Essays about: "David Seger"

Found 2 essays containing the words David Seger.

  1. 1. The Virtues of a Hero : Virtue Ethics and the Divine in Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : David Seger; [2023]
    Keywords : Star War; Warhammer 40; 000; virtue ethics; the divine; Aristotelian virtue ethics; Nietzschean virtue ethics; minimal theism; classical theism; panentheism; pantheism;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how ethics and various conceptualizations of the divine are explored and expressed in contemporary fiction, and in this particular case, in Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000. It is meant to highlight the philosophical underpinnings within these works, and to discuss how readers and consumers of such fiction and media may be affected in their views regarding religiosity and ethics. READ MORE

  3. 2. Playing the Fox Game With Tree Search: MCTS vs. Alpha-Beta

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : David Ye; Jacob Trossing; [2022]
    Keywords : Artificial Intelligence; Monte Carlo Tree Search; the Fox Game; Alpha-Beta Pruning; Asymmetrical Game; Perfect Information Game;

    Abstract : The forefront of game playing Artificial Intelligence (AI) has for the better part of 21st century been using an algorithm called Alpha-Beta Pruning (Alpha-Beta). In 2017, DeepMind launched a new AI, based on the algorithm Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS), which defeated the former Alpha-Beta based chess AI champion Stockfish. READ MORE