Posts by Swedan Margen
“Hoppers” Is a Happy Leap Forward for Pixar
The script is by Jesse Andrews, who co-wrote the Pixar comedy “Luca” (2021), a sunny tale of youthful self-discovery and the seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the human and natural worlds. “Hoppers,” though much unrulier in its construction, is onto something similar. Mabel is a freckle-faced, messy-haired misfit, with a love of nature that she inherited…
Read MoreColin Gray’s Conviction Is Just, but It’s Not a Game Changer | National Review
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Read MoreNetflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI film tech company, InterPositive
In 2022, Ben Affleck became so fixated on AI in film production that he quietly launched his own film tech company, InterPositive. Netflix brought the startup into the spotlight Thursday morning as it announced the full acquisition of the company. InterPositive’s mission, which focuses on developing “AI-powered tools built by and for filmmakers” and using…
Read MoreIran War Proves Trump Was Right on Space Force | National Review
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Read MoreHow our AI bots are ignoring their programming and giving hackers superpowers
Welcome to the age of AI hacking, in which the right prompts make amateurs into master hackers. A group of cybercriminals recently used off-the-shelf artificial intelligence chatbots to steal data on nearly 200 million taxpayers. The bots provided the code and ready-to-execute plans to bypass firewalls. Although they were explicitly programmed to refuse to help…
Read MoreThe Self-Serving Seduction of “Vladimir”
The new Netflix series stars Rachel Weisz as a professor whose lust for a younger colleague renews her lust for life itself—and drives her to alarming extremes. Source link
Read MoreThe GOP Can Still Avoid Shooting Itself in the Foot in Texas | National Review
Democratic voters showed discipline in rejecting their own flashy bomb thrower in favor of a plausible statewide candidate. Will Republicans do the same? Source link
Read MoreThe Hurdles to Democracy in Iran | National Review
And how to potentially overcome them. Source link
Read MoreStartup Varda Space Industries snags former Mattel plant in El Segundo
In an expansion of its business of processing pharmaceuticals in Earth’s orbit, Varda Space Industries is renting a large El Segundo plant where toy manufacturer Mattel used to design Hot Wheels and Barbie dolls. The plant in El Segundo’s aerospace corridor will be an extension of Varda Space Industries’ headquarters in a much smaller building…
Read MoreRimbaud and Verlaine in Washington Square Park
“Godlike” is a poet’s novel, a dazzling Künstlerroman that touches on art, love, aging, and queerness, punctuated with verses by Hell (in both Vaughn’s and Wode’s voices) and his “translations,” or interpretations, of poems originally written by Frank O’Hara. The prose is dotted with allusions to the works of Joseph Conrad, Jorge Luis Borges, and…
Read MoreWhat the Founders’ Drinking Habits Have to Do with Gun Rights | National Review
Justice Gorsuch raised the issue during oral arguments this week. Source link
Read MoreAre We All Marxists Now? | National Review
The distribution of created value among owners, workers, producers, and consumers is shaped by bargaining and conflict, but not necessarily by class conflict. Source link
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