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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Besides being a profound and entertaining meditation on thought and creativity, prospects for computers and artificial intelligence for mimicking human thought are also discussed.
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Chess Draw: Human vs AI
Kasparov Takes on Another "Deep" Computer
 
Chess Draw: Human vs AI

Today is the final chess game between Kasparov and Deep Junior, and the scores are tied. The last grand duel was a draw, so it wouldn't be a surprise if this one was too... You can watch it live with Flash:

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In other gaming news, the News Observer reports of Online Games Taking More and More Players into Cyberspace. Taking the Sims as an example, the article shows how AI has partly helped this transition.

BBC News has an article on Video Games Without Frontiers, discussing the AI storyline generator which was posted here a few days ago. Slashdot ran a story on this a few days ago, and I think the comments are mostly positive; Infinite Games?

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Friday 07 February, 15:50
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Lots of draws

Perhaps chess is like tic-tak-toe, that is, if both parties play perfectly then it will always end in a draw.

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Friday 07 February, 21:29
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