Thu. 04/29 - An AI Won a Crossword Tournament & the Olympics Gets Into eSports
How an AI, after failing for a decade, finally won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. The Olympics are going virtual, but not how you’re probably thinking. And remembering Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins. Links: (Slate) (The Guardian) ...
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How an AI, after failing for a decade, finally won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. The Olympics are going virtual, but not how you’re probably thinking. And remembering Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins.
Links:
- Dr. Fill, an AI, won the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament. Here's how. (Slate)
- Win a gold medal from your front room? IOC launches Olympic Virtual Series (The Guardian)
- Olympic Virtual Series gaming event launched by IOC (NBC Sports)
- Photos: Apollo 11: As They Shot It (NY Times)
- For Apollo 11 He Wasn’t on the Moon. But His Coffee Was Warm. (NY Times)
- Michael Collins, ‘Third Man’ of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90 (NY Times)
- Space community mourns the death of Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins (The Verge)
- What going to the moon taught Michael Collins about Earth (PBS)
- ‘It’s time’: Blue Origin teases ticket sales for its New Shepard rocket (The Verge)
- Jeff Goldblum Jones Dungeons & Dragons Podcast Dark Dice (iO9)
- Kottke.Org
- Jackson Bird on Twitter
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