Dr. Stephan Schiffel gave a talk on General Game Playing at IIIM’s and CADIA’s AI Festival. In the last decades, Artificial Intelligence was very successful in developing programs that play on par with human experts or even beat them in such complex games as Chess, Checkers, Backgammon or Poker. Why are there still other games we have not solved – for example the board-game Go? The area of General Game Playing tries to bridge the gap between these different games and develop more general solutions. Dr. Schiffel provides a look behind the success of CADIA in this field and discuss how this research is relevant beyond playing games. Continue reading Playing to Win: Success of CADIA´s General Game Playing Machine (Video from AI Festival 2014)
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Annual Festival Explores AI: Man’s Greatest Invention or the End of Mankind?
On October 31st the annual AI Festival was held at Reykjavík University. The aim of the festival was to get a glimpse into the future of this fast-growing research field. This year’s theme was Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and the festival was a great success with over 100 people attending and participating. Continue reading Annual Festival Explores AI: Man’s Greatest Invention or the End of Mankind?
Schedule Revealed: AI Festival 2014
As we announced a few weeks ago, IIIM is reviving the AI Festival, together with Reykjavik University’s CADIA. The schedule is now up on the website so that visitors can attend presentations in subfields relative to their interests. So join us for an afternoon of lectures and discussion on Friday October 31 from 2-6 pm. All the lectures will be in English and the festival is open to everyone. Continue reading Schedule Revealed: AI Festival 2014
Come visit us on IIIM & CADIA Open Day
Spring has arrived and it’s time for the annual IIIM & CADIA Open Day. This is a great opportunity for all of those interested in the newest achievements in the field of AI as they can join the IIIM and CADIA researchers for an afternoon of exciting and informative presentations. Continue reading Come visit us on IIIM & CADIA Open Day