Over at the Times Literary Supplement, the shocking revelation that the Voynich Manuscript has finally been deciphered, by Medievalist Nicholas Gibbs, is very big news!
It's a victory for humans in their last gasp at supremacy in pattern matching!
I just posted to Medium a model for understanding emotions so simple, a machine could understand it.
Them. I mean them, as in, emotions. As in, machines can understand emotions!
Check out this new conference in Emotion AI!
http://go.affectiva.com/emotion-ai-summit
Affectiva, the sponsor, has an SDK in use right here on this site that you can check out from the link in the menu.
The titular book by Alan Watts is best in small, digestible pieces. It's a good read and goes well with exploring the role of culture in "self help." The exegesis of Buddhism as "loyal opposition" to the cultural norms was thought-provoking, to say the least!
https://www.amazon.com/Psychotherapy-East-West-Alan-Watts-ebook/dp/B01N6...
Today is "Prime Day" over at https://www.amazon.com.
But instead of the slogan "Alexa, what are your deals?" I'll try the title of this article.
After I get a little Echo Dot (sooooo cuuuuuute)!
