‘Artificial intelligence’ is a misnomer, a natural scientist admonished me at a recent summer symposium by Lake Garda in sunny Italy. Instead, I should have said ‘artificial neural networks.’ Presumably his reason for this fraternal correction was that machines do not possess real intelligence as humans do. Variants on this argument percolate on the web
Bonhams will conduct its first ever Irish sale in Ireland this month in a timed online auction with bidding from November 17th-28th. The 126 lots will be on view at City Assembly House on Dublin’s South William Street from November 24th-28th. Entitled The Irish Sale, Vision and Voice, “it’s about celebrating those who have shaped
Next weekend in Dublin promises to be a great one for art lovers with Art Source at the RDS and Dublin Gallery Weekend events taking place around the city. Over 15,000 people are expected to attend Art Source to see the work of over 200 contemporary artists from Ireland and abroad. Visitors will also have
Like whiskey and cheese, friendships and fine leather, some things just get better with age. Bluetooth OLD and Fredric Wandres are one such pairing. Since making their international debut in 2021, the German dressage duo have statistically improved year over year—and by multiple percentage points. In 2021, the pair averaged 71.776% in the Grand Prix.
YouTube’s crackdown on ad blockers is in full swing, leading to a wave of ad blocker uninstalls. 9to5Google reports: As Wired reports, this rollout has led to “hundreds of thousands” of uninstalls, not of YouTube but of ad blockers. The figures apparently come from various ad-blocking companies, where October saw a “record number” of people
This striking head of Amun shows him wearing the generic flat-topped crown that would have been surmounted with tall feathers – one of the chief god’s common attributes. His facial features however, are quite particular: he has slightly tilted almond-shaped eyes, a full mouth and full cheeks. This allows a secure association with portraits of
Music Club recital The Music Club of Baton Rouge will present the recital, “Sounds of Sondheim,” at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, in First United Methodist Church’s Conference Center, 930 North Blvd. The recital will feature performances by Daisha Badon, Steve Clawson, Jennifer Ellis, Lance Parker, David Randall, Celeste Angelle Veillon and Richard Williams, all
Free to visit, this huge rooftop is one of the best places to take a break from the chaos of the city. French painter Claude Monet was enamoured by Japan, using famous ukiyo-e prints as inspiration for his art, which many credited for the development of his Impressionism. In return, Japan holds a soft spot
“The Scuola Normale Superiore!” He rolled the phrase around his lips, a Freuchie lilt meeting a Pisan rasp. “And the estetica of Benedetto Croce…that’s where it all begins and ends.” It was the end of another two-hour interview session with Tom Nairn—one of Scotland’s greatest prose writers and certainly our most original modern political thinker. This cavernous polymath, deep
Two landscapes by Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) lead Bonhams‘ Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art on November 14 at New Bond Street, London. Untitled (West Bengal Landscape) and Untitled (Dark landscape with cliffs and tree), are both individually estimated at £80,000 – 120,000. “Rabindranath Tagore is best known as the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature,” said Priya Singh, Bonhams