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Colossus supercomputer faces shutdown
Elon Musk's Colossus supercomputer in South Memphis, Tennessee faces being shutdown recently because of health risks regarding methane...

James Phelps
Jun 6, 20251 min read
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Too smart for the computer
Tonight I played a game of Video Chess against the computer and played a very accurate game and won after I saw a possible checkmate that...

James Phelps
Jun 4, 20251 min read
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Common theme this year
We're seeing a common theme this year that I thought long and hard about, and now it's here for spring and summer, but I was also...

James Phelps
May 31, 20251 min read
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AI blocks command to be shutdown
Recently they were testing artificial intelligence and the AI blocked a human command to be shutdown that suggests the AI feared for its...

James Phelps
May 26, 20251 min read
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Checkmate in 17 moves!
Tonight I played Chess with an AI named Maria that has a 1000 rating and is good, accept I managed to outsmart my opponent with a move...

James Phelps
May 22, 20251 min read
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Computer Chess
One of the first AI's could play chess because that's one of the first things we taught computers, but computers eventually passed human...

James Phelps
May 21, 20251 min read
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Chess Engine 6
Today I played an Intermediate chess engine which proves that my skills are better than before because I won! This game had to go...

James Phelps
May 20, 20251 min read
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Testing my patients
Today I played a game of chess with an AI that was testing my patients when it had the advantage, only by some miracle I managed to turn...

James Phelps
May 19, 20251 min read
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Before computers
In 1770 a mechanical contraption called the Mechanical Turk was designed to fool its opponents into believing it could play chess like...

James Phelps
May 19, 20251 min read
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Gold-Bug Cipher
I was taking a closer look at an image from Machine1337, which was of a hooded figure and checked it for hidden messages, and found what...

James Phelps
May 16, 20251 min read
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That number again...
A user that goes by the username "Machine1337" may have been involved in a data breach, but now it sounds bogus? That obfuscated code was...

James Phelps
May 15, 20251 min read
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Outsmarting an Adaptive AI
Tonight after one chess game came to a draw I played another game that was just as tricky, only with an Adaptive AI that was trying to...

James Phelps
May 14, 20251 min read
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Rematch with The Hacker
Tonight I played another game with The Hacker bot in a rematch, and did everything in my power to defeat him again which was never easy...

James Phelps
May 9, 20251 min read
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Defeating The Hacker
Tonight I played a very challenging game with a bot called The Hacker that plays significantly well, but after resigning from a game...

James Phelps
May 6, 20251 min read
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White's Ambush Attack
Tonight I played Chess with a bot that plays a lot better than the one I faced off against last night, but I had a perfect game with 0...

James Phelps
May 5, 20251 min read
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From a Pawn to a Queen
Tonight I played another game of chess with that bot that was no match for my rook, and pawn which I promoted for a queen and it was a...

James Phelps
May 4, 20251 min read
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Life of a hacker
Everyday is a new one and I try to make the most of it when I'm cracking codes, or playing Chess on my computer, but it's always against...

James Phelps
May 3, 20251 min read
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Queen's Guardian Knight
Today I played a good game of chess and my opponent who was stronger than I thought, but once I had his defenses lowered, I protected my...

James Phelps
May 1, 20251 min read
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Riddle of the Sphinx: the lost chapter
The known answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx is Man, and that is what the constellation Aquarius is after all, only the God of Rain. My...

James Phelps
Apr 28, 20251 min read
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Defeating Anarchy Bot
Tonight I played a really hard game with an AI named Anarchy Bot that is very aggressive and tricky, but with some luck I managed to...

James Phelps
Apr 26, 20251 min read
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