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The race is on to control artificial intelligence, and tech's future - Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
The race is on to control artificial intelligence, and tech's future
Houston Chronicle
In 1997, an IBM computer beat the chess champion Garry Kasparov. Five years ago, IBM went even ... among tech's biggest companies. By 2020, the market for machine learning applications will reach $40 billion, IDC, a market research firm, estimates.
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Houston Chronicle
In 1997, an IBM computer beat the chess champion Garry Kasparov. Five years ago, IBM went even ... among tech's biggest companies. By 2020, the market for machine learning applications will reach $40 billion, IDC, a market research firm, estimates.
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Categories: Chess Research
Credit due - Brownsville Herald
Credit due
Brownsville Herald
The local squad continues the success of UT Brownsville, which built a strong team to mirror the success that has drawn national acclaim to Brownsville's scholastic chess programs. UTB qualified for the President's Cup in 2010. It's good to see that ...
Brownsville Herald
The local squad continues the success of UT Brownsville, which built a strong team to mirror the success that has drawn national acclaim to Brownsville's scholastic chess programs. UTB qualified for the President's Cup in 2010. It's good to see that ...
Categories: Scholastic Chess
Brainiac: Beyond the 10000-hour-rule: Experts disagree about the value of practice - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Brainiac: Beyond the 10000-hour-rule: Experts disagree about the value of practice
The Boston Globe
They found that how much a person practices explains about 26 percent of the variation in how good people are at games like chess, 21 percent of the variation in performance playing musical instruments, and 18 percent of the variation in performance in ...
The Boston Globe
They found that how much a person practices explains about 26 percent of the variation in how good people are at games like chess, 21 percent of the variation in performance playing musical instruments, and 18 percent of the variation in performance in ...
Categories: Chess Research
Coming up - ThisWeekNews
Coming up
ThisWeekNews
Chess, 6 p.m. third Tuesdays at the Mary E. Babcock Library, 320 N. Main St., Johnstown. Free. For more information, call .... Dementia and Alzheimer's disease program, 6 p.m. April 7, Licking Memorial Hospital, 1320 W. Main St. Neurologist Even Wang ...
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Chess, 6 p.m. third Tuesdays at the Mary E. Babcock Library, 320 N. Main St., Johnstown. Free. For more information, call .... Dementia and Alzheimer's disease program, 6 p.m. April 7, Licking Memorial Hospital, 1320 W. Main St. Neurologist Even Wang ...
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Categories: Chess Research
Datebook: Abandoned buildings, new paintings and a show that tackles race and violence - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
Datebook: Abandoned buildings, new paintings and a show that tackles race and violence
Los Angeles Times
Over a period of 40 years, a single collector amassed a rich assortment of works and ephemera by the seminal French artist Marcel Duchamp -- including numerous book covers and magazines that the artist helped design even after he'd bid goodbye to art ...
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Los Angeles Times
Over a period of 40 years, a single collector amassed a rich assortment of works and ephemera by the seminal French artist Marcel Duchamp -- including numerous book covers and magazines that the artist helped design even after he'd bid goodbye to art ...
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Categories: Chess Research
Beyond the 10000-hour-rule: Experts disagree about the value of practice - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
Beyond the 10000-hour-rule: Experts disagree about the value of practice
The Boston Globe
They found that how much a person practices explains about 26 percent of the variation in how good people are at games like chess, 21 percent of the variation in performance playing musical instruments, and 18 percent of the variation in performance in ...
The Boston Globe
They found that how much a person practices explains about 26 percent of the variation in how good people are at games like chess, 21 percent of the variation in performance playing musical instruments, and 18 percent of the variation in performance in ...
Categories: Chess Research
Technology|The Race Is On to Control Artificial Intelligence, and Tech's Future - New York Times
New York Times
Technology|The Race Is On to Control Artificial Intelligence, and Tech's Future
New York Times
For years, tech companies have used man-versus-machine competitions to show they are making progress on A.I. In 1997, an IBM computer beat the chess champion Garry Kasparov. Five years ago, IBM went even further when its Watson system won a three-day ...
New York Times
For years, tech companies have used man-versus-machine competitions to show they are making progress on A.I. In 1997, an IBM computer beat the chess champion Garry Kasparov. Five years ago, IBM went even further when its Watson system won a three-day ...
Categories: Chess Research
An A.I. Competed for a Literary Prize, but Humans Still Did the Real Work - Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog)
An A.I. Competed for a Literary Prize, but Humans Still Did the Real Work
Slate Magazine (blog)
As Japanese publication Ashai Shimbum explains, the research team first wrote a novel of their own and then broke it down into its component parts. Only then did the A.I. involve itself, arranging the parts it had been given to create “another ... Far ...
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Slate Magazine (blog)
As Japanese publication Ashai Shimbum explains, the research team first wrote a novel of their own and then broke it down into its component parts. Only then did the A.I. involve itself, arranging the parts it had been given to create “another ... Far ...
