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Don’t feel bad for bronze medalists. They’re happier than silver ones.
Generally, bronze medalists in the Olympics are happier than silver medalists. It might seem a little counter-intuitive at first, but thinking of “how things could have been” it seems logical: bronze medalists are happy they medaled at all, while silver medalists are ruminating about how they could
Chatbots discuss philosophy in humanless play.
Chatting to a bot is a fairly amusing game: see how it reacts to different keywords; discern if it can recognize the subjunctive. Watching two chatbots have a conversation can also be pretty funny, and some human constraints on topics can turn a mechanical conversation into a topical, algorithmic pl
PAUSE: Check out this Hangzhou-based artist’s computer-motherboard-techno-maze-art.
Chinese artist MABONNA has created a series of neon sculptures, entitled “MAZE”, that is reminiscent of computer motherboards, Tron, and laser-tag arenas. – – –
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