I · THE OBJECT · BRITISH MUSEUM
El-Amra clay model of cattle
Four clay cattle, once painted and wrapped in linen, were set in a Predynastic grave at El-Amra around 3500 BC — a small herd for the afterlife, now in the British Museum.
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15 JUN 2026
Day 166
One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.
II · THE IDEA · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
TruthfulQA: Benchmarking Tendency to Generate Falsehoods
TruthfulQA asks questions that humans often get wrong. The aim is not general knowledge, but whether a model will reproduce the same misconceptions that appear in its training text.
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Written before source checking was enforced · facts in this lesson are unverified
III · THE WORK · ART HISTORY
The Ambassadors
Two diplomats stand among instruments of science and faith. Between them, a warped shape on the floor resolves into a skull — but only if you stand in the right place.
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