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Google AI Challenge Winner Post-Mortem
The lead in the last month or so was an indicator of having good chances, but there was a huge shuffling of ranks in the last week and some last minute casualties.
Google responds to NY Times article by improving its algorithms
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Generating code from natural language is closer than you think
Articles by Stephen Wolfram covering artificial intelligence, computational science and computational thinking, data science, education, future and historical perspectives, sciences, software design, technology, Wolfram products, more.
Using WolframAlpha to Hack Text CAPTCHA
I’ve been playing around with the Text CAPTCHA demo page and wondered how well WolframAlpha is at logic questions. As it turns out, Wolfram is pretty smart! Although, since a CAPTCHA requir…
Using genetic algorithms to find Starcraft 2 build orders
UPDATE: Just to make this explicitly clear: I did not write this program. The fourth sentence makes this fairly clear, but some comments indicate that some people are a bit lazy :). I also added a video of the rush to the bottom.
A Personal Perspective on Machine Learning
Having a bit of history as both a user of machine learning and a researcher in the field I feel I have developed a useful perspective on the various trends, flavors and nuances in machine learning …
Google Instant, behind the scenes
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture
Our new search index: Caffeine
Insights from Googlers into our products, technology, and the Google culture