Science Fiction in the News Articles
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Ambrose Bierce

Ambrose Bierce (1842 - ?) served as an officer in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was a journalist and editor in San Francisco; his favorite literary form was satire. His famous Devil's Dictionary is a masterpiece of American humor. At the age of 71, he left his literary fame and rode off into Mexico, never to be seen again.

Science fiction in the News articles describe real-world events that relate to the ideas and inventions in sf novels and movies. Select a news article:

Chess Computer Ties Kasparov
   Gary Kasparov, the world's number one chess player, has drawn X3D Fritz, the chess playing supercomputer. Fritz succeeded in beating rival Deep Blue, which had defeated Kasparov in 1997.
REEM-A Chess-Playing Robot
   This friendly little robot is being designed as a companion for you - and an avid chess partner.
DIY Robochess Robot From Iran
   This do-it-yourself chess-playing robot was created by an 18 year-old Iranian student; it includes a mechanism for moving the pieces on the board.
Robotic Arm Plays Chess In Our World
   It's always fun to watch chess pieces manipulated by software and robotics.
Blitz Chess Terminator's Speedy Robot Arm
   Robots are beating humans (or at least fighting them to a draw) much faster these days.
AlphaGo AI Defeats Go champion Lee Sedol
   An amazing achievement for artificial intelligence researchers.
Tic-Tac-Toe Robot From Pollen Robotics
   'Was all his talk about the consciousness and intelligence of machines merely a prelude...' - Ambrose Bierce, 1910.

 

 

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