Watson the supercomputer battles Jeopardy! geniuses
Watson, which IBM claims as a profound advance in artificial intelligence, edged out game-show champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter this week in its first public test, a short practice round ahead of a million-dollar tournament that will be televised in the US next month.
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Experimental filmmaking that countered Hollywood
Screenings around L.A. of San Francisco-area alternative movies from 1945-2000 will honor the influential film scene. From the late 1940s through the present day, a certain well-known California city has been the epicenter of intrepid, innovative filmmaking that has dazzled viewers and shredded the conventions of traditional narrative cinema.
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New Bond Game Reportedly Green-lit Along with Film
License-holder MGM studios was locked in bankruptcy struggles for over a year, but they’ve finally announced that the next James Bond film will finally move forward in development and hit theaters on November 9, 2012. And this is apparently good news for gamers as well, as reports also state MGM is moving forward with a new Bond videogame to coincide with the movie. Deadline reports that along …
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