5/2/19

For Adun!

5/2/19 13:15
mahnmut: (We're doooomed.)
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AI defeated humans at StarCraft II. Here’s why it matters.



Sharing this because of how significantly this milestone will influence human history. Don't let the fact that this all happened in a video game marginalize the gravity of the situation.

Neurologists have conducted brain scans on professional Starcraft players to see why and how they think so different from everybody else. At any given time, only 700 people, out of millions, are considered Grandmasters. The United States Air Force uses Starcraft for advanced officer training. It's considered in the industry to be one of the most important, most complex and balanced strategy games in video game history.

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sotu.

5/2/19 19:47
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You know what time it is. Easily one of the thirty-five most exciting Tuesday nights of the year.

State of the Union night - slightly delayed.

I've missed the news for a few days, so I'm not up to date on predictions, I don't even know why a bunch of folks are wearing white - about to look into that though.


I've got red tie, Trump says 'caravans' at least once, and 'drugs' less than 2.5 times.

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