Humankind has suffered another defeat in its battle against machines. Today, Google's AlphaGo swept a three games series against the world's best Go player, Ke Jie. AlphaGo also beat a team of 5 top ranked Go players in an exhibition match. Google has retired AlphaGo from matches with humans, since there is no challenge. HERE is a video which provides historical background, from Chess to Jeopardy to Go. For our next meeting, we will discuss if people are needed anymore. Here are the videos:
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Man vs Machine
Thursday, June 1, 2017, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
Humankind has suffered another defeat in its battle against machines. Today, Google's AlphaGo swept a three games series against the world's best Go player, Ke Jie. AlphaGo also beat a team of 5 top ranked Go players in an exhibition match. Google has retired AlphaGo from matches with humans, since there is no challenge. HERE is a video which provides historical background, from Chess to Jeopardy to Go. For our next meeting, we will discuss if people are needed anymore. Here are the videos:
Humankind has suffered another defeat in its battle against machines. Today, Google's AlphaGo swept a three games series against the world's best Go player, Ke Jie. AlphaGo also beat a team of 5 top ranked Go players in an exhibition match. Google has retired AlphaGo from matches with humans, since there is no challenge. HERE is a video which provides historical background, from Chess to Jeopardy to Go. For our next meeting, we will discuss if people are needed anymore. Here are the videos:
Monday, May 22, 2017
Trump Update
Thursday, May 25, 2017, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
Having avoided Trump for the last two meetings, we now need to take a quick peek in his latest self-generated crisis. Since our last meeting on Trump, he fired FBI director Comey, came close to admitting to obstruction of justice, revealed classified information to the Russians and complained to graduates on how unfairly he was being treated. A special counsel was appointed to oversee the Russia investigation and impeachment seems possible. Here are the videos for the meeting:
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Saturday, May 13, 2017
The Good and Bad News of Clean Energy
Thursday, May 18, 2017, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
Two weeks ago we talked about how the Trump administration seems to be at war with science, particularly in their denial of climate change. However, it seems that many climate activists are in a denial of their own, that nuclear power is not needed as part of the solution for climate change. While most climate activists are against nuclear power, some activists have changed their mind about nuclear power.
For our next meeting, we will look at public attitudes toward nuclear power. Here are the videos:
Friday, May 5, 2017
The Coming Marijuana Battle
Thursday, May 11, 2017, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
The 2016 election continued the trend of marijuana legalization, but the new Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, has threatened a federal crackdown on marijuana in spite of state law. Here are the videos for the meeting:
- John Oliver's Take on Marijuana
- Obama on Marijuana Legalization and Criminalization
- Elizabeth Warren on using marijuana to tackle the opioid crisis
- Maryland's attempt to legalize recreational marijuana
- Marijuana could be legalized in Canada by 2018
- Future Legal Marijuana Business
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Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:
Monday, May 1, 2017
Trump's First 100 Days
Thursday, May 4, 2017, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)
For our next meeting, we will review Trump's first 100 days. Here are the videos:
Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:
For our next meeting, we will review Trump's first 100 days. Here are the videos:
- Tapper compares Trump's plans to his actions
- A brief look at Donald Trump's first 100 days in office
- President Trump's first 100 days met by praise and protests
- Hasan Minhaj at the WHCD
Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:
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