I · THE OBJECT · BRITISH MUSEUM
Cylinder of Nabonidus
This cylindrical inscription from Mesopotamia has endured a thousand years of ruin and still speaks to us today, offering insights into ancient civilizations.
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4 MAY 2026
Day 124
Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.
II · THE IDEA · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Self-Play with Population-Based Training
A single learner need not stand alone. A population of candidate networks can compete, vary and replace one another — and on some tasks that process rivals gradient descent.
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Written before source checking was enforced · facts in this lesson are unverified
III · THE WORK · ART HISTORY
Bal du moulin de la Galette
Renoir’s large 1876 canvas fills a Sunday crowd under trees with light that never settles, and a brush that keeps every figure slightly unfinished.
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