• QFTCINO25 Game 4, Rounds 7-8: film adaptations, AI

    From msb@msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) to rec.games.trivia on Tue Nov 4 21:31:37 2025
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    * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - Film Adaptations

    This is a round on film adaptations where the source work has a
    different title. We will tell you the year the movie was released,
    and give the title and maybe the author of the source work, and
    you must give the movie title. For example, if we said "1989, from
    'Shoeless Joe'", you would say "Field of Dreamss".

    Note: For some questions it would be fair to characterize them
    as faithful adaptations, but for others it's a case of "loosely
    inspired by".

    1. 2008, from "Q&A" by Vikas Swarup.
    2. 1986, from "The Body" by Stephen King.
    3. 1964, from "Red Alert" by Peter George.
    4. 1990, from "Wiseguy" by Nicolas Pileggi.
    5. 2010, from "The Accidental Billionaires".
    6. 1979, from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.
    7. 1968, from "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes.
    8. 1988, from "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp.
    9. 1982, from "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.
    10. 1990, from "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick.


    * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Artificial Intelligence

    This is a general round on Artificial Intelligence or AI.

    1. This company is the dominant supplier of AI and graphics
    processing hardware and software. Based on this dominance,
    its stock price has skyrocketed. As of last Friday, it had a
    market capitalization of $4.1 trillion Canadian placing it at #3
    globally ... just behind Apple and Microsoft. Name the company?

    2. In 2015, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others founded this
    artificial intelligence company as a non-profit. Elon Musk
    left the company in 2018. In November 2022, this company
    introduced ChatGPT. What is the name of this company?

    3. One of the first natural-language programs or chatbots was
    developed between 1964 and 1967 by Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT.
    What was the name of this early chatbot? *Hint*: The name
    was taken from the female protagonist of a classic play that
    premiered in 1913 and is still staged today.

    4. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with the ones above. BcraNV unf PungTCG.
    Anzr rvgure bs gur pungobgf vagebqhprq ol Tbbtyr be Zvpebfbsg.
    Lbh qba'g unir gb vqragvsl juvpu pungobg vf nffbpvngrq jvgu
    juvpu pbzcnal. Whfg anzr bar bs gur gjb.

    5. Guvf Puvarfr NV pbzcnal, sbhaqrq va 2023, erpragyl vagebqhprq
    vgf bja pungobg vagb gur znexrg. Guvf pungobg vf haqrefgbbq
    gb or zber rssvpvrag naq shapgvbany guna BcraNV'f PungTCG.
    Qrfcvgr gur snpg guvf pynvz vf orvat qvfchgrq ol znal, gur
    znexrgf unir ernpgrq jvgu n funec fryybss bs grpu fgbpxf.
    Anzr gur pbzcnal.

    6. This mathematician created a test in 1950 to evaluate if
    a machine could imitate being a human. In this test, a human
    interrogator asks questions of a machine and a human. If the
    human interrogator is not able to tell the difference, then
    the machine is considered to have passed the test. Who is
    this mathematician? *Hint*: His life was dramatized in the
    2014 movie "The Imitation Game"

    7. In February 2011, this IBM computer defeated
    "Jeopardy!" champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings in a
    competition. What is the name of this computer?

    8. In May 1997, this IBM computer beat Garry Kasparov (the reigning
    world chess champion at the time) in a 6-game match. What is
    the name of *this* computer?

    9. This academic is also an author, futurist, and inventor.
    He invented the first text to speech machine and is responsible
    for a language support program widely used in public schools
    (particularly in Special Education departments). In addition,
    he created one of the world's best music synthesizers. He is
    probably best known for the 2005 book The Singularity is Near:
    When Humans Transcend Biology. In this and other texts, he
    speaks to the singular event being the point in time where AI
    exceeds human intelligence. Name him.

    10. This academic is considered to be the godfather of AI. He is a
    professor emeritus of Computer Science at the University
    of Toronto. In 2024, he won the Nobel prize in Physics for
    foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine
    learning with artificial neural networks. Name him.
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  • From tool@tool@panix.com (Dan Blum) to rec.games.trivia on Tue Nov 4 23:52:03 2025
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    Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

    * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - Film Adaptations

    1. 2008, from "Q&A" by Vikas Swarup.

    Slumdog Millionaire

    2. 1986, from "The Body" by Stephen King.

    Stand By Me

    3. 1964, from "Red Alert" by Peter George.

