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Stephen Hawking Takes on Paul Rudd at Quantum Chess... and Loses - Newsweek
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Newsweek
The eminent, world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has taken on the goofy, comic actor Paul Rudd at a game of quantum chess—and lost. In a short film called Anyone Can Quantum, Hawking and Rudd face off in an online battle designed to explain ...
Paul Rudd and Stephen Hawking Face-Off in a Game of Quantum Chess, Narrated by Keanu ReevesOuter Places
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Google's Go triumph is a milestone for artificial intelligence research - Phys.Org
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Phys.Org
Computer games have been a crucial test bed for developing and testing new AI techniques – the "lab rat" of our research. This has led to superhuman players in checkers, chess, Scrabble, backgammon and more recently, simple forms of poker.
Google's AI beats a professional Go player, an industry firstVentureBeat
Program by Alphabet Beats a Human Professional at GoNew York Times
In a Huge Breakthrough, Google's AI Beats a Top Player at the Game of GoWIRED
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Facebook AI Go Player Gets Smarter With Neural Network And Long-Term Prediction To Master World's Hardest Game - Tech Times
Tech Times
Tech Times
The social media company recently published a research paper showcasing the progress it made with the DarkForest bots, which use a synergy of methods to be the best Go players available. Yuandong Tian and Yan Zhu, AI researchers at Facebook, explain ...
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Way To Go - Machine Outclasses Go Champion - Nasdaq
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(RTTNews.com) - Yet another milestone has been carved in artificial intelligence research - with a computer program defeating a human professional player in the ancient game of Go, which is considered to be more complex than Chess. As you may know, ...
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Does the 'Chinese room' argument preclude a robot uprising? - OUPblog (blog)
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In this blog series, Olle Häggström, author of Here Be Dragons, explores the risks and benefits of advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, and machine intelligence. In this third and final post, Olle challenges John Searle's 'Chinese room' argument ...
What seductive lies are investors telling themselves today? - MoneyWeek
MoneyWeek
MoneyWeek
But here's why Go matters for AI research, and why it's been seen as a 'tough' problem. Chess is difficult. But you can win using “brute force'. A computer can calculate every potential combination of moves, then pick the best one given the current ...
Weekend: Your guide to area entertainment and events - Scranton Times-Tribune
Scranton Times-Tribune
2016 SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS FOR NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Saturday through Feb. 17. Mahady Gallery at Marywood .... CHESS CLUB: Tuesdays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Abington Community Library, Clarks Summit. 570-587-3440 or lclshome.org.
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On Chess: Tiny feet take big steps in chess - St. Louis Public Radio
On Saturday, Jan. 23, a chess tournament was hosted in the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis. No grandmasters at this one. Goddard School.
Pro football and a math PhD: Juggling two worlds - The MIT Tech
The MIT Tech
The Tech: What are your research interests? Do you consider yourself more of an ... Because I love the things I do, I like doing them all day, and somehow I find time to do math, do football, play some chess sometimes, and sleep. So, lots of hours in ...
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AI Triumphs Over Human Go Champion - Ubergizmo
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Ubergizmo
Chess and computers tend to be bosom buddies, especially since chess is a complex game that has billions of moves and outcomes, which is definitely something that computers love to do – crunch numbers, so much so that matches between a human and a ...
North Shore Community Calendar - The Salem News
The Salem News
Marblehead: Children's Chess Club, 6 to 8 p.m., Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant St. Learn chess with Mikhail Perelsteyn. Beginner lessons from .... Marblehead: Free Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Boston Scholastic, 165 Pleasant St. For all ages. Free and ...
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How a computer program became champion of the world's trickiest board game - PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour
An artificial intelligence program developed by researchers at Google can beat a human at the board game Go, which some consider to be the most complicated board game in existence. And this AI ... So, I played chess from very young. And that was my ...
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Youth Chess Championships slated - Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal
The championship is open to any USCF scholastic chess player in kindergarten through 12th grade. USCF membership is required to enter. Players will compete against other players in their own division (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12). Each player will play five ...
Northern-area Community Events Calendar, Jan. 28- Feb. 3, 2016 - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards: The area's best student artwork and writing is set to be on display Jan. 31 through April 3 in the Big .... Events include swimming, softball, chess, basketball, fencing, archery, volleyball, golf, tennis and poker ...
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Our Town Calendar of Events - Ramona Sentinel
Ramona Sentinel
Hawk Watch, presented by Wildlife Research Institute, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Begent Ranch, 18528 Highland Valley Road. Free event for all ages, held Saturdays in January and February, rain ... Ramona Library, 1275 Main St. 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Scrapbooking ...
Paul Rudd and Stephen Hawking Face-Off in a Game of Quantum Chess, Narrated by Keanu Reeves - Outer Places
Outer Places
After an in-depth research process that includes reading Hawking's own masterpiece The Theory of Everything, Quantum Physics for Babies, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Rudd takes on the high-stakes game of quantum chess while the ...
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Forget Chess. A.I. Masters Wickedly Complex, Chinese Game Of 'Go' - WAMU 88.5
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Researchers at Google have developed a program that can excel at the Chinese game of "go," which is considered a tougher problem for a machine than other strategy games such as chess. The program has defeated the European champion of the game.
Beyond chess: Computer beats human in ancient Chinese game - The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times
FILE – A player places a black stone while his opponent waits to place a white one as they play Go, a game of strategy, in the Seattle Go Center, Tuesday, April 30, 2002. The game, which originated in China more than 2,500 years... (AP Photo/Cheryl ...
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Google AI algorithm masters ancient game of Go - Nature.com
Nature.com
The best human players of chess, draughts and backgammon have all been outplayed by computers. But a hefty handicap was needed for computers to win at Go. Now Google's London-based AI company, DeepMind, claims that its machine has mastered the ...
Google's AI beats a professional Go player, an industry first - VentureBeat
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VentureBeat
“If we win the match in March, then that's sort of the equivalent of beating [Garry] Kasparov in chess,” said Demis Hassabis, cofounder of Google-owned DeepMind, during a press briefing on the research earlier this week. “Lee Sedol is the greatest ...
Google's AI just cracked the game that supposedly no computer could beatQuartz
In a Huge Breakthrough, Google's AI Beats a Top Player at the Game of GoWIRED
Google's Go triumph is a milestone for artificial intelligence researchThe Conversation UK
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