (blog)
Lex Machina: An intellectual property (“IP”) research company that helps companies anticipate, manage, and win patent and other IP lawsuits by comparing cases to a database of information and helping their customers draw valuable conclusions that ...
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Game Set Match: Looking for an ace - Spokane Journal of Business
Spokane Journal of Business
Spokane Journal of Business
The federation used a numerical rating systems devised by a man named Kenneth Harkness, to enable members to track their individual progress in terms of wins and losses, says the World Chess Hall of Fame. “The Harkness system was reasonably fair, but ...
Chess dress controversy: Apologise to girl and move on, says ... - The Star Online
The Star Online
The Star Online
PETALING JAYA: Wanita MCA has urged National Scholastic Chess Championship director Sophian A. Yusuf to stop "bullying" the 12-year-old chess player ...
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Garry tells how life imitates chess - Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad Guardian
Trinidad Guardian
And the former world champion answers: “To play chess on a truly high level requires a constant stream of exact, informed decisions, made in real time and under pressure from your opponent.” What's more, the Russian genius adds, it requires a synthesis ...
Does playing chess make you smarter? A look at the evidence ... - Study International News
Study International News
Study International News
The stereotype of the chess player is someone who is smart, logical and good at maths. This is why so many parents around the world are keen to get their ...
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Mesa View's First Chess Tournament - Cibola County Beacon
Cibola County Beacon
Cibola County Beacon
There is plenty of research that supports the students statements. Some of the benefits of children playing chess are mental clarity, memory skills, improved concentration, improved academic performance, develops logical thinking, improves attention ...
A Bolt from Deep Blue – An Irishman's Diary about a famous chess match, 20 years on - Irish Times
Irish Times
Irish Times
It's 20 years today since a computer called Deep Blue beat the then world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in a best-of-six series, an event that heralded a power shift between mankind and machines. But reports of the death of human intelligence appear ...
Lawyer: Chess girl's picture doctored - The Star Online
The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: The photo of a girl who withdrew from a chess tournament over a dress dispute that was posted on Facebook was doctored, claims a lawyer. Mohd Harris Abdullah, who is representing the National Scholastic Chess Championship director ...
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Are You Skilled Enough To Make Chess Your Main Hustle? The Cross-Cloud Approach: Modernising IT Infrastructure - Forbes
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Forbes
... and even the 12th place challenger walked away with $4,000 -- not bad for pushing pieces around a board for a few hours. "Our top 10 or 20 players in the world don't have to do anything but play chess," says St. Louis Chess Club founder Rex ...
Are You Skilled Enough To Make Chess Your Main Hustle? - Forbes
Forbes
Forbes
... and even the 12th place challenger walked away with $4,000 -- not bad for pushing pieces around a board for a few hours. "Our top 10 or 20 players in the world don't have to do anything but play chess," says St. Louis Chess Club founder Rex ...
Playing chess 'does not make you smarter' - iNews
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iNews
For centuries chess, or the king's game as it is also known, has been viewed as the ultimate expression of cleverness, but researchers from the University of Liverpool have shown it has no impact on cognitive ability. A review of existing research into ...
The Case for More Tortoises - Human Resource Executive Online
Human Resource Executive Online
Gladwell said he understands imposing time limits on chess -- otherwise, games would take forever and "you'd have to quit your job" to be a chess fan -- but "the LSAT is not a spectator sport." He proposed that someone like ... The same kind of bias ...
Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Director Robert Chess Sells 5000 Shares - The Cerbat Gem
The Cerbat Gem
The Cerbat Gem
Several research firms have weighed in on NKTR. Roth Capital set a $23.00 price target on shares of Nektar Therapeutics and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 4th. Jefferies Group LLC set a $25.00 price objective on ...
Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Director Sells $93600.00 in StockSports Perspectives
Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Releases Earnings Results, Reports EPS of $-0.42 EPSHighland Mirror
Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR) Position Reduced by ProShare Advisors LLCChaffey Breeze
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Chess championship director to file defamation suit over Facebook post - The Star Online
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The Star Online
KUALA LUMPUR: National Scholastic Chess Championship director Sophian A.Yusuf will file a suit against chess coach Kaushal Khandar for making allegedly defamatory statements over a controversy regarding a girl's dressing at the tournament. "We will ...
Chess tournament director to sue for defamation over dress rowYahoo Singapore News
Chess tourney director to sue coach, three others over 'short dress' fiascoMalaysiakini (subscription)
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The Biennale and Beyond: 10 Exhibitions Opening Around the World This Week - MutualArt.com
UNFOLDING at Cindy Rucker Gallery New York, NY, USA May 13, 2017 - Jun 18, 2017. UNFOLDING at Cindy Rucker Gallery Cindy Rucker Gallery is pleased ...
Crafts & Cocktails: Inspired Button Making - Webster Kirkwood Times
Webster Kirkwood Times
Crafts & Cocktails: Inspired Button Making. Meet The Imagery of Chess: Saint Louis Artists contributors Deborah Douglas, Jessica Baran, and Nathaniel Farrell on Wednesday, May 10, 6:30 p.m., at the World Chess Hall of Fame, 3rd floor, 4652 Maryland Ave.
Brad Keselowski shares secret to success at Talladega - Nascar
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Nascar
But the moves and the techniques and all those things are really similar, and when you can slow it down and think of it as a giant chess match, where things aren't just happening—they're happening because you want them to, it starts to breed a lot of ...
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First-Ever LSD Microdosing Study Will Pit the Human Brain Against AI - Motherboard
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Motherboard
... however, psychedelic research has been experiencing something of a "renaissance" and now Fielding wants to put her intuition to the test by running a study in which participants will "microdose" while playing Go—a strategy game that is like chess ...
Does playing chess make you smarter? A look at the evidence - The Conversation UK
The Conversation UK
The Conversation UK
This is because most of the reviewed studies compared the effect of chess with groups doing no alternative activities. This is a problem because research has shown that the excitement and fun induced by novel activities can cause a positive temporal ...
How St. Louis Helped Kickstart An American Chess Renaissance - Forbes
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Forbes
"Our mission at the World Chess Hall of Fame is to make chess fun and accessible to everybody," said Shannon Bailey, curator of the World Chess Hall of Fame. "We celebrate the game, we collect objects related to the game. And one thing that's kind of ...