    Dr. Strangelove

    4. 1990, from "Wiseguy" by Nicolas Pileggi.

    Goodfellas

    6. 1979, from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.

    Apocalypse Now

    7. 1968, from "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes.

    Charly

    9. 1982, from "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.

    Blade Runner

    10. 1990, from "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick.

    Total Recall

    * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Artificial Intelligence

    1. This company is the dominant supplier of AI and graphics
    processing hardware and software. Based on this dominance,
    its stock price has skyrocketed. As of last Friday, it had a
    market capitalization of $4.1 trillion Canadian placing it at #3
    globally ... just behind Apple and Microsoft. Name the company?

    NVIDIA

    2. In 2015, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others founded this
    artificial intelligence company as a non-profit. Elon Musk
    left the company in 2018. In November 2022, this company
    introduced ChatGPT. What is the name of this company?

    OpenAI

    3. One of the first natural-language programs or chatbots was
    developed between 1964 and 1967 by Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT.
    What was the name of this early chatbot? *Hint*: The name
    was taken from the female protagonist of a classic play that
    premiered in 1913 and is still staged today.

    Eliza

    4. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with the ones above. BcraNV unf PungTCG.
    Anzr rvgure bs gur pungobgf vagebqhprq ol Tbbtyr be Zvpebfbsg.
    Lbh qba'g unir gb vqragvsl juvpu pungobg vf nffbpvngrq jvgu
    juvpu pbzcnal. Whfg anzr bar bs gur gjb.

    Copilot

    6. This mathematician created a test in 1950 to evaluate if
    a machine could imitate being a human. In this test, a human
    interrogator asks questions of a machine and a human. If the
    human interrogator is not able to tell the difference, then
    the machine is considered to have passed the test. Who is
    this mathematician? *Hint*: His life was dramatized in the
    2014 movie "The Imitation Game"

    Turing

    7. In February 2011, this IBM computer defeated
    "Jeopardy!" champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings in a
    competition. What is the name of this computer?

    Watson

    8. In May 1997, this IBM computer beat Garry Kasparov (the reigning
    world chess champion at the time) in a 6-game match. What is
    the name of *this* computer?

    Deep Blue

    9. This academic is also an author, futurist, and inventor.
    He invented the first text to speech machine and is responsible
    for a language support program widely used in public schools
    (particularly in Special Education departments). In addition,
    he created one of the world's best music synthesizers. He is
    probably best known for the 2005 book The Singularity is Near:
    When Humans Transcend Biology. In this and other texts, he
    speaks to the singular event being the point in time where AI
    exceeds human intelligence. Name him.

    Kurzweil
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  • From Erland Sommarskog@esquel@sommarskog.se to rec.games.trivia on Wed Nov 5 20:47:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.trivia

    Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
    * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - Film Adaptations


    * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Artificial Intelligence

    1. This company is the dominant supplier of AI and graphics
    processing hardware and software. Based on this dominance,
    its stock price has skyrocketed. As of last Friday, it had a
    market capitalization of $4.1 trillion Canadian placing it at #3
    globally ... just behind Apple and Microsoft. Name the company?

    Nvidia

    2. In 2015, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others founded this
    artificial intelligence company as a non-profit. Elon Musk
    left the company in 2018. In November 2022, this company
    introduced ChatGPT. What is the name of this company?

    Open AI

    3. One of the first natural-language programs or chatbots was
    developed between 1964 and 1967 by Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT.
    What was the name of this early chatbot? *Hint*: The name
    was taken from the female protagonist of a classic play that
    premiered in 1913 and is still staged today.

    Eliza

    4. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with the ones above. BcraNV unf PungTCG.
    Anzr rvgure bs gur pungobgf vagebqhprq ol Tbbtyr be Zvpebfbsg.
    Lbh qba'g unir gb vqragvsl juvpu pungobg vf nffbpvngrq jvgu
    juvpu pbzcnal. Whfg anzr bar bs gur gjb.

    Copilot

    6. This mathematician created a test in 1950 to evaluate if
    a machine could imitate being a human. In this test, a human
    interrogator asks questions of a machine and a human. If the
    human interrogator is not able to tell the difference, then
    the machine is considered to have passed the test. Who is
    this mathematician? *Hint*: His life was dramatized in the
    2014 movie "The Imitation Game"

    Alan Turing

    7. In February 2011, this IBM computer defeated
    "Jeopardy!" champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings in a
    competition. What is the name of this computer?

    Deep Throat

    8. In May 1997, this IBM computer beat Garry Kasparov (the reigning
    world chess champion at the time) in a 6-game match. What is
    the name of *this* computer?

    Deep Blue

    9. This academic is also an author, futurist, and inventor.
    He invented the first text to speech machine and is responsible
    for a language support program widely used in public schools
    (particularly in Special Education departments). In addition,
    he created one of the world's best music synthesizers. He is
    probably best known for the 2005 book The Singularity is Near:
    When Humans Transcend Biology. In this and other texts, he
    speaks to the singular event being the point in time where AI
    exceeds human intelligence. Name him.

    Moog; Fairlight


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  • From Dan Tilque@dtilque@frontier.com to rec.games.trivia on Wed Nov 5 17:52:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.trivia

    On 11/4/25 13:31, Mark Brader wrote:


    * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - Film Adaptations

    This is a round on film adaptations where the source work has a
    different title. We will tell you the year the movie was released,
    and give the title and maybe the author of the source work, and
    you must give the movie title. For example, if we said "1989, from
    'Shoeless Joe'", you would say "Field of Dreamss".

    Note: For some questions it would be fair to characterize them
    as faithful adaptations, but for others it's a case of "loosely
    inspired by".

    1. 2008, from "Q&A" by Vikas Swarup.
    2. 1986, from "The Body" by Stephen King.
    3. 1964, from "Red Alert" by Peter George.
    4. 1990, from "Wiseguy" by Nicolas Pileggi.
    5. 2010, from "The Accidental Billionaires".
    6. 1979, from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.

    Apocalypse Now

    7. 1968, from "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes.

    Charly

    8. 1988, from "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp.
    9. 1982, from "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.

    Blade Runner

    10. 1990, from "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick.

    Total Recall



    * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Artificial Intelligence

    This is a general round on Artificial Intelligence or AI.

    1. This company is the dominant supplier of AI and graphics
    processing hardware and software. Based on this dominance,
    its stock price has skyrocketed. As of last Friday, it had a
    market capitalization of $4.1 trillion Canadian placing it at #3
    globally ... just behind Apple and Microsoft. Name the company?

    Nvidia


    2. In 2015, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others founded this
    artificial intelligence company as a non-profit. Elon Musk
    left the company in 2018. In November 2022, this company
    introduced ChatGPT. What is the name of this company?

    OpenAI


    3. One of the first natural-language programs or chatbots was
    developed between 1964 and 1967 by Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT.
    What was the name of this early chatbot? *Hint*: The name
    was taken from the female protagonist of a classic play that
    premiered in 1913 and is still staged today.

    Eliza


    4. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with the ones above. BcraNV unf PungTCG.
    Anzr rvgure bs gur pungobgf vagebqhprq ol Tbbtyr be Zvpebfbsg.
    Lbh qba'g unir gb vqragvsl juvpu pungobg vf nffbpvngrq jvgu
    juvpu pbzcnal. Whfg anzr bar bs gur gjb.

    Gemini


    5. Guvf Puvarfr NV pbzcnal, sbhaqrq va 2023, erpragyl vagebqhprq
    vgf bja pungobg vagb gur znexrg. Guvf pungobg vf haqrefgbbq
    gb or zber rssvpvrag naq shapgvbany guna BcraNV'f PungTCG.
    Qrfcvgr gur snpg guvf pynvz vf orvat qvfchgrq ol znal, gur
    znexrgf unir ernpgrq jvgu n funec fryybss bs grpu fgbpxf.
    Anzr gur pbzcnal.

    6. This mathematician created a test in 1950 to evaluate if
    a machine could imitate being a human. In this test, a human
    interrogator asks questions of a machine and a human. If the
    human interrogator is not able to tell the difference, then
    the machine is considered to have passed the test. Who is
    this mathematician? *Hint*: His life was dramatized in the
    2014 movie "The Imitation Game"

    Turing


    7. In February 2011, this IBM computer defeated
    "Jeopardy!" champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings in a
    competition. What is the name of this computer?

    8. In May 1997, this IBM computer beat Garry Kasparov (the reigning
    world chess champion at the time) in a 6-game match. What is
    the name of *this* computer?

    Deep Blue


    9. This academic is also an author, futurist, and inventor.
    He invented the first text to speech machine and is responsible
    for a language support program widely used in public schools
    (particularly in Special Education departments). In addition,
    he created one of the world's best music synthesizers. He is
    probably best known for the 2005 book The Singularity is Near:
    When Humans Transcend Biology. In this and other texts, he
    speaks to the singular event being the point in time where AI
    exceeds human intelligence. Name him.

    10. This academic is considered to be the godfather of AI. He is a
    professor emeritus of Computer Science at the University
    of Toronto. In 2024, he won the Nobel prize in Physics for
    foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine
    learning with artificial neural networks. Name him.

    --
    Dan Tilque
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  • From Joshua Kreitzer@gromit82@hotmail.com to rec.games.trivia on Thu Nov 6 14:52:43 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.trivia

    On 11/4/2025 3:31 PM, Mark Brader wrote:

    * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - Film Adaptations

    This is a round on film adaptations where the source work has a
    different title. We will tell you the year the movie was released,
    and give the title and maybe the author of the source work, and
    you must give the movie title. For example, if we said "1989, from 'Shoeless Joe'", you would say "Field of Dreamss".

    1. 2008, from "Q&A" by Vikas Swarup.

    "Slumdog Millionaire"

    2. 1986, from "The Body" by Stephen King.

    "Stand by Me"

    3. 1964, from "Red Alert" by Peter George.

    "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"

    4. 1990, from "Wiseguy" by Nicolas Pileggi.

    "Goodfellas"

    5. 2010, from "The Accidental Billionaires".

    "The Social Network"

    6. 1979, from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.

    "Apocalypse Now"

    7. 1968, from "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes.

    "Charly"

    8. 1988, from "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp.

    "Die Hard"

    9. 1982, from "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K.
    Dick.

    "Blade Runner"

    10. 1990, from "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K.
    Dick.

    "Total Recall"

    * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Artificial Intelligence

    This is a general round on Artificial Intelligence or AI.

    1. This company is the dominant supplier of AI and graphics
    processing hardware and software. Based on this dominance,
    its stock price has skyrocketed. As of last Friday, it had a
    market capitalization of $4.1 trillion Canadian placing it at #3
    globally ... just behind Apple and Microsoft. Name the company?

    Nvidia

    2. In 2015, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others founded this
    artificial intelligence company as a non-profit. Elon Musk
    left the company in 2018. In November 2022, this company
    introduced ChatGPT. What is the name of this company?

    xAI

    3. One of the first natural-language programs or chatbots was
    developed between 1964 and 1967 by Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT.
    What was the name of this early chatbot? *Hint*: The name
    was taken from the female protagonist of a classic play that
    premiered in 1913 and is still staged today.

    ELIZA

    4. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with the ones above. BcraNV unf PungTCG.
    Anzr rvgure bs gur pungobgf vagebqhprq ol Tbbtyr be Zvpebfbsg.
    Lbh qba'g unir gb vqragvsl juvpu pungobg vf nffbpvngrq jvgu
    juvpu pbzcnal. Whfg anzr bar bs gur gjb.

    Siri

    6. This mathematician created a test in 1950 to evaluate if
    a machine could imitate being a human. In this test, a human
    interrogator asks questions of a machine and a human. If the
    human interrogator is not able to tell the difference, then
    the machine is considered to have passed the test. Who is
    this mathematician? *Hint*: His life was dramatized in the
    2014 movie "The Imitation Game"

    Turing

    7. In February 2011, this IBM computer defeated
    "Jeopardy!" champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings in a
    competition. What is the name of this computer?

    Watson

    8. In May 1997, this IBM computer beat Garry Kasparov (the reigning
    world chess champion at the time) in a 6-game match. What is
    the name of *this* computer?

    Deep Blue

    9. This academic is also an author, futurist, and inventor.
    He invented the first text to speech machine and is responsible
    for a language support program widely used in public schools
    (particularly in Special Education departments). In addition,
    he created one of the world's best music synthesizers. He is
    probably best known for the 2005 book The Singularity is Near:
    When Humans Transcend Biology. In this and other texts, he
    speaks to the singular event being the point in time where AI
    exceeds human intelligence. Name him.

    Kurzweil

    --
    Joshua Kreitzer
    gromit82@hotmail.com
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  • From msb@msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) to rec.games.trivia on Sat Nov 8 05:12:58 2025
    From Newsgroup: rec.games.trivia

    Mark Brader:
    These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-02-03,
    and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
    please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
    Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".


    * Game 4, Round 7 - Entertainment - Film Adaptations

    This is a round on film adaptations where the source work has a
    different title. We will tell you the year the movie was released,
    and give the title and maybe the author of the source work, and
    you must give the movie title. For example, if we said "1989, from
    'Shoeless Joe'", you would say "Field of Dreamss".

    Note: For some questions it would be fair to characterize them
    as faithful adaptations, but for others it's a case of "loosely
    inspired by".

    1. 2008, from "Q&A" by Vikas Swarup.

    "Slumdog Millionaire". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    2. 1986, from "The Body" by Stephen King.

    "Stand By Me". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    3. 1964, from "Red Alert" by Peter George.

    "Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the
    Bomb". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    4. 1990, from "Wiseguy" by Nicolas Pileggi.

    "Goodfellas". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    5. 2010, from "The Accidental Billionaires".

    "The Social Network". 4 for Joshua.

    6. 1979, from "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad.

    "Apocalypse Now". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

    7. 1968, from "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes.

    "Charly". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

    8. 1988, from "Nothing Lasts Forever" by Roderick Thorp.

    "Die Hard". 4 for Joshua.

    9. 1982, from "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.

    "Blade Runner". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

    10. 1990, from "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick.

    "Total Recall". 4 for Dan Blum, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.


    * Game 4, Round 8 - Science - Artificial Intelligence

    This is a general round on Artificial Intelligence or AI.

    ("Science", eh? Hmmm.)

    1. This company is the dominant supplier of AI and graphics
    processing hardware and software. Based on this dominance,
    its stock price has skyrocketed. As of last Friday, it had a
    market capitalization of $4.1 trillion Canadian placing it at #3
    globally... just behind Apple and Microsoft. Name the company.

    NVIDIA. 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Erland, Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

    2. In 2015, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and others founded this
    artificial intelligence company as a non-profit. Elon Musk
    left the company in 2018. In November 2022, this company
    introduced ChatGPT. What is the name of this company?

    OpenAI. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque.

    3. One of the first natural-language programs or chatbots was
    developed between 1964 and 1967 by Joseph Weizenbaum of MIT.
    What was the name of this early chatbot? *Hint*: The name
    was taken from the female protagonist of a classic play that
    premiered in 1913 and is still staged today.

    Eliza. (From Eliza Doolittle in Shaw's play "Pygmalion".)
    4 for everyone.

    4. Please decode the rot13 for the next two questions only after
    you have finished with the ones above. OpenAI has ChatGPT.
    Name either of the chatbots introduced by Google or Microsoft.
    You don't have to identify which chatbot is associated with
    which company. Just name one of the two.

    Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot.. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland,
    and Dan Tilque.

    5. This Chinese AI company, founded in 2023, recently introduced
    its own chatbot into the market. This chatbot is understood
    to be more efficient and functional than OpenAI's ChatGPT.
    Despite the fact this claim is being disputed by many, the
    markets have reacted with a sharp selloff of tech stocks.
    Name the company.

    DeepSeek.

    6. This mathematician created a test in 1950 to evaluate if
    a machine could imitate being a human. In this test, a human
    interrogator asks questions of a machine and a human. If the
    human interrogator is not able to tell the difference, then
    the machine is considered to have passed the test. Who is
    this mathematician? *Hint*: His life was dramatized in the
    2014 movie "The Imitation Game"

    Alan Turing. 4 for everyone.

    7. In February 2011, this IBM computer defeated
    "Jeopardy!" champions Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings in a
    competition. What is the name of this computer?

    Watson. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    8. In May 1997, this IBM computer beat Garry Kasparov (the reigning
    world chess champion at the time) in a 6-game match. What is
    the name of *this* computer?

    Deep Blue. 4 for everyone.

    9. This academic is also an author, futurist, and inventor.
    He invented the first text to speech machine and is responsible
    for a language support program widely used in public schools
    (particularly in Special Education departments). In addition,
    he created one of the world's best music synthesizers. He is
    probably best known for the 2005 book The Singularity is Near:
    When Humans Transcend Biology. In this and other texts, he
    speaks to the singular event being the point in time where AI
    exceeds human intelligence. Name him.

    Raymond Kurzweil. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

    10. This academic is considered to be the godfather of AI. He is a
    professor emeritus of Computer Science at the University
    of Toronto. In 2024, he won the Nobel prize in Physics for
    foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine
    learning with artificial neural networks. Name him.

    Geoffrey Hinton.


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    Dan Blum 32 31 28 0 32 32 127
    Dan Tilque 28 16 16 4 16 24 84
    Erland Sommarskog 30 0 12 0 0 24 66
    Pete Gayde 16 12 -- -- -- -- 28
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