Lockdown Beautiful Stuff – Part 15

…ent our anger. Racism. The flames are global and serious like COVID-19. Protests may yet cause a resurgence of the pandemic. I sit in Geneva, Switzerland. Comfortable. Liberal. Quiet. I’m angry. Someone wiser than me once said that the biggest mistake you can make is to do nothing because you think you can only do a little. So my angry anti-racist little is called “Black Lives Shattered.” #BlackLivesMatter #BlackLivesShattered Be angry. Download a… Continue reading

A Piece of Cake – 12

…y sat, listened and just loved the family time. Buster’s blog posts and in-coming comments were proving to be a rich source of opinion about how computers learn artificial emotional intelligence. From time to time, Buster would summarise for George some of the themes. “So, George. Most people agree that artificial intelligence can learn to infer human values by observing behaviour and detect emotions through text, reading facial expressions or han… Continue reading

Celebrity Beautiful Stuff: 2

…nce of Wales. Prince Charles has painted all his adult life. His work is accomplished, eye-comfortable and conservative. It’s not terribly imaginative. However, it’s good for stamps although I’d prefer an original Sly on my wall! Whose rather dull paintings would you not want on your wall even though they sell at auction for $tens-of-thousands? “The Courtyard of the Old Residency, Munich” by Adolf Hitler, 1914. Yes, Adolf Hitler painted. He tried… Continue reading