Sentences with phrase «pit against another human»

While much focus has been on human versus machine — Garry Kasparov versus IBM's Deep Blue in chess matches of the 1990s or the Watson computer pitted against human champions on Jeopardy — the greatest potential for advancement comes from humans partnering with computers.

Software teams have been battling StarCraft - playing AIs against each other for years in the AIIDE StarCraft AI Competition, but when pitted against humans, the best flesh - and - blood players still have the edge.

In response, Hungar argued that his clients, by having to compete for limited NIH funding as adult stem cell researchers pitted against human embryonic stem cell researchers, are «suffering ongoing hardship....

Ultimately, after suffering unimaginable losses, Caesar resolves to avenge his kind, pitting him against a human army in an epic showdown that will determine the future of the planet.

Despite the aged look that it has, it is still surprisingly fun to play with another player, since you are pit against another human being, not the computer.

Architecture and its ordered, ordering imperative is consistently pitted against human frailty and our irrational impulses.

Not exact matches

To that end, it's a survival - horror multiplayer game pitting seven Camp Crystal Lake counselors against one very powerful Jason, where everyone is controlled by human players.

It says that 100,000 people are alive today because of the country's laws on abortion and argue that «a world which continues to pit the rights of a woman against the rights of her unborn child is not advancing human rights.»

In discussions of the universally human, the universal is frequently pitted against the particular, but this was not the case with Lewis.

If we advocate only for those in our tribe, if we pit one pro-life cause against another, we give passive acquiescence to assaults on human dignity.

The simplest level of conflict pits human beings against nature.

The irony is that evolutionists have no plausible theory to pit against religious accounts of human origins.

Rights and development are pitted against faith and human life — increasingly, female life.

Until recently, that sort of fiddling with human DNA was only science fiction and allegory, a warning against a new kind of eugenics that could pit the genetic haves and have - nots against each other.

Agrillo, of the University of Padua in Italy, is finishing up several years of pitting humans against fish in trials of their abilities to compare quantities.

The strategy, referred to as a «living antibiotic,» would pit one group of bacteria — given as a drug and dubbed «the predators» — against the bacteria that are wreaking havoc among humans.

Google's AI company has released a simulated 3D environment in which machines can pit themselves against cognitive tests designed for humans

Video games that pit players against human - looking characters may be more likely to provoke violent thoughts and words than games where monstrous creatures are the enemy, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Connecticut and Wake Forest University.

Japanese researchers pit young chimps against human adults in short - term memory tests — and, lo and behold, monkey, um, ape beat man.

The dispute has divided the bioethics community and pitted the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which funded the infant study, against the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), the federal watchdog for research ethics.

The findings echo research that reported oxytocin levels were raised in teams of human volunteers when they were pitted against each other in games.

Since then, the research has pitted groups that question the ethics of harvesting stem cells from human embryos against those that hope the line of research could result in important medical breakthroughs.

This year, though, a landmark study was published, pitting 34 common vegetables against eight different types of human cancers.

This study looked at two diets: a carbohydrate rich diet (one rich in plant carbohydrates similar to fruits and vegetables humans consume) and pitted it against the Western, Standard American Diet (SAD)(think high in simple refined carbs, added sugars, and unhealthy fats — this is found in most all home cooked, grocery prepared, and restaurant meals as they use convenient processed ingredients).

In the video I profile a study from the University of Wisconsin, where researchers pitted two lines of human prostate cancer and two of human breast cancer against the peels of organic gala apples.

This little flower was pitted in a battle royale against various human cancer cells.

Visually inspired but thematically derivative, the apocalyptic sci - fi drama «Automata» pits humans against robots with predictable results.

We see luxury crops, like almonds, on the rise and groundwater contamination increasing tenfold, pitting backroom business dealings against human and environmental costs.

Its place as a sequel to «The Winter Soldier» is questionable at best, pitting Steve «Captain America» Rogers (Chris Evans) against Tony «Iron Man» Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) over the political ramifications of weapons - grade human beings.

The goofy third chapter pits a jealous wife (Joan Collins) against a strange rival for her husband's attention: a tree possessed by a human soul.

It is also intriguing, a what - if survival scenario pitting nearly every world force against the human spirit and a strong parental bond.

Star Trek: Nemesis pits man against himself in a battle of shared genetics and lifetime experiences arguing that the aspiration to be a better person may be a human quality, but acting on that potential is an individual choice.

In addition, the game also features a six - player Survival mode that pits a human squad against a nonstop onslaught of the largest enemies the aliens have to offer.

Guerrilla's open - world adventure, which pits humans against colossal robot creatures, allegedly cost over $ 45m to make.

Gamer (R for nudity, sexuality, profanity and pervasive graphic violence) Sci - fi thriller, set in the near future, revolving around the attempt of a human gladiator (Gerard Butler) to free himself from the clutches of a deadly mind - control game invented by a voyeuristic, reclusive billionaire (Michael C. Hall) which pits people against each other.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (PG - 13 for frightening images and intense violence) Prequel to the ever - popular «Gorillas Gone Wild» franchise, set in San Francisco, pits primates against people after a scientist's (James Franco) test of an experimental cure for Alzheimer's leaves millions of chimps with human - like intelligence.

Other sci - fi franchises — the Terminator series most notably — pit vulnerable but canny humans against soulless time - traveling robots in a struggle for supremacy.

Featuring a new story, two online multiplayer modes (2 - player co-op campaign and a 4 - player «TV show» themed Pay - Per - View event that pits humans against zombies), thousands of on - screen zombies and more, Dead Rising 2 takes zombie survival horror to a whole new level.

This mode is being described as «PvPvPvE» by its designers, who pit three teams of human players against both one another and various groups of zombies who appear in areas of the map that are triggered when you are near.

Tarsem Singh directs this new adventure, which pits Mickey Rourke as Greek God King Hyperion against the entire human race.

The action / fantasy movie pits the humans of Azeroth against orcs of Draenor and stars Travis Fimmel (Vikings), Toby Kebbell (Fantastic Four), Paula Patton (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol), Ben Foster (The Finest Hours), Dominic Cooper (Dracula Untold), and Daniel Wu (Into the Badlands).

Bana's personal account gives a poignant human face to a nearly six - year conflict pitting President Bashar al - Assad against rebels seeking to oust him, in which hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and millions forced from their homes.

We entered into the sadistic dog fighting industry — where dogs are pitted against one another for human greed and entertainment.

When researchers pitted the omega - 3 fat eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) against the antidepressant drug fluoxetine (brand name Prozac), EPA was just as effective as the drug in relieving symptoms of depression in humans — and the same may be true in dogs as well.4

His back resting comfortably against her chest, Hector nestles his massive canine head into Leslie Nuccio's shoulder, high - fiving pit bull paws against human hands.

The game pits aliens and humans against each other in a unique manner whereby both teams are required to build a base or at least key elements of a base to survive.

The «Developer» DLC pack will include a shooting range, so players can take all of the game's weapons for a spin, an Arena mode, which allows players to pit teams of humans and monsters against one another, and a Museum mode, which allows players to view all of the game's characters and enemies up close (without the threat of taking a bullet or bite to the face of course).

Thankfully there are multiplayer modes to pit you against other human LBX users.

Pitting Humans against Vampires, the game sets teams of four players against one another, before changing things up at halftime and swapping teams over to the other faction.

Primal Carnage: Extinction is a multiplayer shooter which can pit human against dinosaur or dinosaur against its own kind.