‘Wanted’ Director Timur Bekmambetov Explains His $5 Million Plan to Generate AI Method Actors: ‘AI Is Here to Stay. We Have to Train It Responsibly’

Wanted' director Timur Bekmambetov has developed Stanislavski, a technology that uses method acting techniques to improve AI actors' performances.
IEEE

High-quality Approximation of the Fermat Spiral with Polynomial Function

Abstract: To make the Fermat Spiral suitable for the needs of industrial design systems, a high-quality polynomial approximation method is given. The new algorithm is based on s power series. First, ...
IEEE

Parameter Identification of Fractional Order Systems Using a Hybrid of Bernoulli Polynomials and Block Pulse Functions

Abstract: Block pulse functions (BPFs) are piecewise constant and not sufficiently smooth. Therefore, their accuracy is limited when it comes to identifying the parameters of fractional order systems ...
Onrec

How to Write an AI Prompt That Actually Gets You What You Want

No lie, the first prompt is rarely perfect. Check what comes back, see if it makes sense, and tweak your wording. Think of prompt writing as a kind of collaboration—it gets easier the more you do it, ...
The Purdue Exponent

A researcher’s view on using AI to become a better writer

The Hechinger Report explores the potential of AI, like ChatGPT, to improve student writing while cautioning against ...
Edutopia

5 Strategies to Help Build Math Fluency in K–2

Helping students to develop math fluency takes more than just flash cards. It requires teaching them how to think about ...

Opinion | How R&B artist Xania Monet scored a hit — despite having no soul

Xania Monet, a digital AI avatar created by Telisha Nikki Jones, has a song 'How Was I supposed to Know' that's No. 30 on the ...

The irony in an AI musician singing ‘How Was I supposed to Know?’

The irony in an AI musician singing ‘How Was I supposed to Know?’ Billboard's announcement of an AI artist on one of its ...

Acclaimed Novelist Alison Lurie Thinks Buildings Say a Whole Lot About Us

A critic once remarked that Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie writes so simply that a cat or a dog can understand her. It was meant as a compliment and taken as such. In her new book she ...

‘Martin Luther King Talking To Jay-Z?’ Kenan Thompson Had To Write His Own SNL Sketches At The Beginning (And It Did Not Go Well)

Tune in to SNL and more of the latest hits from NBC and Bravo with a Peacock subscription. Costing as little as $7.99 a month ...