When a computer program fixes a writer’s novel, or improvises a few bars of music, is that real creativity? Are they not just doing what they were programmed to do? Blaise Agüera y Arcas would wholeheartedly disagree.More
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Arts and Culture
Doug Eck directs Google’s new “Magenta” project, an experiment in teaching machines to make art, leveraging advances in machine learning like neural networks to enable computers to do things like compose music.More
Our musical guest for this hour, Asumaya, talks about how one person can play the music of a full band. Alongside some performances, he...More
Miles Hyman is Shirley Jackson's grandson. He's an artist who specializes in graphic novels and adaptations of classic literature. His latest book has a lot of personal meaning for him.
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Jazz bassist and singer Esperanza Spalding talks about the inspiration behind her latest album, 'Emily’s D+Evolution.'More
We don't always consider the small changes in our influences, thinking and communication that occur directly as a result of those wasted seconds bouncing between emails, Facebook posts and Reddit threads, but conceptual artist and professor Kenneth Goldsmith argues there's opportunity in those precious clicks and darts from page to page.More
Around 2 million years ago, it’s believed our hominin ancestors settled down and adopted a more communal style of living centered around...More
Groundhog Day co-writer Danny Rubin talks about writing the story and the film's enduring impact.More
Chances are if you were picked on as a child, you probably haven't patched things up with your bully and become friends. But fourth-...More
Julian Barnes discusses composer Dmitri Shostakovich and his bully - Joseph Stalin.More
If you've ever been bullied, you've probably had revenge fantasies. But you probably haven't taken it to the extreme that Allen Kurzweil...More
Journalist Christa Weil has a taste for food that's on the challenging side.More
What's the new trend in sustainable, eco-friendly food? Bugs! Entomologist Arnold van Huis explains.More
