AI

The Kasparov-Deep Junior chess match ended in a draw yesterday after Kasparov forced the draw in the final game to avoid losing to the computer. Overall, Kasparov and Deep Junior each only won one game a piece in the six game match. There’s coverage at the World Chess Federation, of course. They even have online animation of all of the games; I recommend ignoring the applet running on that page and clicking through to the individual match you want at the top of the page to get an interface where you can step through play-by-play. ChessBase also carries a lot … Continue reading Kasparov-Deep Junior Draw

I’m not sure anyone can disagree that there is over-hype of AI by pundits who claim it’s the next technological magic bullet, particularly those who subtitle their books When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence. However, any article which starts its argument with “First, AI is a technological backwater.” needs to seriously look at what definition of “AI” they are using, and if they are limiting themselves to only the “building mechanical people” definition, they need to be slapped around. And then shown the ongoing research in and applications of learning, and machine vision, and planning. And then slapped around some more. … Continue reading Misunderstanding AI