Futurist Thomas Frey: Every day we wake up different.
Moment by moment, our lives are changing. Much like a strobe light with flashes of memories jumping through our minds we randomly recall where we’ve been.
Continue reading… “Betting on Your Future Self”
James Gaskin: “If you define artificial intelligence as self-aware, self-learning, mobile systems, then artificial intelligence has been a huge disappointment. On the other hand, every time you search the Web, get a movie recommendation from NetFlix, or speak to a telephone voice recognition system, tools developed chasing the great promise of intelligent machines do the work.”
Continue reading… “Whatever Happened to Artificial Intelligence?”
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This is amazing. The elephant is named Hong, and is currently residing in Thailand. Each art piece cost about $500. Additional video after the jump.
Continue reading… “An Elephant Painting a Self Portrait”
Leonardo Da Vinci’s life and work is well known — but his own face is not. Illustrator and activist Siegfried Woldhek used some thoughtful image-analysis techniques to find what he believes is the true face of Leonardo. Here, he walks viewers through exactly how he did it.
Continue reading… “The True Face of Leonardo Da Vinci”
In the Netherlands people can be naked in their gardens, the beach and recently the gym. But in America, even chocolate sculptures can’t be without clothes. Why is that?
Continue reading… “Why Are Americans Afraid of Being Naked?”
