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16 Mar 2010 11:46

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26 Jul 2009 10:58

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Tech: We’re living the plot of a movie where robots overtake humans

  • Something new has taken place in the past five to eight years. Technologists are replacing religion, and their ideas are resonating in some ways with the same idea of the Rapture.
  • Eric Horvitz • A Microsoft researcher who is also president of Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Horvitz is talking like one of those crazy scientists who eventually gets killed by a robot in a bad science-fiction movie, which explains why he’s heading up a conference on whether humans should limit artificial intelligence for robots so that the robots don’t overtake their masters. Our friends at Inevitable Rise of the Machines have long been warning us of this fact. • source

12 Apr 2009 21:10

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Sports: Kenny Perry on blowing his chance at winning the Masters

  • I may never get this opportunity ever again, but I had a lot of fun being in there. I had the tournament to win. I lost the tournament. But Angel hung in there. I was proud of him.
  • Golfer Kenny Perry • Whose lame final round allowed for Angel Cabrera to overtake him in the Masters. He says this now, but really, he’s probably ticked that he let it get away. • source

12 Apr 2009 21:03

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Sports: Why the Masters ruled this year for golf fans

  • Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson – a.k.a. the perennial expected winners – crept up near the top most of the day, but didn’t win. source
  • Despite leading the pack most of the day, 48-year-old Kenny Perry couldn’t keep up his lead, forcing a three-way playoff. (!) source
  • In a stunning fall from victory, Perry fumbled the playoff, giving Angel Cabrera the opening to win the Green jacket in Augusta. source