Why You And I Should Care About Game Theory (It’s Actually Useful)

“Despite a heady term that calls to mind algebraic equations requiring chalkboard walls that lift up to reveal entire second sets of chalkboard walls, game theory’s a relatively easy concept: It’s using math, rather than your intuition, to make decisions. It’s Moneyball, not just peering from a distance and saying, ‘Looks like an athlete to me.'”

Smart Machines Are Now Teaching Us How To Look At Art In Deeper Ways

“One application of the new algorithms is to pick out paintings with similar characteristics (see images). That provides a new and powerful tool for historians to look for influences between artists that may never have been aware of. It also allows a new form of art exploration, jumping from one image to another similar one, in a process that is visually equivalent to finding synonyms.”