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Can robots truly be creative and use their imagination? - The Guardian

Chess Research - Sat, 10/10/2015 - 10:03

The Guardian

Can robots truly be creative and use their imagination?
The Guardian
Artificial intelligence research is aiming to overcome the challenge of hand-coded features through more flexible approaches in which software systems can constantly learn new representations of data, modify themselves according to it and exhibit ...

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Two Glenmede Funds Rely on Models to Pick Winners, Avoid Losers - Barron's

Chess Research - Sat, 10/10/2015 - 01:03

Barron's

Two Glenmede Funds Rely on Models to Pick Winners, Avoid Losers
Barron's
A highly rated chess player in high school, de Vassal (who goes by “Val”), received a degree in finance and accounting from Drexel University and began his career in 1982 in the asset/liability management department of what was then Philadelphia ...

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Native American Students Find Success In Holbrook's Schools - AzJournal.com

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 23:35

Native American Students Find Success In Holbrook's Schools
AzJournal.com
... color guard sponsor; Becky Madden, Nichole Livingston and Nikki Alley, Park Elementary School Intervention Assistance Team; Aaron Garisto, HJHS assistant wrestling; Eldon Ferguson, HHS chess assistant; Erik Carlson, HHS eighth hour English and ...

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Things to do in and around Greenwich - Greenwich Time

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 19:11

Greenwich Time

Things to do in and around Greenwich
Greenwich Time
On Oct. 15 at 3:30 p.m. in the Cos Cob Library Community Room, 5 Sinawoy Road, an afternoon of chess instruction will take place. The class is open to all .... The gala raises money toward Lyme's disease research and treatment. Last year's gala raised ...

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Changes Coming Fast in CPA Profession - Accounting Today

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 16:29

Changes Coming Fast in CPA Profession
Accounting Today
“If you're a good chess player, you're always anticipating the next two or three moves. Those next two or three moves ... The American Institute of CPAs and the American Accounting Association are doing research to find out why. “One thing we did find ...

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Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Ben Carson: Sunday guests - Orlando Sentinel

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 13:57

Orlando Sentinel

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Ben Carson: Sunday guests
Orlando Sentinel
Another guest is Jerry Boykin of the Family Research Council. The panel will be GOP strategist Ed Rollins, radio host Alan Colmes and Garry Kasparov, chairman of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation and former world chess champion.

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What to Do When Your Funding Vanishes - Entrepreneur

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 11:06

Entrepreneur

What to Do When Your Funding Vanishes
Entrepreneur
As part of the research process, it helps to ask other entrepreneurs about their experience with the investors before getting to a terms sheet. “Talk to advisors ... You're playing checkers, and your potential investors are playing chess. There are a ...

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Canadian MBA is the queen in chess king's empire - The Globe and Mail (subscription)

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 10:48

The Globe and Mail (subscription)

Canadian MBA is the queen in chess king's empire
The Globe and Mail (subscription)
He is Magnus Carlsen, a hunky 24-year-old chess sensation whose popularity since twice winning the world championships, first in 2012 and again in 2014, has transformed him into a rock star in his native Norway. He's now the world's highest ranked player.

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The secretive government agency where 'anything imagined can be tried' - Washington Post

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 10:07

Washington Post

The secretive government agency where 'anything imagined can be tried'
Washington Post
Several years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) began looking into a new medical procedure called transcranial direct-current stimulation, or tDCS. To the outsider, the experiments looked more Mary Shelley than cutting-edge ...

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American AI pioneer Ben Goertzel talks immortality, the age of robots and ... - South China Morning Post (subscription)

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 09:15

South China Morning Post (subscription)

American AI pioneer Ben Goertzel talks immortality, the age of robots and ...
South China Morning Post (subscription)
For example, IBM's Deep Blue chess program (was capable of evaluating) 200 million positions a second. ... THE AGE OF ROBOTS The ultimate aim of AI research is the technological singularity - the point at which technology overtakes the human mind.

