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Robots chisel out the future of sculpture as some artists embrace change and others push back

Instead of the old-fashioned hammer and chisel, a 13-foot zinc alloy arm with a spinning, diamond-crusted finger is now used by some to cut marble. Robotor CEO Giacomo Massari says it’s ten times faster.


A fleet of marble-sculpting robots is carving out the future of the art world. It’s a move some artists see as cheating, but others are embracing the change.

6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Off Cuba’s Southern Coast

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A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off Cuba’s coast, south of Santiago de Cuba around noon local time on Sunday.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake’s epicenter was about 24 miles south of Bartolomé Masó which is part of Cuba’s Granma Province.

Ejkim47/induction-gram: Official code for “Interpretable Language Modeling via Induction-head Ngram Models”

Interpretable language modeling via induction-head ngram models.

Eunji Kim, Sriya Mantena, Weiwei Yang, Chandan Singh, Sungroh Yoon, Jianfeng Gao Microsoft Research 2024 https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.

Large language models (LLMs) have made impressive…


Official code for ‘Interpretable Language Modeling via Induction-head Ngram Models’ — ejkim47/induction-gram.

Investigating the flow of fluids with non-monotonic, ‘S-shaped’ rheology

Water and oil, and some other simple fluids, respond in the same way to all levels of shear stress. These are termed Newtonian fluids, and their viscosity is constant for all stresses although it will vary with temperature. Under different stresses and pressure gradients, other non-Newtonian fluids exhibit patterns of behavior that are much more complex.