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The Meeting of the Minds That Launched AI

Hacker News

Over the years, some people suggested that this was Trenchard More , another AI expert who attended the workshop. Over the years, I had attended a number of his talks, and I had met many of Ray’s peers and colleagues in AI, so I was curious about the photo. A group photo [shown above] captured seven of the main participants.

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My First 50 Days of Blogging

Victor Zhou

Today is March 25, which is my blog’s 50th day! ? During Year One, I’m aiming to Publish 50 blog posts. See you all on February 4, 2020 for the Year One recap, where I’ll look back at this post and see if I hit my goals. ? I felt like I had some interesting/useful things to say. Since then, I’ve Published 6 blog posts.

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Hasbro laying off Wizards of the Coast staff is baffling — and could lead to a brain drain

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As has been the case for the last couple of years , Hasbro’s gaming endeavors, led by Wizards of the Coast, have been the only consistently profitable part of the company. As has been the case for the last couple of years , Hasbro’s gaming endeavors, led by Wizards of the Coast, have been the only consistently profitable part of the company.

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50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

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I’ m sitting in front of a computer, looking at its graphical user interface with overlapping windows on a high-resolution screen. I interact with the computer by pointing and clicking with a mouse and typing on a keyboard. Its networking capabilities can link me to other computers and to high-quality laser printers. My computer has all that too.”

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How Duolingo’s AI Learns What You Need to Learn

Flipboard

That’s enough to raise a person’s test scores from the 50th percentile to the 98th. It’s a nudge from Duolingo , the popular language-learning app, whose algorithms know you’re most likely to do your 5 minutes of Spanish practice at this time of day. But behind the scenes, sophisticated artificial-intelligence (AI) systems are at work.

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Using anti-requirements to find system boundaries

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We all love building greenfield projects. 1 But inevitably, starting a new project involves lots of meetings with business stakeholders to hash out initial requirements and canonical data models. Those are…not so fun. Think of the nouns and what attributes they have. Except now it’s Customers, Orders, Products, and Shopping Carts.

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