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Posts tagged ‘Artificial Intelligence’

Oct 6

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“When people get older, they get bitter or get cute.” — Kim Shattuck

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Where an old boy’s acute frown’s a cute grin upside-down, “Monsieur Rose” turns it around. From France, Philippe Katerine’s art movement – le mignonisme (“the cuteness”) – turns up around his birthday in Pepe’s hometown, when most acute’s his frown.

Avoiding maturity is, for many men, not just a cute hobby, but a life’s work – often handsomely rewarded in the infantile popular culture of the West.

— Michael Leunig

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Aug 23

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“A mystery is a whodunit. You know what happened, but not how or who’s behind it.” — M. J. Rose

Whodunit AI poster

Who’s hints leave a trace,
Who’s prints fit the frame.
Clues cut to the chase.
A signet stakes claim.
Fake sleuths get the case.
Whodunit takes blame.

Round up the usual suspects! —Fake prefect of police, Casablanca

Whodunit dome

Upstairs maid?
Butler bot? Mac hack?
Palette knife?

Even a cat has things it can do that AI cannot. —Fei-Fei Li

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Sep 27

“When people speak of creating superhumanly intelligent beings, they are usually imagining an AI project.” ―Vernor Vinge

Boomer Babes v.2049 is a product of artificial intelligence (AI). It integrates all previous female stereotypes since 1949 – from Farmer’s Daughter to Sex in the City, Cheerleader to Preppy, Gidget to MTV, Vampire Slayer to Whatever. What’s more, it brings the near future into focus, anticipating the awesome advancement in store for the Centennials.

“I definitely fall into the camp of thinking of AI as augmenting human capability and capacity.”

―Satya Nadella

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