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closeups from january's patreon mail

✨ limited edition postcard + sticker ✨

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Valeria Abatzoglu  -  https://www.beehiveillustration.com/illustrators/valeria-abatzoglu/illustrator  -  https://www.instagram.com/valeriabatz_illustrations  -  https://linktr.ee/valeriabatz  -  https://www.facebook.com/valeria.abatzoglu  -  https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/valeriabatz

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They trained an AI model on a widely used knee osteoarthritis dataset to see if it would be able to make nonsensical predictions - whether the patient ate refried beans, or drank beer. It did, in part by somehow figuring out where the x-ray was taken.

The authors point out that AI models base their predictions on sneaky shortcut effects all the time; they're just easier to identify when the conclusions (beer drinking) are clearly spurious.

Algorithmic shortcutting is tough to avoid. Sometimes it's based on something easy to identify - like rulers in images of skin cancer, or sicker patients getting their chest x-rays while lying down.

But as they found here, often it's a subtle mix of non-obvious correlations. They eliminated as many differences between x-ray machines at different sites as they could find, and the model could still tell where the x-ray was taken - and whether the patient drank beer.

AI models are not approaching the problem like a human scientist would - they'll latch onto all sorts of unintended information in an effort to make their predictions.

This is one reason AI models often end up amplifying the racism and gender discrimination in their training data.

When I wrote a book on AI in 2019, it focused on AIs making sneaky shortcuts.

Aside from the vintage generative text (Pumpkin Trash Break ice cream, anyone?), the algorithmic shortcutting is still completely recognizable today.

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im literally grapes made of squares btw

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This was the content of an old series of illustrations representing celestial bodies (planets, moons and more) that I didn't finish due to health reasons (in fact, the last two images remained incomplete :(… But I really liked the colors and results :D). I haven't given up on this idea yet and I intend to redraw these arts someday! (And maybe draw new stuff? Other planets? Galaxies?) In order of appearance: The Sun and the Moon (on top), then we've the Sun (again) and Venus (second row), the Moon (again) and Mars (third row), Uranus (fourth row), Neptune and a Black Hole (fifth row), a representation of the Universe (sixth row) and finally the two incomplete illustrations of the Phases of our Moon and a Quasar (on bottom).

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goodnight, sweet dreams ✨🐑☁️

💫 limited edition print 🌛

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The Chinese Word For Horse from Brett Scothern on Vimeo.

After Effects project for school.

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The Chinese Word For Horse from Brett Scothern on Vimeo.

After Effects project for school.

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“The Giants at Dovrefjell” is a Norwegian folk song written down in the 16th century. There are also similar versions in Denmark and the Faroe Islands. It can be seen as an echo of the Nordic pagan culture or a lament at the loss of the priestly caste who knew how to interpret the runes.

The verses of the song present 12 brothers who have magical abilities, one that can control weather and another can see what is happening in far away lands. The chorus asks “who will move the runes when we ourselves cannot”.

All Indo-European religions were hierarchical. Authority in spiritual matters was not determined by doctrine but by the ruling of the priestly caste (druids, godis etc). The loss of this caste meant the loss of the old ways and the associated wisdom.

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The Atelier Couture by Professor Jimmy Choo Fall 2024 Wedding Dresses.

More at https://bit.ly/weddingi

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Art by Wayne Tsay

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Noooo don't get a tattoo it's so permanent blah blah blah my tattoo is whatever I want it to be and today it's an octopus

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My dream bath. My dog’s nightmare.

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My dream bath. My dog’s nightmare.

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LILITH & EVE from Sam de Ceccatty on Vimeo.

⭐️ When the first woman on Earth meets... the first-first woman on Earth. ⭐️

LILITH & EVE is a short adult comedy animation and feminist re-imagining of the Adam and Eve story, in which Eve accidentally bumps into Lilith, Adam's first wife and equal.

A début animation from award-winning director Sam de Ceccatty and BAFTA-nominated producer Manon Ardisson (GOD’S OWN COUNTRY), with BAFTA-winning Aimee Lou Wood (SEX EDUCATION) and Susan Wokoma (ENOLA HOLMES) in the title roles. The film premiered as part of Tribeca’s animated shorts program, curated by Whoopi Goldberg.

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cast Eve - Aimee Lou Wood Lilith - Susan Wokoma Adam - Conor Kennedy Archangel - Jake Graf Snake - Samuel de Ceccatty

directed by Samuel de Ceccatty

written by Manon Ardisson and Samuel de Ceccatty

casting by Katy Covell & Ollie Gilbert

music by Camilla Uboldi

sound design by Louise Burton

animation and design Samuel de Ceccatty

lyrics and vocals Ashleigh Brown

sound mix Damien Lazzerini

An Ardimages UK production

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Webinar - Geospatial analytics made simple with Unfolded from Foursquare on Vimeo.

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I've been spending far too much of my time trying to learn medieval illumination techniques

one of my first semi-successful attempts at fore edge painting! done on an old paperback of aesop's fables.

+ some glamour shots: