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Beyond Chess: Computer Beats Human in Ancient Chinese Game - Sci-Tech Today
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Sci-Tech Today
The program had taught itself how to win, and its developers say its learning strategy may someday let computers help solve real-world problems like making medical diagnoses and pursuing scientific research. The program and its victory are described in ...
Justin Peck Calmly Creates a Kingdom at City Ballet (Published 2016) - The New York Times
Berlin and Bolton calendars - Worcester Telegram
Worcester Telegram
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR: is Thursday, Feb. 4 through Friday, Feb. 12, Florence ... of $2 are asked at the door to cover costs. For experienced older players, the club is also an opportunity for mentoring, besides playing challenging chess games with peers.
Harvard Scientists Just Created 4D Printing - Outer Places
Outer Places
It seems like just yesterday that 3D printing became a thing. It looks like even that wasn't good enough, however, as Harvard scientists have already improved upon the concept by introducing an additional dimension to the concept: time.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - The News International
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The News International
In 1950, a mathematician Claude Shannon published his research “Programming a Computer for Playing Chess” in which he estimated the number of all possible chess moves. He based his calculation on a logical approximation that each game has an ...
Winter Knights compete, NATS opens - Madison Record
Madison Record
MADISON – At the Winter Knights Scholastic Chess Tournament, six Madison players qualified for the upcoming City Chess Championship. Winter Knights was the third qualifying tournament for the premiere of the city tourney on March 25-26. Winter Knights ...
On Chess: Tiny feet take big steps in chess - St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
St. Louis Public Radio
23, a chess tournament was hosted in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. No grandmasters at this one. Goddard School students age 3 to 5 participated in the tournament. It was quite the spectacle as more than 30 children and nearly 100 ...
Las Vegas Chess Center creates gathering place for all ages - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Benjamin Fleming, 10, and Chema Estreller, 8, rushed to strategically move pawns, rooks, knights, castles and queens, always with an eye to defending the king, as they faced off across a checkered board at the Las Vegas Chess Center, 3160 S. Valley ...
Over the chess board: Local chess tournaments celebrate MLK Day - AL.com
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AL.com
Winners of the MLK Classic Chess Tournament Premiere Section: Alabama State Champion Scott Varagona, Calera, Terrence Edinburg, Montgomery, and Kevin Wang, Atlanta. Adult and scholastic chess players competed in the one day event. The annual ...
Alphabet's A.I. work passes Go, collects important milestone - New York Business Journal
New York Business Journal
New York Business Journal
Alphabet's artificial intelligence (AI) research hit an important milestone on Wednesday when its program defeated a top-level Go player in a series of five matches. DeepMind, a research organization that operates within Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG ...
Zuckerberg Sides with AI as Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Mauls Human Go ChampionLearnBonds
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Zuckerberg Sides with AI as Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) Mauls Human Go Champion - LearnBonds
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LearnBonds
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) can't seem to get on smoothly as both firms engage in rivalry in the AI field. On Wednesday, DeepMind, an AI research group within Alphabet revealed that its AlphaGo AI ...
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Google's AlphaGo Artificial Itelligence Beats Go Champion 5-0 In Big Step Forward For AI - CardPlayer.com
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CardPlayer.com
To draw attention to the research the programs are often pitted against human players who are masters of certain games, with chess computer Deep Blue playing Garry Kasparov in the late 1990's and more recent battles between top poker pros and AI's like ...
Way To Go - Machine Outclasses Go ChampionNasdaq
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Beyond Chess: Computer Beats Human in Ancient Chinese Game - Sci-Tech Today
Sci-Tech Today
The program had taught itself how to win, and its developers say its learning strategy may someday let computers help solve real-world problems like making medical diagnoses and pursuing scientific research. The program and its victory are described in ...
9 Things You Didn't Know About The College Music Market - Digital Music News
Digital Music News
Of course you could get “booked” by the chess club to play their spring dance for $100 or the college radio station for their fundraising event for $250 and lots of spins, but the big money comes from the university's entertainment budget. Nearly all 4 ...
Six area students attend chess championships - Reporter-Times
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On Saturday, four area students competed in the final rounds of the Scholastic Chess of Indiana State Individual Championships. Four students from South Elementary School and two students from Ronald K. Bell-East Middle School participated in the event ...
Watch Stephen Hawking call Paul Rudd a nerd in this mythic game of “quantum chess” - Quartz
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Quartz
Here's something you don't see everyday: a famed theoretical physicist taking on a popular American actor in an epic chess match. But it's not any old game of chess—this is quantum chess. Normal chess is hard enough to master, but it becomes another ...
Stephen Hawking Takes on Paul Rudd at Quantum Chess... and LosesNewsweek
Paul Rudd and Stephen Hawking Face-Off in a Game of Quantum Chess, Narrated by Keanu ReevesOuter Places
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IHA's Judy Colitz Passes Away - Gifts & Decorative Accessories
Gifts & Decorative Accessories
Gifts & Decorative Accessories
“During her 22 years at IHA, she touched many lives through her work with the HCF and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), CORE, CHESS and mother member services administered. We have lost a devoted colleague and friend,” said Phil ...
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13 Things to Know About the Alpha Generation - AdAge.com
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I have spent thousands of hours observing one member of the Alpha Generation, and I have done meticulous ethnographic research on her peers in playdates, at family gatherings, and at the cutest baby ballet classes ever. ... Want to play chess with them ...
IHA's Judy Colitz Dies - Gourmet Retailer
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Gourmet Retailer
“During her 22 years at IHA, she touched many lives through her work with the HCF and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, CORE, CHESS and the other member services she administered. We have lost a devoted colleague and friend.” “The Breast ...
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DC community calendar, Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 2016 - Washington Post
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202-727-1488. Free. Chess for kids Master chess instructor guides you from learning the basics to advancing your level of skill. Thursdays at 5 p.m. Cleveland Park Library, 3310 Connecticut ... 202-939-5946. Free. Breast cancer advances Anne Favret ...