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When we were human - Yes! Weekly

Chess Research - Wed, 07/13/2016 - 08:22

Yes! Weekly

When we were human
Yes! Weekly
According to Roberts and Smith, Mohammad Ali winds up the valuable chess piece in a growing war between Malcolm and Elijah—whoever won the affection and loyalty of Ali would acquire position and power within the Nation of Islam. Eventually Ali chooses ...

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Cozmo Is an Artificially Intelligent Toy Truck That's Also the Future of Robotics - WIRED

Chess Research - Wed, 07/13/2016 - 06:01

WIRED

Cozmo Is an Artificially Intelligent Toy Truck That's Also the Future of Robotics
WIRED
But he also says this kind of inexpensive yet malleable and at least marginally intelligent device can feed new avenues of research. “Any robot that you can program to ... just picks up a bin and moves it. It's not teaching itself to play chess during ...

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Playing chess does not make children cleverer, study finds - The Independent

Chess Research - Wed, 07/13/2016 - 05:52

The Independent

Playing chess does not make children cleverer, study finds
The Independent
There has long been an assumed link between intelligence and playing chess, with previous research suggesting the game could help increase academic attainment. Famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who created scores from the age of three, ...

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Why artificial intelligence is important to mobile - RCR Wireless News

Chess Research - Wed, 07/13/2016 - 03:04

RCR Wireless News

Why artificial intelligence is important to mobile
RCR Wireless News
And, there was also a lot of effort placed on trying to figure out how to play chess – more from the position of how to figure out future moves in an efficient manner. There were a number of logic sequences that became rules for figuring out complex ...

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William H McNeill, prize-winning world historian, dead at 98 - Economic Times

Chess Research - Wed, 07/13/2016 - 02:57

Economic Times

William H McNeill, prize-winning world historian, dead at 98
Economic Times
Research finds that there are a few key reasons for a country's individual wealth score card to look good, such as strong ownership rights, free and independent media, low income tax and company tax rates, a well-developed banking system and stock ...

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Friday: Go See Marcel Dzama's Short Films. All of Them. - The Creators Project

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Wed, 07/13/2016 - 02:00
Friday: Go See Marcel Dzama's Short Films. All of Them.  The Creators Project

Earlier this year, The Creators Project brought you an exclusive look at artist Marcel Dzama's sculptures, drawings, and costume designs for the New York City ...

Friday: Go See Marcel Dzama's Short Films. All of Them. - The Creators Project

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Wed, 07/13/2016 - 02:00
Friday: Go See Marcel Dzama's Short Films. All of Them.  The Creators Project

Earlier this year, The Creators Project brought you an exclusive look at artist Marcel Dzama's sculptures, drawings, and costume designs for the New York City ...

Friday: Go See Marcel Dzama's Short Films. All of Them. - The Creators Project

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Wed, 07/13/2016 - 02:00
Friday: Go See Marcel Dzama's Short Films. All of Them.  The Creators Project

Earlier this year, The Creators Project brought you an exclusive look at artist Marcel Dzama's sculptures, drawings, and costume designs for the New York City ...

Playing chess doesn't make your children any smarter, study finds - Telegraph.co.uk

Chess Research - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 18:01

Telegraph.co.uk

Playing chess doesn't make your children any smarter, study finds
Telegraph.co.uk
Pushy parents sending their children to chess classes are not improving their school grades, a major study has revealed. The research studied the academic performance of 3,000 primary school children who took part in a trial to see whether playing ...

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Greenwich's Horizons welcomes new class to summer program - Greenwich Time

Chess Research - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 16:20

Greenwich Time

Greenwich's Horizons welcomes new class to summer program
Greenwich Time
Research shows that low-income children typically begin kindergarten already about a month's worth of learning behind their middle income peers. While during the school year ... Students play chess and sports after lunch. “I like Horizons because I get ...

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Google's AI is learning how to save your life - CIO

Chess Research - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 16:00

CIO

Google's AI is learning how to save your life
CIO
This month, it announced a research partnership with Moorfields Eye Hospital that will focus on applying machine learning to diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. It's also been working on ... Rather than find the best moves ...

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Google's AI is learning how to save your life - Computerworld

Chess Research - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 16:00

Computerworld

Google's AI is learning how to save your life
Computerworld
This month, it announced a research partnership with Moorfields Eye Hospital that will focus on applying machine learning to diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. It's also been working on ... Rather than find the best moves ...

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Google's AI is learning how to save your life - ITworld

Chess Research - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 15:58

Google's AI is learning how to save your life
ITworld
Rather than find the best moves through sheer computational force the way IBM's DeepBlue did to beat chess champion Gary Kasparov, AlphaGo's approach is based on convolutional neural networks and reinforcement learning, allowing it to essentially ...

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Laffin out as Poughkeepsie basketball coach - Poughkeepsie Journal

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 15:49

Poughkeepsie Journal

Laffin out as Poughkeepsie basketball coach
Poughkeepsie Journal
"Coaching against (Laffin) was like a chess match. Whether we were up or down, we'd go into ... a state Class B championship in 1995. He was named interim athletic director, succeeding Matt Cameron and Jack Mager, during the 2015-16 scholastic year.

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Google's AI is learning how to save your life - PCWorld

Chess Research - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 15:49

PCWorld

Google's AI is learning how to save your life
PCWorld
"We'd like to use these technologies to have a positive impact in the real world," he told an audience of AI researchers Tuesday at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in New York. With more possible ... Rather than find the ...

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Planned Parenthood Benefit Sexy Beast Announces 2016 Artist Lineup - ARTnews

Marcel Dzama, Jon Crumiller - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 13:00

ARTnews

Planned Parenthood Benefit Sexy Beast Announces 2016 Artist Lineup
ARTnews
Theodora Allen, Harold Ancart, Darren Bader, Alex Becerra, Larry Bell, Brian Belott, Jennifer Boysen, Katherine Bradford, Brian Calvin, Nina Chanel Abney, Alex Chaves, Mira Dancy, Marcel Dzama, Laeh Glenn, Jennifer Guidi, Camille Henrot, Whitney Hubbs ...
Andy Richter to Host Sexy Beast Gala Benefiting Planned Parenthood Los AngelesYahoo Movies (blog)

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Stanley Kubrick's strange, controversial world comes alive in new exhibit - The Mercury News

Chess Research - Tue, 07/12/2016 - 12:04

Stanley Kubrick's strange, controversial world comes alive in new exhibit
The Mercury News
There are letters and research papers showing how movies really get made -- and how, sometimes, they don't. (Kubrick made 11 full-length films over ... B. Harris, whom he met while playing chess in a New York City park. He had an actual movie star ...

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