I · THE OBJECT · BRITISH MUSEUM
Son of Baalshillek marble base
A white-marble inscribed base found at Carthage in 1856 now sits in the British Museum, carrying a name but little recorded context.
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15 JUL 2026
Day 196
Once I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither.
II · THE IDEA · ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Out-of-Distribution Detection via Likelihood Ratios
A single model’s high likelihood is not proof that an input belongs. Contrasting it with a background model’s score often separates familiar structure from novelty more cleanly.
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Written before source checking was enforced · facts in this lesson are unverified
III · THE WORK · ART HISTORY
Doni Tondo
A circular panel of the Holy Family, still in its original frame, with five nude men seated behind them — the only finished panel painting by the mature Michelangelo to survive.
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