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Maurice Tuchman, a Guggenheim curator, engages in a discussion of and comparison between Cubist paintings by Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso. Tuchman introduces what he considers to be the main inspirations of Cubism—Paul Cézanne and what the curator refers to as “primitive” sculpture—and discusses the art movement’s evolution. This lecture took place on March 14, 1964.

Transcript: https://www.guggenheim.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/615213T22_01_On-Cubism.pdf 

"Inaugural Selection" exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1959. Photo: Robert E. Mates © SRGF

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On Cubism by Maurice Tuchman, 1964

What is a pet?  The answer may seem straightforward: they are animals kept in the home for pleasure and companionship. But our interactions with pets are far more complex, rooted as much in ownership and domination as in sentimentality and affection. 

The Cambridge Animal Alphabet series celebrates Cambridge's connections with animals through literature, art, science and society. Here, P is for Pet. Cultural geographer Dr Philip Howell and PhD student Makoto Takahashi examine both the lighter and darker sides of pet keeping as a national obsession.

The scale of contemporary pet keeping is remarkable. In the US, ‘fur babies’ outnumber human babies. In the UK, almost a quarter of households have a dog and almost a fifth owns a cat. Fish (often listed among pets) are even more popular.

The keeping of these pets is one of the most significant of all human-animal relationships. The majority of pets live as part of the family. At the same time, many are poorly treated and animal activists have called into question the legitimacy of keeping pets at all.
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P is for Pet

Bob Schieffer, Walter Shorenstein Media and Democracy Fellow, veteran CBS reporter and former moderator of “Face the Nation,” discussed his outlook for the 2016 presidential election and the corrosive effects of money in politics.

Bob Schieffer: The 2016 Presidential Election | Shorenstein Center

In episode nineteen we chat with Hugo Larochelle, Ryan introduces us to autoencoders, plus we tackle the question of what is standing in the way of strong AI.

Strong AI and Autoencoders

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas on Audible:
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Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she's at last returned to the empire - for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past.... She has embraced her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen. But before she can reclaim her throne, she must fight. She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost queen's triumphant return. 

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Queen Of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas, Narrated by  Elizabeth Evans

In episode seven of Talking Machines we talk with Zoubin Ghahramani, professor of Information Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. His project, The Automatic Statistician, aims to use machine learning to take raw data and give you statistical reports and natural languages summaries of what trends that data shows. We get really hungry exploring Bayesian Non-parametrics through the stories of the Chinese Restaurant Process and the Indian Buffet Process (but remember, there’s no free lunch). 

The Automatic Statistician and Electrified Meat

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