In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
Obama will be remembered as the American Gorbachev, the charismatic, well-intentioned leader feted by the world but who, by failing to address crisis levels of inequality, elite impunity and corruption, hastened US national decline.
So if Maryland and Virginia drivers are allowed to get away without paying speeding tickets in DC with no repercussions, are DC residents allowed to get away without paying tolls in VA and MD? What are consequences for out of state drivers not paying tolls?
Update: saw Anatomy of a Fall last night. It made me realize I would never hold up if I was put on trial. Sandra Huller was superb and while I'm not sure P.I.M.P. could be nominated for Best Song, it was. I'd put this right below American Fiction cuz I'm not big on procedurals.
I've seen more Oscar movies this year than I usually do, so I'm more invested in Oscar weekend than typically. So in that spirit, here is my rankings of the Best Picture nominees (thread):
but it's meat-and-bones is pure commercialism. Perhaps if I was a kid who played with Barbies instead of playing soldier, I would have found more pleasure in this picture than Oppenheimer, but I wasn't, and therefore I'm immune to that trick. I do like the color pink though!
I've seen more Oscar movies this year than I usually do, so I'm more invested in Oscar weekend than typically. So in that spirit, here is my rankings of the Best Picture nominees (thread):