Silicon-based intelligence, Getting carried away on vacation

Good week for: Silicon-based intelligence, Chinese dogs, Consistency; Bad week for: Scott Listemann of upstate New York, Trying something a little bit different, Getting carried away on vacation

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Silicon-based intelligence, after a computer system called Polaris beat several of the world’s top poker players in a match in Las Vegas. To prep for its confrontation with humans, the system first played 8 billion games with itself.

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