Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty. Yet you, the murderer, look as bright, as clear As yonder Venus in her glimmering sphere. Demetrius compares Hermia to the planet Venus in order to describe the extent of his devotion to her. He says that even when she wounds him by pre...
not formed from organic linguistic processes but instead whispered into their minds and fed to them via test tube. These idioms do not describe real life and are not creative in any way—rather, they serve the controlling purposes of the state. Take, for instance, the following series of idi...
In this sense, distant reading“allows you to focus on units that are much smalleror much larger than the text: devices, themes, tropes–or genres and systems”(Moretti 2000b: 57).When Moretti introduced the term distant reading in 2000, he neither re-ferred to computational approaches, ...
In fact, he said you could come practice with the team today. He’ll give you some one-on-one instruction and you can play with some guys who can actually keep up with you.” Nate’s eyes widened, the light landing on his hazel irises at just the right angle that they looked like ...
If OpenAI is obsessed with Her, Apple Intelligence looks more like a Caddy from All the Birds in the Sky. In Charlie Jane Anders’ novel, Caddies are mobile devices that quietly guide their users with reminders and suggestions (restaurants you might like, friends who happen to be nearby, and...
I have limited access to DALL-E, and can’t test it in any detail. But if we trust the images released by Open AI, the model is good at fusing and extrapolating abstractions: it not only knows what it means for a lemur to hold an umbrella, but can produce a surprisingly plausible ...
As they travel, their shared experiences on the boat strengthen their bonds of friendship and test their (weak) resolve. Although they often have petty squabbles, they emerge from their journey as firmer friends. Their interactions, filled with banter and teasing, also offer a glimpse into the...