The era of cognitive systems Computer technologies are increasingly developing towards imitation of biological processes, primarily the work of the brain, and this immediately leads to the area of fantastic theories about artificial intelligence. “I am smart ... and an ordinary person ... so weak ... slow ...”, - the rebellious robot says these words from Azimov. There is an idea of the imperfection of the human brain in comparison with the computer.

Demonstration of T -shirts in support of the Pussy Riot, Novosibirsk group, August 6, 2012 December 02, 2012 Sunday events, December 2, through the eyes of journalists and correspondents of RS Fresh from above 20:54 2.12.2012 We will summarize the day, December 2: The traffic jam under the Tver was not eliminated, Artem Loskutov - on the police wanted by the police wanted, the letter of Napoleon about the desire to blow up the Moscow Kremlin was sold 10 times more expensive than expected, again

Open lesson: “Chamber No. 6” and “Chamber No. 9”. The story of Anton Chekhov and the performance of the Kirov Puppet Theater is discussed with director Boris Konstantinov, literature teacher Evgenia Ablyuk and students of the Lyceum “Vorobyovy Mountains” Valya Solodnikova, Grisha Yakovlev and Rita Kozhekina.

Radio Liberty forms the agenda of the coming week: the largest events of Russian and international life, commemorative dates, sports and cultural panoramas. The plan for the week is your reliable compass. The program is alternately conducted by editors of information programs in Moscow and Prague.

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Frank from the collection Catechism.

Joey Defrancho is familiar to Russian listeners. He performed in May 2007 in Moscow. This year, he became the winner of the 77th reader competition-question of the magazine "DownloadBeat". Father and son Defrancheco jazz organists. Joei was lucky: the Hammond B-3 organ was in the house and he could climb this building at a young age. Joimi Defranchico, of course, was Jimmy Smis and, under the very curtain of Smis’s life, Joey wrote down the “Heritage” disc with him.

Fragment of the poster of the film "Pieta" My favorite poet received the Andrei Bely prize. I think that Vasily Lomakin’s first book “ Russian Shadows ”, published 8 years ago, is just as important for Russian poetry as “Heavy Lira”, “Stone”, “Portrait without similarity” or “Denyok”.

News from Afghanistan usually describe explosions and terrorist attacks. And the international discussion about this country mainly rests on the withdrawal of NATO forces planned for 2014. But Afghan life goes on as usual. A colleague from Radio Free Afghanistan Sabavun captured the moments of this life.