by Tom | Mar 15, 2016 | Reading, Tech
More on AlphaGo. Such respect to Sedol for choosing to play the last match against what he views as the stronger incarnation of the machine. It didn’t help, of course. Fan Hui, the 3-time European champion has improved from number 600-ish in the world to be in...
by Tom | Mar 14, 2016 | Personal, Reading, Science, Tech
So much sci-fi coming to earth this last week. AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol and convincingly. It’s important because the game was thought to be too “big” for traditional computer strategies based on simulating playing the game forward a few rounds and...
by Tom | Jan 28, 2016 | Reading, Tech
Everyone expected computer domination of Go to be “ten years” away. It looks strongly like it’s nearly with us. A European master was defeated 5-0 and a match up with a world champion match is due in March. Once again, the human player described the...
by Tom | Dec 2, 2015 | Business, Reading, Science
Usable water isn’t scarce, it’s in the wrong buckets. How will technology and trading improvements in bucket transfer affect adjacent industries? Could Enron be a model? Lots to think about here.
by Tom | Sep 23, 2015 | Business, Government, Hong Kong / China, Reading
A very good summary of where China is at from a US perspective. Some breathtaking stats, e.g. soft power version 1: the students. The lesser-known side of the story is that China is also now a major consumer of U.S. goods. About one-quarter of the soybeans grown in...
by Tom | Sep 19, 2015 | Personal, Reading, Science
Got to love the frontiers of science. Mathematics and biology are my favourites this year.
