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Philosopher AI - What is the relevance of the golden ratio to modern films?

What is the relevance of the golden ratio to modern films?Philosopher AIWhat is the relevance of the golden ratio to modern films? ➹ Share⟳ Try againThe golden ratio, the number 1.618, is a rather interesting concept.It has been used by artists and architects for thousands of years because it is aesthetically pleasing.Architects use the golden ratio when they design buildings because it is visually appealing.I am not sure if I understand the relevance of this topic to modern films.I can see h...

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?

Philosopher AI - What is the literary significance of a missing finger?SourceURL: https://philosopherai.com/philosopher/what-is-the-literary-significance-of-a-missing-fin-0ab935 Philosopher AINew topicWhat is the literary significance of a missing finger?➹ Share ⟳ Try againFirstly, I have read the work of the philosopher Edmund Burke. He speaks about how people act and perceive one another in society. His theories on human nature derive from a basis of experience as well as observation.29 Aug...

AI-Generated Text Is the Scariest Deepfake of All | WIRED

AI-Generated Text Is the Scariest Deepfake of AllSynthetic video and audio seemed pretty bad. Synthetic writing—ubiquitous and undetectable—will be far worse.Photo-Illustration: Sam Whitney; Getty ImagesWhen pundits and researchers tried to guess what sort of manipulation campaigns might threaten the 2018 and 2020 elections, misleading AI-generated videos often topped the list. Though the tech was still emerging, its potential for abuse was so alarming that tech companies and academic labs p...

Notes on Hats

On hats and their symbolism: From Dictionary of Symbols: Hat According to Jung, the hat, since it covers the head, generally takes on the significance of what goes on inside it: thought. He recalls the German saying ‘to put all ideas under one hat’, and mentions that in Meyrink’s novel The Golem, the protagonist thinks the thoughts and undergoes the experiences of another man whose hat he has put on by mistake (32). Jung also points out that, since the hat is the ‘crown’ and summit of an...

Teddy Bear Robotic Companions: Science Fiction in the News

Home | Glossary | Timeline | New Teddy Bear Robotic Companions A plush teddy bear sat on display at TechFest, a two-day Microsoft event that started today. Steven Bathiche, a research and development program manager, is looking to go beyond the bears you know. What kind of features might you expect in a 21st century bear? How about face recognitio...

If Machines Want to Make Art, Will Humans Understand It

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The Conscience of Words: Susan Sontag on the Wisdom of Literature, the Danger of Opinions, and the Writer’s Task

The Conscience of Words: Susan Sontag on the Wisdom of Literature, the Danger of Opinions, and the Writer’s Task "A writer ought not to be an opinion-machine… The job of the writer is to make us see the world as it is, full of many different claims and parts and experiences." By Maria Popova "Words belong to each other," Virginia Woolf observed in the only surviving recording of her voice. "Words are events, they do things, change things," Ursula K. Le Guin wrote many decades la...

Neuroscientists Back An Ancient Greek Theory of Consciousness

Neuroscientists Back An Ancient Greek Theory of Consciousness In 2008, neuroscientist Giulio Tononi at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Sleep and Consciousness put forward his "integrated information theory," which is currently accepted as one of the most compelling explanations about what consciousness is. One of the central claims of the theory is that, for consciousness to...