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Archives de l'Auteur: yguillet

Has AI reached the point where a software program can do better work than you?

December 16, 2022 5:07 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition NPR’s Rob Schmitz talks to Ethan Mollick of the University of Pennsylvania about an artificial intelligence program that uses AI to compose college essays, news stories, poems and even sitcoms. See transcript and Listen to complete podcast

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-4. Citizenship & Virtual Worlds, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Has AI reached the point where a software program can do better work than you?

Banksy show officially authorised by elusive street artist to open in Glasgow

Gallery of Modern Art show includes original artefacts, ephemera and stencils used to create famous works Read more on https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jun/15/banksy-show-officially-authorised-by-elusive-street-artist-to-open-in-glasgow

Catégories: AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest, LLCET°_1-2-Polemical art | Tags: , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Banksy show officially authorised by elusive street artist to open in Glasgow

Could a robot ever recreate the aura of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece? 

This month, the internet was flooded with stunningly ethereal digital art portraits, thanks to the work of the latest artificial intelligence-assisted application to go viral: Lensa. Users uploaded their photographs to the app and then – for a small fee – it used AI to transform their profile pictures into, say, a magical elfin warrior princess … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-3. Art & Power, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCET°_1-2-Polemical art | Tags: , , | Commentaires fermés sur Could a robot ever recreate the aura of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece? 

Defaced!

A survey of how money has been altered or destroyed as protest and art, from the suffragettes to Banksy.

Catégories: B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest, LLCET°_1-2-Polemical art | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Defaced!

Plastic Art

Turning recycling into an art form An art studio with no brushes or paint.  Mbongeni Buthelezi uses strips of plastic melted and glued to the canvas for his portraits. When the South African studied art he couldn’t afford to buy expensive materials. So he found an alternative and now produces this unique kind of art. … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-6. Creation & Relation to Arts, AMCT°_2-2-From the protection of Nature to ecological transition, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Plastic Art

Six Ways J.M.W. Turner Painted a Changing World

J.M.W. Turner may have regarded himself first and foremost as a landscape painter, but his art tells us a lot about the volatile and rapidly modernising times that he lived through. His lifelong interest in the inventions, conflicts, politics, society, culture and science of his time influenced many of his most original works and transformed … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, B1B2-3. Art & Power | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Six Ways J.M.W. Turner Painted a Changing World

Will English always be the global language?

Catégories: AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Will English always be the global language?

Maori facial markings get visibility

Maori journalist becomes first person with facial markings to present primetime news Written by Jeevan Ravindran, CNN Updated 31st December 2021 Maori journalist becomes first person with facial markings to present primetime news A Maori journalist has made history in New Zealand by becoming the first person with traditional facial markings to host a primetime … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-4. Self-representation & Relation to others, A2B1-8. Past within Present, AMC1°_2-1-Being heard, AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, AMCT°_1-2-Public and individual freedoms, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, B1B2-1. Identities & Exchanges, B1B2-7. Diversity & Inclusion, B1B2-8. Territory & Memory, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Maori facial markings get visibility

Indigenous communities celebrate the Aboriginal Flag

Who is Harold Thomas, the man who created the Aboriginal flag? Posted Tue 25 Jan 2022 Harold Thomas designed the Aboriginal flag in 1970.(Supplied: David Hancock) The Aboriginal flag, for the first time, can now be freely used by all Australians. That’s because Harold Thomas, the man who designed the flag, agreed to transfer its copyright to the Commonwealth … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, AMCT°_1-1-Unity and plurality, AMCT°_1-3-Equalities and inequalities, AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, B1B2-1. Identities & Exchanges, B1B2-7. Diversity & Inclusion, B1B2-8. Territory & Memory, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation, LLCET°_3-2-Anchoring and inheriting | Tags: , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Indigenous communities celebrate the Aboriginal Flag

Banned books and digital resistance

As Calls to Ban Books Intensify, Digital Librarians Offer Perspective Posted on November 24, 2021 by Caralee Adams Image credit: Roger Nomer | The Joplin Globe From Texas to Virginia to Pennsylvania, there is a growing movement to challenge books in schools that some suggest are inappropriate for students. Concern goes beyond explicit content; it … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-1-Production and circulation of knowledge, AMCT°_1-2-Public and individual freedoms, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest | Tags: , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Banned books and digital resistance