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South Korean robot prison guards: R2-D2 maybe, not the Terminator
World NowSouth Korea prison robots artificial intelligence?: South Koreans develop robots to use as prison guards... -
Black List 2011: The Top 10 hottest scripts in Hollywood
24 FramesThe 10 hottest scripts in Hollywood -- check out the Black List 2011.... -
Black List 2011: The complete list of Hollywood's hottest scripts
24 FramesBlack List 2011: The complete list of Hollywood's hottest scripts... -
John McCarthy dies at 84; the father of artificial intelligence
In the mid-1950s mathematician John McCarthy issued a call for research on "Automata Studies," but the phrase was so bland that few people understood what he meant. So he came up with a more provocative description of the idea he was promoting.
He called...Tags: Computer Science, Computer Networking and Internet, File Sharing, Heart Attack, Princeton University
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Celebrate 11022011 with a palindrome, LOL
Nation Now11022011 palindrome day. Celebrate with palindromes: Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog!... -
White heat: Six degrees of John Cale
Pop & HissJohn Cale is the Forrest Gump of rock, linking a disparate group of tastemakers and cultural figures throughout the four-plus decades of his career. Cale will perform his 1973 album "Paris 1919" tonight at UCLA's Royce Hall, followed by a...... -
Artificial intelligence researcher from Harvard wins Turing Award, considered the Nobel of computing
L.A. Times Tech BlogA Harvard University professor whose artificial intelligence work has helped the advent of “thinking machines” has won what is regarded in computing circles as the equivalent of the Nobel prize for technology research. Leslie G. Valiant, who... -
Apple I computer, hand built by Steve Jobs, sells for $210,000 in London
L.A. Times Tech BlogAn Apple I computer, also known as the Apple-1, was sold at Christie's in London for 133,250 pounds, or about $210,000. The Apple I was built by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs in Jobs' parent's garage and is one of 200 ever made. Marco Boglione, an... -
Transhumans in space
Today, Hickam and Simberg debate genetic solutions to the challenges of long-term space travel. Previously they discussed the grudge match between private space entrepreneurs and the federal space agency, examined the moon and Mars for signs of human life...Tags: NASA, Aging, Biotechnology, Depression, Melanin
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Blakeson in talks to direct WB's 'Imitation Game': Hot spec script tracks famous WWII codebreaker
VarietyJ. Blakeson is in negotiations to direct Warner Bros. World War II codebreaking pic "The Imitation Game." The project was considered one of the hottest spec scripts in town when WB acquired it last fall. Graham Moore penned the work, based on the true...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Leonardo DiCaprio, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Artificial Intelligence Pioneer: We Can Build Robots With Morals: Artificial intelligence pioneer won the world's top computing prize
U.S. News & World ReportJudea Pearl, a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, won the Association for Computing Machinery's A.M. Turing award Thursday, considered the highest honor in the computing world. Pearl developed two branches of calculus that opened the door...Tags: Chess Playing, Religion and Belief, Ethics, Science and Technology, Mathematics
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Pro-rated by dollars, Romney's Southern loss was enormous
Change of SubjectZeke Miller at Buzzfeed presents a chart that puts Mitt Romney's third-place finishes in Mississippi and Alabama last night into fairly harsh relief: In Mississippi, Romney's forces spent $6.89 per vote in TV money alone, compared to winner Rick Santorum....
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