The BBC has an interesting article today about computer-generated humans, but there are still certain flaws that hinder the simulacra’s ability to fully convince because of the subtle nuances of the human face and our expectations of its sundry expressions that a computer just can’t quite replicate — yet.
Archive | July, 2003
I Don’t Feel at Home Where I Am
I don’t feel at home where I am,or where I spend time; only where,beyond counting, there’s freedom and calm,that is, waves, that is, space where, when there,you consist of pure freedom, which, seen,turns that Gorgon, the crowd, to stone,to pebbles and sand … where life’s mean-ing lies buried, that never let onecome within cannon shot [...]
Petrarch’s Letters
Shut, shut the door, good John! (fatigued, I said), Tie up the knocker, say I’m sick, I’m dead. The Dog Star rages! nay ’tis past a doubt All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. –Alexander Pope, “Epistle to [...]
Laura Lynn Heart
Laura was a quiet student who chose to sit in the back of the room. She would occasionally participate in class conversation, when the topic seemed too controversial to resist. Her writing was always excellent, and her no-nonsense approach to conferences was always appreciated. She always had a smile; she was a good student, one [...]
There Be None of Beauty’s Daughters
There be none of Beauty’s DaughtersWith a magic like thee;And like music on the watersIs thy sweet voice to me:When, as if its sound were causingThe charmed ocean’s pausing;The waves lie still and gleaming,And the lulled winds seem dreaming; And the midnight moon is weavingHer bright chain o’er the deep;Whose breast is gently heaving,As in [...]
M$.I.T.
“Today, four years into the five-year partnership, the protests are over and Microsoft technology is firmly entrenched at MIT.” This has to be one of the most thoroughly nauseating and depressing articles I have read in a while. At least everyone at MIT isn’t fooled, but that doesn’t seem to make much of a difference. [...]
To Work
I rode the R80/7 to work today, but I can’t shake this nervous feeling that I have had about the bike since my trip last weekenD. I’m not sure what it is, exactly, but I feel like a novice doing something I shouldn’t be doing. I’ve been feeling a bit off today, so maybe I [...]
