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AI has beaten us at Go. So what next for humanity?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

In the next few days, humanity’s ego is likely to take another hit when the world champion of the ancient Chinese game Go is beaten by a computer.

Currently Lee Sedol – the Roger Federer of Go – has lost two matches to Google’s AlphaGo program in their best-of-five series. If AlphaGo wins just one more of the remaining three...

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Grattan on Friday: Windsor's challenge will mess with Joyce's susceptible mind

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

Barnaby Joyce should be afraid. The Nationals profess they’ll hold New England, and Joyce is the favourite. But Tony Windsor is likely to drive Joyce mad and in these days of voter disillusionment, anything can happen.

There will be two riveting contests involving independents at the fast-approaching election – Windsor’s bid to...

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  5. Suicide isn't just an older man's problem
  6. An ancient Australian connection to India?
  7. Remembering Jon English: a risk-taker with a raspy voice
  8. CommInsure scandal reminds us commercial forces are at play in medicine
  9. Politics podcast: Tony Windsor on his bid for New England
  10. Emotionally intelligent employees may come with a dark side – manipulation
  11. Housing policy is captive to property politics, so don't expect politicians to tackle affordability
  12. How climate denial gained a foothold in the Liberal Party, and why it still won't go away
  13. Poll trend to Labor continues; Trump, Cruz battle for Republican nomination
  14. Sharapova, drugs and the nature bias
  15. Should academics be policy-relevant realists or cosmopolitan idealists?
  16. Global food production threatens to overwhelm efforts to combat climate change
  17. We should broaden our view of science if it's to help make good public policy
  18. Donald trumping all in the Republican race is only possible thanks to an undemocratic system
  19. Why the clitoris doesn't get the attention it deserves – and why this matters
  20. Media giants need advertising scale in a world drowning in content
  21. A beginner's guide to Terry Pratchett's Discworld
  22. Government still wants to increase students' contribution to university funding
  23. Tony Windsor to shape up against Barnaby Joyce
  24. Research Check: do most melanoma patients have fewer than 20 moles?
  25. Discovery of carbon on Mercury reveals the planet's dark past
  26. Explainer: what happens to your skin when you get sunburnt?
  27. Speaking with: Lucy Turnbull on the Greater Sydney Commission
  28. Why rigging of the bank bill swap rate hurts everyone
  29. Dr Benjamin Koh – Australian of the Year 2017?
  30. Pushing back against the politicisation of economic modelling
  31. If planners understand it's cool to green cities, what's stopping them?
  32. Hidden housemates: the Australian redback spider
  33. George Brandis was never going to get what he wanted from his 'freedoms' inquiry
  34. Barney Glover: The time has come for a national agreement on the future of higher education
  35. Explainer: the exciting new genre of the audio-visual film essay
  36. Gone is the solitary genius – science today is a group effort
  37. Why counting dead bodies in Syria is fraught with politics and imprecision
  38. Universities Australia calls for certainty in higher education funding
  39. Alan Alda on the art of science communication: 'I want to tell you a story'
  40. Same-sex couples and their children: what does the evidence tell us?
  41. 'Girls Make Your Move' exercise ads look good but are unlikely deliver on their own
  42. A new index for economic uncertainty: nothing to fear but fear itself
  43. Skin deep: should Australia consider name-blind resumes?
  44. Australia's coal mines are pouring methane gas into the atmosphere
  45. Antarctica's blue whales are split into three distinct populations
  46. Explainer: what is differentiation and why is it poorly understood?
  47. The way things are heading, it will be a let down if we aren't voting on July 2
  48. Maria Sharapova's positive drug test: what is it and what does it mean for her?
  49. Negative gearing changes won't drive all investors from the housing market – here's why
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