TED Talks
TED: How AI is unlocking the secrets of nature and the universe | Demis Hassabis
Can AI help us answer life's biggest questions? In this visionary conversation, Google DeepMind cofounder and CEO Demis Hassabis delves into the history and incredible capabilities of AI with head of TED Chris Anderson. Hassabis explains...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: What's the smartest age? | Shannon Odell
Tomorrow is the annual Brain Clash — a decathlon of mental challenges, trivia competitions, and puzzles. Amir needs a smart and capable teammate and must choose between three people; all of different ages and talents. So, who should Amir...
Curated Video
SYND 4 10 78 SCENE OF THE 28TH GAME IN WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
In the 28th game of the World Chess Championship, played over the weekend, Viktor Korchnoi enjoyed an easy victory which caused a few experts to think the challenger might still have a chance for a come-from-behind win. At present the 47...
Crash Course
AI Playing Games
As we mentioned last episode, one of the best test spaces for building new AI systems are games. This is because games provide a great framework for an AI to learn an objective and slowly improve. In recent years, AI has made huge...
TED Talks
TED: Stand with Ukraine in the fight against evil | Garry Kasparov
Ukraine is on the front line of a war between freedom and tyranny, says chess grandmaster and human rights advocate Garry Kasparov. In this blistering call to action, he traces Vladimir Putin's rise to power and details his own path from...
TED Talks
Shyam Sankar: The rise of human-computer cooperation
Brute computing force alone can't solve the world's problems. Data mining innovator Shyam Sankar explains why solving big problems (like catching terrorists or identifying huge hidden trends) is not a question of finding the right...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: A brief history of chess - Alex Gendler
Trace the storied history of the game of chess, from its origins in 7th century India to the computer software we use today. -- The attacking infantry advances, their elephants already having broken the defensive line. The king tries to...
SciShow
Here’s When You Should Trust Your Gut
Trusting your gut may not sound like a reliable way to make decisions, but the research points to some times when you might want to listen to it!
SciShow
The AI Gaming Revolution
Artificial intelligences that play abstract, strategic board games have come a long way, but how do their "brains" work?
Crash Course
Educational Games: Crash Course Games
Chess, Number Munchers, The Oregon Trail! Today, we're going to talk about gaming's role in education. Now technically all games have an educational component, because games are defined by their rules and players have to learn those...
Crash Course
Humans and AI Working Together
There’s been a lot of discussion about how automation is going to take people’s jobs and we don’t want to downplay that real impact, but today we’re going to focus on the benefits of humans and AI working together. Human-AI teams allow...
Curated Video
Only In Cuba 6 - Chess Event Breaking World Record in Cuba
Chess Event Breaking World Record in Cuba:Cuba breaks its own world record for the number of people playing chess simultaneously in the same place, with 13 thousand players participating.
Curated Video
Only In India 7 - Blind Newscaster
Blind Newscaster:Witness possibly the world's first blind television newscaster, breaking barriers and showcasing the power of determination and inclusion.
Curated Video
The Emperor's Chess Board
The legend of the inventor who asked to be granted grains of rice for each square of a chess board, exponentially. And why his wish could not be fulfilled... Maths - Number A Twig Math Film. Reinforce and extend the learning required by...
Curated Video
Computer Chess Battles
In the earliest days of electronic calculation when computers occupied a whole room yet were only as powerful as a modern digital watch, designers dreamt of pitting them against the human mind. When computers ultimately mastered chess...
Curated Video
Maths Legends: A Game of Chess
In this video we tell the tale of the ancient Indian traveller who beat a king at a game of chess and used his knowledge of exponential growth to become rich!
Rock 'N Learn
CH Song and Practice
This animated phonics song helps children learn the sound of the digraph CH in English. A digraph is a combination of two letters representing one sound. Colorful characters teach kids two words at a time with the CH sound. Kids will...
Curated Video
Chess in Prisons, Part 1: Opening
Carl Portman, Manager of Chess in Prisons (English Chess Federation), Tom Dart, Sheriff, Cook County (Illinois, USA), and Dr Mikhail Korenman, Director of Cook County Jail Chess Program talk about the many benefits of intrducing chess...
Curated Video
Sports, Community and Technology
Danny Rensch, Chief Chess Officer at Chess.com, talks about the value of online chess which has created communities around the world and access to the best chess players and educators in the world; he talks how analytics, algoritms and...
Curated Video
Chess, Sports and Gender, Part 2
As both a highly regulated sport and informal pastime actively engaged in by both men and women, chess naturally provides an array of highly revealing insights on our current attitudes regarding gender differences through those who have...
Curated Video
Chess in Schools: Comprehending Risk
Economist Wang-Sheng Lee, Monash University, talks about the outcome of his study into the effects of chess in education in a school in rural Bangladesh where the children had had no exposure to the game before this randomized trial.