Epstein Secrets

4/2010 8:00:13 PM Subject: What's up Hi JEE: Robin says that's you left a voicemail. We are currently trapped in a cruddy hotel room outside the Philadelphia airport. I have yet to hear back from NYU. The head hunter said that it will be another couple of weeks. I've now had four (count 'em) days of inte

ord. I gather that I'm at the top of the list to run the Center, but we'll see what evolves. One interesting twist: I'll spend a chunk of time with Peter Norvig (head of research at Google -- and the guy who did that famous PowerPoint parody of the Gettsburg address). Should be fun. Last night I had dinner

ent in an air-conditioned room, and relays the moves over a phone line to Joe Hoane, the IBM researcher who moves the pieces. Six months earlier, in Philadelphia, Kasparov won against Deep Blue. This is the rematch and has generated a worldwide media frenzy. Tickets to the event are sold out and most news orga

to good communication as the elegance of the content, and that information is a complex thing. If you want a lighthearted poke at PowerPoint here is Peter Norvig’s PowerPoint version of the Gettysburg Address. Understanding Next time you are in a business meeting, count the number of times the word ‘understand

ders of the field of “theory of mind.” She has spoken of the child brain as a “powerful learning computer,” perhaps from personal experience. Her own Philadelphia childhood was an exercise in intellectual development. “Other families took their kids to see The Sound of Music or Carousel; we saw Racine ’s Phaedr

the game, and in some cases it finds a loophole that it exploits to gain infinitely many points without actually winning the race. Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig give a beautiful example in their book Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach: rewarding a vacuuming robot for how much dust it sucks in results

ders of the field of “theory of mind.” She has spoken of the child brain as a “powerful learning computer,” perhaps from personal experience. Her own Philadelphia childhood was an exercise in intellectual development. “Other families took their kids to see The Sound of Music or Carousel; we saw Racine ’s Phaedr

the game, and in some cases it finds a loophole that it exploits to gain infinitely many points without actually winning the race. Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig give a beautiful example in their book Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach: rewarding a vacuuming robot for how much dust it sucks in results