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Google’s new Go-playing AI learns fast, and even thrashed its former self

  • Written by: Geoff Goodhill, Professor of Neuroscience and Mathematics, The University of Queensland
imageBetter than human: the artificial intelligence that learned to master Go in just three days.Shutterstock/maxuser

Just last year Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo took the world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by storm, showing that a computer program could beat the world’s best human Go players.

But in a demonstration of the feverish rate of...

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Tree of Codes wields dance, music and art to create new spectacle

  • Written by: Jana Perkovic, Sessional lecturer and researcher, University of Melbourne
imageTree of Codes is less about drama, and more about the technical union of dance, music and art. Stephanie Berger HR

It would do great disservice to Tree of Codes to consider it in dramatic terms. When it comes to the possible plot, emotions or even themes expressed, your guess is as good as mine. What we are often taught to expect from theatre...

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Will the National Energy Guarantee hit pause on renewables?

  • Written by: Frank Jotzo, Director, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University

The federal government’s new National Energy Guarantee (NEG) proposal looks likely to put the brakes on renewable energy investment in Australia. And based on the sparse detail so far available, there are serious questions about whether the plan really can deliver on its aims of reliability, emissions reductions and lower prices.

The broad...

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  12. Bringing back an old idea for smart cities – playing on the street
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  14. New report shows compelling reasons to decriminalise sex work
  15. Friday essay: toxic beauty, then and now
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  17. Jacinda Ardern to become NZ prime minister following coalition announcement
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