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More Than the Next Move - Chess Builds Skills - School News Network
More Than the Next Move - Chess Builds Skills
School News Network
Research has shown students who play chess do well at several things. They are better problem-solvers; have improved concentration and memory; higher spatial reasoning, reading and math skills; and increased logic, creativity and strategic planning.
School News Network
Research has shown students who play chess do well at several things. They are better problem-solvers; have improved concentration and memory; higher spatial reasoning, reading and math skills; and increased logic, creativity and strategic planning.
Categories: Chess Research
We must teach AI machines to play nice and police themselves - Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk
We must teach AI machines to play nice and police themselves
Telegraph.co.uk
... and potential of AI - the technology that will confer a human-like intelligence on computers, through machine learning algorithms that “teach” machines different skills such as how to play chess or translate languages, using copious amounts of ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
... and potential of AI - the technology that will confer a human-like intelligence on computers, through machine learning algorithms that “teach” machines different skills such as how to play chess or translate languages, using copious amounts of ...
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A Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist explains how your brain tricks you into making bad decisions - Business Insider
Business Insider
A Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist explains how your brain tricks you into making bad decisions
Business Insider
So how do we prevent the need for cognitive closure from sabotaging our decisions? Duhigg said it's about building systems that force us to "make sure that we're giving a choice the time it deserves." During his research, he studied the most successful ...
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Business Insider
So how do we prevent the need for cognitive closure from sabotaging our decisions? Duhigg said it's about building systems that force us to "make sure that we're giving a choice the time it deserves." During his research, he studied the most successful ...
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Student at Minn. High School Wins State Chess Title - KSTP.com
KSTP.com
Student at Minn. High School Wins State Chess Title
KSTP.com
Saikhanzaya Ganbattar, also known as Sia, was named the Minnesota State Girl's Champion at the 51st Annual Scholastic Chess Championship Sunday at St. Catherine's University in St. Paul. Sia also ranked fifth overall in the senior high school section.
KSTP.com
Saikhanzaya Ganbattar, also known as Sia, was named the Minnesota State Girl's Champion at the 51st Annual Scholastic Chess Championship Sunday at St. Catherine's University in St. Paul. Sia also ranked fifth overall in the senior high school section.
Categories: Scholastic Chess
Chess legend is coming to Fulton - Fulton Sun
Chess legend is coming to Fulton
Fulton Sun
Garry Kasparov, the Soviet who in 1985 became the youngest world chess champion in history at the age of 22, will begin the Churchill Fellows Weekend with a free public lecture at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin ...
Fulton Sun
Garry Kasparov, the Soviet who in 1985 became the youngest world chess champion in history at the age of 22, will begin the Churchill Fellows Weekend with a free public lecture at 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, in the Church of St. Mary the Virgin ...
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World's largest chess piece - Picture of World Chess Hall of Fame, Saint Louis - Tripadvisor
Categories: World Chess Hall of Fame
Justus Williams Wins New York Scholastic Champs - uschess.org
Justus Williams Wins New York Scholastic Champs uschess.org
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Justus Williams Wins New York Scholastic Champs | US Chess.org - uschess.org
Categories: Scholastic Chess
Anand beats Karjakin to come back in joint lead - The Statesman
Anand beats Karjakin to come back in joint lead
The Statesman
In the other game of the day, Fabiano Caruana was close to winning against Topalov according to chess engines but the American did not read his chances well enough. Results round 11: V Anand (Ind, 6.5) beat Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 6); Anish Giri (Ned, 5 ...
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In the other game of the day, Fabiano Caruana was close to winning against Topalov according to chess engines but the American did not read his chances well enough. Results round 11: V Anand (Ind, 6.5) beat Sergey Karjakin (Rus, 6); Anish Giri (Ned, 5 ...
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World's tallest chess piece - Picture of World Chess Hall of Fame, Saint Louis - Tripadvisor - Tripadvisor
World's tallest chess piece - Picture of World Chess Hall of Fame, Saint Louis - Tripadvisor Tripadvisor
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World Chess Hall of Fame Postcards - Q Boutique
World Chess Hall of Fame Postcards Q Boutique
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Talking Tech: Let it Go - The Georgetown Voice
The Georgetown Voice
Talking Tech: Let it Go
The Georgetown Voice
Compare that with the 1060 possible scenarios in chess and you will understand why Go is considered one of the most complex games around. That is the reason why many experts did ... In a widely publicized open letter that was signed by the likes of ...
The Machine Wins 4-1 : what does this mean for the future of AI?Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Computer that beat Go champion has many applicants, says makerThe Straits Times
Artificial Intelligence: A challenge to human supremacy?Financial Express Bangladesh
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The Georgetown Voice
Compare that with the 1060 possible scenarios in chess and you will understand why Go is considered one of the most complex games around. That is the reason why many experts did ... In a widely publicized open letter that was signed by the likes of ...
The Machine Wins 4-1 : what does this mean for the future of AI?Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies
Computer that beat Go champion has many applicants, says makerThe Straits Times
Artificial Intelligence: A challenge to human supremacy?Financial Express Bangladesh
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