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Flesh and Machines: How Robots Will Change Us Antitechnologists may shudder at the story line, but readers interested in the astounding possibilities of the digital age will be fascinated by Brooks's vision of what is and what will be. More information at Amazon US UK |

Games: Fast and Furious Chess, UT2003 Development + Ants
Games: Fast and Furious The fastest and most furious game -- chess -- is about to witness another milestone event. The world's computer chess champion, an Israeli program called Junior, said to have "the ability to cede an immediate material advantage for the sake of a strategic advantage -- what's called `positional understanding'". It will face grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, who has the support and advice of many other important players... Ha'aretz Daily - Junior High-Tech NY Times - Check This Canada.com - Good luck, Kramnik The Ottawa Citizen reports of the future of computer games -- The Joystick that Roars. An especially interesting point is made about the game development industry attracting some of the brightest minds in AI research. Epic has just released a beta of the Unreal Development Environment, which seems capable of modifying the AI of UT2003. Also, the GL Ants project has just been updated with a linux version of the software. Apparently, the game is a combination game and simulation that will allow you to interact with simple artificial ants. | NewsCaster 75 posts. Wednesday 02 October, 21:27 Reply