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For there is no star of such magnitude who more cunningly positions themselves as apolitical than Beyoncé. Her performance as an icon is meant to connect with the broadest number of people possible.
More than anything, *Renaissance* is a testament that Beyoncé is a brand that stands for absolutely nothing beyond its own greatness.
The Silence Is the Loudest Part of Renaissance: A Film
Angelica Jade Bastién
More things than you would think are dynamic strategic problems. If you can improve running by offloading a (barely conscious) decision process, you can improve pretty much everything, even the processes you think are too straightforward or “human.”
Understanding what you want to optimize, what you need to control, and what information is directly relevant to this is much — much, *much*, ***much*** — more important than algorithmic sophistication, whether in the form of complex neural networks, Large Language Models, or anything else.
Wavelights and AIs as Strategic Amplifiers
marcelo.rinesi
It is probably more illuminating to go a little bit further back, to the Middle Ages. One of its characteristics was that "reasoning by analogy" was rampant; another characteristic was almost total intellectual stagnation, and we now see why the two go together. A reason for mentioning this is to point out that, by developing a keen ear for unwarranted analogies, one can detect a lot of medieval thinking today.
On the Cruelty of Really Teaching Computing Science
University of Texas in Austin
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