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archiemcphee: We just learned about another awesome artist who makes things that look like other things. Brett Kern is an artist and teacher based in Elkins, West Virginia who created a wonderful series of ceramic sculptures that look exactly like inflatable dinosaurs, astronauts, and balloons. Visit Brett Kern’s website to view more of his bright…
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Kurzweil is perhaps the most prominent proselytizer of “hard AI,” which argues that it is possible to create consciousness in an artificial being. Add to this Google’s revelation that it is using techniques of deep learning to produce an artificial brain, and a subsequent hiring of the godfather of computer neural nets Geoffrey Hinton, and…
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Kieran Long: This year The Telegraph newspaper ran some stories about working conditions in Tesco distribution warehouses. One of the things that they were talking about were the WT4000 wearable devices manufactured by Motorola that people in their distribution warehouses would wear. Basically they measure how many times you put something in a box on…
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Tips For Riding Through Your First Winter RELATED Winter in Copenhagen Overcomplicating Winter Cycling: Why It’s Bad 1. Slow down Wet conditions can mean unpredictable traction. Ride slower and before stops slow down sooner to keep from sliding. 2. Get lit Dependable bike lights that will keep running when wet and cold are a must.…
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American Literature in Exile, an essay by William Dean Howells | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com
American Literature in Exile, an essay by William Dean Howells | Beyond The Beyond | Wired.com with an introduction by Bruce Sterling which is as valuable for his reflections on his creative practice as it is in contextualizing the work of William Dean Howells. This is a deep dive, so approach it when you have…
