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• Human art evades understanding so how will we ever ‘get’ machinic art?

  25-12-2019 15:00
  
  Assuming that the emergence of consciousness in artificial minds is possible, those minds will feel the urge to create art. But will we be able to understand it? To answer this question, we need to consider two subquestions: when does the machine become an author of an artwork? And how can we form an understanding of the art that it makes? Empathy, we argue, is the force behind our capacity to understand works of art. Think of what happens when you are confronted with an artwork. We maintain th
  
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• If Santa screwed up, here are four late holiday deals to help make it right.

  25-12-2019 14:00
  
  If the big man misfired on a gift this season (or maybe if he just airballed the whole thing and forgot), you can help bail him out with one of these “too late for Christmas, but not too late to matter” gift suggestions.
  
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• Barn owls reflect moonlight in order to stun their prey

  25-12-2019 03:00
  
  Ecosystems that are bathed in light during the day change profoundly at night. As the sun fades from the land, nocturnal life emerges, with the barn owl (Tyto alba) among them. Barn owls are iconic nocturnal birds of prey that are found all over the world, often near towns and villages. Although a familiar species to many, there is still much we don’t know about them. One peculiarity is the difference in plumage color between different barn owls. Why is it that some have undersides that a
  
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