"It is one of the great classical repertory companies, but I would like to have a company that lives in the present and looks to the future. What is clear is that it has to be a glamorous company, that reflects its history and the city." - The New York Times
"A forbiddingly erudite theorist who was also an in-the-arena practitioner, ... he had an uncompromising vision of what theater should be and no shortage of platforms to promote that vision. He used them all with gusto, making waves, careers, and more than a few enemies in the process." - MSN (The Boston Globe)
"About a dozen protesters of 'Dernière Rénovation' (Final Renovation) threw balloons filled with paint on the iconic glass-and-metal structure, while another scaled it and doused it with paint." In this case (unusually), they had specific, actionable demands to make of the government. - RTÉ (Ireland)
Since the 1980s, a subset of cognitive scientists have argued that neural networks, a type of artificial intelligence (AI), aren't viable models of the mind because their architecture fails to capture a key feature of how humans think. But with training, neural networks can now gain this human-like ability. - Live Science
That comic, which has gone on to be the most reprinted in the magazine’s history, proves so enduringly popular that it recently sold at auction for a whopping $175,000, the highest price for a single cartoon on record. - Artnet
Language models, in the most basic sense, represent our 26-letter alphabet in strings of numbers. Those digits might efficiently condense large amounts of information. But that efficiency comes at the price of subtlety, richness, and detail—the ability to reflect the complexities of human experience, and to resist the prescriptions of formal society. - The Atlantic
It’s certainly arguable that the company overreached in pursuing such an extensive rebuild, rather than limping along in what was left of the old space. - Oregon Arts Watch
At a time when many classical music and other traditional arts organizations are facing major challenges, a young conductor in Louisville, Kentucky, is expanding the playbook. - PBS NewsHour
“I would love it if someone published a paper about one of the three paintings confirming or refuting my findings, so we could start a high level academic discussion about this." - The Guardian
This is an ambitious time to revive a ballet company, but on the other hand - crucially, when you've already secured the first three years' funding - why not? - The New York Times
"In the age of digital streaming platforms, the act of discovering music ... has become streamlined and anonymized," says Lindsay Zoladz. "I wanted to put some of the spontaneity and human connection back into that experience." - Nieman Lab
The BBC has recovered three missing episodes of shows from the 1960s - episodes it had probably thrown out. Luckily, collectors "saved them from the skip." - BBC
