Figuring out why AIs get flummoxed by some games

With its Alpha series of game-playing AIs, Google’s DeepMind group seemed to have found a way for its AIs to tackle any game, mastering games like chess and Go by repeatedly playing itself during ...
GitHub

"Re-implementation of selected PolSARpro functions in Python, following the scientific recommendations of PolInSAR 2021 (Work In Progress)."

Source code Documentation Sample data — The original data used for this product have been supplied by JAXA’s ALOS-2 sample product. These instructions are intended for contributors or advanced users ...
IEEE

Improvements in Evaluation Functions Based on Endgame Databases of Chinese Dark Chess

Abstract: Alpha-beta-based search is used in the game of Chinese dark chess, which is stochastic and has perfect information. To efficiently determine a good move, an evaluation function needs to be ...
InfoQ

Google Releases Gemma 3 270M Variant Optimized for Function Calling on Mobile and Edge Devices

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Ludi Akue discusses how the tech sector’s ...
IEEE

Design of Amazon Chess Evaluation Function Based on Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: The computer chess is an important research direction of artificial intelligence. Amazon chess game is an extremely complicated strategy game and the search algorithm relies heavily on the ...
New Scientist

Chess can be made fairer by rearranging the pieces

Chess can be improved by rearranging the positions of the starting pieces to produce a more difficult or fairer game, a physicist has found. A standard game of chess always starts with the pieces at ...
InfoQ

AWS Introduces Durable Functions: Stateful Logic Directly in Lambda Code

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Variety

How ‘Chess’ Went From Cult Fave to Broadway Breakout—With the Help of a Winning Score

In those intervening decades, the score of “Chess,” written by the ABBA songwriting duo of Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus and featuring tunes “I Know Him So Well,” “Nobody’s Side,” “Anthem” and the ...