11-06-18 P Christopherson AI - D Wind Schrodingers Cat
11/06/18
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Presentations:
Paul Christopherson "A quick overview of history and current areas under the umbrella of Artificial Intelligence (AI). and a deeper dive into machine translation (MT), with some examples of earlier attempts. A peek inside the black box of Google Translate."
Doug Wind "A closer look at Schrodinger's Cat"
Location & Time: Tuesdays, 11:30am to 1:30pm
Quinta Loreto Hotel, Cjon. de Loreto 15, Centro, Zona Centro, 37700 San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
From Cjon. de Loreto, enter the Mercado de Artisanias alley (East, going up-hill) about twenty yards and turn to your left into the Hotel Quinta Loreto compound.
The community center is on the Southeast side of the little central park. If you are coming by car, there is a parking lot within the compound.
(The community center is in the same location as the Philosophical get-together which is held on Fridays.)
A 50 pesos donation is suggested.
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Updated SMA Science Book Club news
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Links from this event:
Paul Christopherson's presentation
Offered by member Dennis Taylor - InSight: The jeopardy of landing on Mars
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46074794
Danish physicists claim to cast doubt on detection of gravitational waves
Want To Regrow A Whole New Body? Flatworms Might Hold The Key : Shots - Health News
Ozone: The Earth's protective shield is repairing
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-46107843
Evidence of restored vision in rats following cell transplant
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181105132917.htm
Astrophysicists measure precise rotation pattern of sun-like stars for the first time: Equators of Sun-like stars rotate up to two and a half times as fast as higher latitudes
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180920160910.htm
True Facts About The Mantis Shrimp - with a little humor
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SMA Lifelong learning program
http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/
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...Because the acquisition of clean water in our town is not only a science, but a necessity, especially in the San Miguel de Allende area:
Link to John Wharton's Shelter Space; an excellent source of SciTechNature trace elements:
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Coming up: The next event is Vicente Fox on Nov. 12th at 5 pm at real de Minas
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SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.
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Best,
Stephen Goodfellow