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Family dynamics: Perception vs. reality of the only child - Gazettextra

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 08:07

Gazettextra

Family dynamics: Perception vs. reality of the only child
Gazettextra
The one-child phenomena has caused lots of hand-wringing and generated a slew of research to determine whether only children are as popular, as smart, as well-adjusted as kids with siblings. In an age of professional .... She read books such as “One ...

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UCLA must not abandon the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden - Daily Bruin

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 04:30

Daily Bruin

UCLA must not abandon the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden
Daily Bruin
How bitterly ironic that UCLA, a world-renowned center for the study of lost civilizations and cultures, has so significantly contributed to the loss of civilization and culture in Los Angeles by its calculated and ruthless actions to sell this garden ...

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Women's soccer to support breast cancer awareness in Arizona match - Daily Bruin

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 03:21

Daily Bruin

Women's soccer to support breast cancer awareness in Arizona match
Daily Bruin
... up to kick the ball. Tye, whose mother died of lymphoma earlier this year, and her teammates will wear pink jerseys on Friday night in support of breast cancer awareness and research. ... Fun Math/Chess/Coding Lessons for Grades K-6. Experienced ...

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MIT Artificial Intelligence Program Has IQ Of 4-Year-Old Child - Tech Times

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 02:31

Tech Times

MIT Artificial Intelligence Program Has IQ Of 4-Year-Old Child
Tech Times
... they can play chess, compute complex mathematical problems and even identify pictures. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has created an intelligent machine called ConceptNet under its artificial intelligence program. Researchers from ...
Scientists Build a Computer with a Brain of a Four-Year-OldThe Geopolitical and Conflict Report (blog)
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Artificial intelligence program ConceptNet matches 4-year-old child in IQ testInternational Business Times UK
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Woo hoo! Bed-Stuy library branch expanding to seven days a week - Brooklyn Paper

Chess Research - Fri, 10/09/2015 - 01:00

Brooklyn Paper

Woo hoo! Bed-Stuy library branch expanding to seven days a week
Brooklyn Paper
The branch has also hired a new children's librarian and a young-adult librarian and plans on adding all new kids' programs — including chess and computer coding classes — within the month. The Sunday hours will give local kids a great opportunity to ...

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Item calendars - Worcester Telegram

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/08/2015 - 23:05

Item calendars
Worcester Telegram
BERLIN CULTURAL COUNCIL: is accepting grant applications. Completed applications are due no later than Thursday, Oct. 15. Changes in the application forms dictate that applications must be completed online. The new forms will be available on BCC's ...

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Item calendars - Worcester Telegram

Scholastic Chess News Feed - Thu, 10/08/2015 - 23:05

Item calendars
Worcester Telegram
BERLIN CULTURAL COUNCIL: is accepting grant applications. Completed applications are due no later than Thursday, Oct. 15. Changes in the application forms dictate that applications must be completed online. The new forms will be available on BCC's ...

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Oculus VR co-founder Jack McCauley on AR, VR and his creative newest project - Silicon Valley Business Journal

Chess Research - Thu, 10/08/2015 - 19:16

Oculus VR co-founder Jack McCauley on AR, VR and his creative newest project
Silicon Valley Business Journal
At his innovation and research facility, which is small for now with just a staff of four, he wants to incubate various ideas. Right now, the lab is focused on virtual reality, specifically on tracking. McCauley is mostly tight-lipped for now, but he ...

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The Next 10 Years Of Automation And What It Might Mean For The Job Market - TechCrunch

Chess Research - Thu, 10/08/2015 - 16:01

TechCrunch

The Next 10 Years Of Automation And What It Might Mean For The Job Market
TechCrunch
Though more far-out considerations are difficult to predict, many experienced computer science researchers feel reasonably comfortable speaking about AI's influence in the coming 5-10 years. With so much potentially unfounded speculation about how ...

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Titus wants Congress to look into legalities of daily fantasy sports - Las Vegas Review-Journal

Chess Research - Thu, 10/08/2015 - 15:56

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Titus wants Congress to look into legalities of daily fantasy sports
Las Vegas Review-Journal
At last week's Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins said fantasy sports was a game of skill, similar to chess or playing the stock market. He said the players attracted to Boston-based DraftKings were predominately millennial ...
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