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Author: Edouard Chazal
Why the Chess Computer Deep Blue Played Like a Human
What Kasparov might have sensed when he played Deep Blue is something that appeared like that creative randomness, which he took to be a “human” intuition of danger. Deep Blue programmer Feng-Hsiung Hsu writes in his book Behind Deep Blue that during the match, outside analysts were divided over a mysterious move made by the program, thinking it either weak or obliquely strategic. Eventually, the programmers discovered that the move was simply the result of a bug that had caused the computer not to choose what it had actually calculated to be the best move—something that could have appeared as random play. The bug wasn’t fixed until after game four, long after Kasparov’s spirit had been broken.
San Francisco Is Smarter Than You Are
A good environment and a greener living is like the energy to innovate.
If people are to cities as neurons are to brains, and cities (unlike brains) do not have any known limit to their size, then gigantic cities of the future might produce innovations on a scale that wouldn’t be possible for the cities of today. Faced with pollution, disease, and scarcity, should we be looking to creative environments rather than to individual innovators?
Fast Traders Are Getting Data From SEC Seconds Early
The SEC uses Tradeworx datas to analyze the market and causes of flashcrashes, while high-frequency traders get a prime access to the SEC’s datas to place bets. Fair trade.
Hedge funds and other rapid-fire investors can get access to market-moving documents ahead of other users of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s system for distributing company filings, giving them a potential edge on the rest of the market.
The AbCap : Milestone N°1
I want to thank all my readers from around the globe who helped The AbCap mark its best month. Ever.
I keep reading a lot while working on some very promising and special projects. I set to myself one post every two days, which ended up to be quiet a lot of time spent in front of the screen.
Also, I’m now going to comment a lot more on the articles.
Oh by the way, I’m on my way to write my very first longform :
“On reviving creativity at the workplace.”
This essay will be posted here as soon as I got more time to write.
Merci,
Ed.
