BORN IN 1956, artificial intelligence is, demographically speaking, a Baby Boomer. And, like many of that generation, it was often inclined to overoptimism, promising more than it could deliver. The original goal of artificial intelligence a machine that could solve any problem by dint of massive, randomized trial-and-error routines was shelved when it became evident that computers of the time were not powerful enough to work that way. In the decades that followed, computers mastered simpler utilitarian tasks: Rule-based systems (also known as expert systems or knowledge-based systems) to this
New volume in Frick Diptych Series focuses on Titian s Pietro Aretino
Titian. Pietro Aretino, ca. 1537. Oil on canvas. 40 1/8 × 33 3/4 inches. The Frick Collection, New York. Photo: Joe Coscia.
NEW YORK, NY
.-The Frick Collection announces the sixth title in its popular Diptych series. The new volume, available at Frick Madison and through the museums website, focuses on Titians extraordinary portrait of the famed Italian writer, poet, playwright, and satirist Pietro Aretino. Each book in this series focuses on a single work in the Fricks collection and includes an essay by a curator complemented by a contribution from a contemporary cultural figure.
The Zeno Map
The Biblioteca Marciana in Venice, in St. Mark s Square, holds a book dated to 1558,
Dello Scoprimento dell’Isole Frislanda, Eslanda, Engroneland, Estotiland et Icaria fatto sotto il Polo Artico da due fratelli Zeni , (
About the discovering of the islands of Frisland, Esland, Engroneland, Estotiland et Icaria made under the Arctic Pole by two Zeno brothers ) published by Francesco Marcolini. In the introduction he explains that the narrative was written by Nicolò Zeno the Younger, great-nephew of Antonio and Nicolò Zeno, the two navigators whose travels are described in the text. Nicolò Zeno the Younger reports that he found five long letters of his ancestors in the family library and that he was able to proceed with a careful editing of their story, adding parts of the missing text on his own to connect the passages of the letters. With regret he adds that, having found them as a child in the family library and not comprehending their value he had irreparabl