What Researchers Are Learning About Language From Teaching AI
The difficulty in understanding transformers lies in their abstraction. Whereas a conventional program follows an understandable process, like outputting the word “grass” whenever it...
Is Netflix’s Stumble An Inflection Point For Streaming?
Is there such a thing as too many streaming options? How many people are really willing to pay for them? And could this business...
Why Is Netflix Losing Subscribers? It’s Become Cable TV
Since NBC took back The Office and HBO Max did the same with Friends, well, it can’t exactly be said that the emperor has no content....
Pianist Alexei Lubimov’s First Interview Since Moscow Police Tried To Break Up His Concert
"The police said they were just following orders, and they obviously didn't know the music or why they had these orders. ... Anyway, they...
Why Researchers Are Leaving Australia In Droves
My peers are burnt out, despondent and thinking of leaving the sector. Everybody has told me to leave the country, even if I am able...
Mills College, Where American Avant-Garde Music Got Wild (And Ultimately Kinda Cool)
Laurie Anderson, Steve Reich, Dave Brubeck, and Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh are alumni. John Cage, Terry Riley, Lou Harrison, Pauline Oliveros, the Art...
Study: Public Art Reduces Traffic Accidents
A study conducted by Bloomberg Philanthropies examined 17 sites over two years, before and after they were painted with “asphalt art” (art on surfaces such as...
And Just Who Is Joe Kahn, The New York Times’ New Top Editor?
For one thing, he's the first executive editor who may be wealthier than the paper's owners. (He is heir to a large retailing fortune.)...
How Big Publishing Consolidated
As 2022 began, the U.S. trade publishing business was dominated by what has been called the Big Five—Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins,...
France’s Top Stage Awards Underscore The Massive Divide Between State-Funded And For-Profit Theatre
"The Molières were designed to bridge the gap between (the) two opposing production models. ... The distinction has long structured French theater and shaped...
Struggling To Understand (It’s More Difficult Than Ever)
Not understanding makes bad things happen. When we don’t understand why lightning strikes or ships sink or babies die, sacrificing virgins might seem a...
What Happens When Big Corporations Take Over Local Newspapers? A New Study Says —
— that there's "an immediate drop in content." The drop isn't exactly a surprise, but what one lead researcher found "shocking" was that the...
National Geographic Discovers Philadelphia’s Thousands Of Murals
Mural Arts Philadelphia started as an anti-graffiti program, drafting the taggers to paint something building owners and community members would be happy, not angry,...
Standup Comedians Say Audience Behavior Just Keeps Getting Worse
"There's something in the water,” said Nish Kumar. ... "I've had a few conversations with other comics and there's a sense that something doesn't...
For This Summer, At Least, Lincoln Center Is Replacing The Mostly Mozart Festival
"Summer in the City", running mid-May to mid-August (and including six Mostly Mozart programs), is the first festival under chief artistic officer Shanta Thake,...
Producers Of “Rust” Get Maximum Fine For Negligence In Alec Baldwin’s Shooting Of Cinematographer
The report from New Mexico's Occupational Health & Safety Bureau found that the crew "demonstrated plain indifference to employee safety" and "willfully violated" established...
Actor Robert Morse Dead At 90
He first gained fame in the Broadway and film versions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. That show won him his...
Allegations Of Toxic Culture Behind Giant LA Dance Competition
Behind the bright lights and pulsing music, some dancers say they were sexually assaulted, harassed and manipulated by the company’s powerful founder and famous...
Florida Senate Votes To Strip Disney Of Special District Status
Republicans in the House also are expected to approve the move. It would take effect on June 1, 2023. - Deadline
The Twitter Account That Collects Awkward Writing
The account tracks the ways that writers strive to express the same thing differently, with examples taken mostly from newspapers and magazines around the...
Last-Minute Venice Biennale: The Ukrainians
Set among the nation-state pavilions that have stood in the Giardini for decades, it is a powerful statement in the face of the ongoing...
What It Takes To Be A Mid-Size Publisher
"The midsize publishing community has greatly contracted and, as I think about the businesses that still make up this community, I am struck by...
The Next Coachella: Arkansas?
Can a group of contemporary art curators and tastemakers turn the Arkansas town of Bentonville into an art-world hotspot? - Artnet
“Recreational Puritanism”: A Warning To Right-Wing Book Banners About Their Battle Against The Woke...
John McWhorter: "They miss that their book bans are just as tinny, just as local to petty concerns of our moment and just as,...
More Of Us Are Abandoning Cash. Is This Wise?
The economic and enforcement arguments against cash may stack up nicely, but a payment isn’t just an economic or administrative act; it is a...
