The psychology behind 'Where the wild things are' [pdf]

[via mindhacks]

Daily Drop Cap

An illustrative initial every day.

Curled Lip and other photos from late summer.

Jupiter Over the Mediterranean - apod

Kurt Vonnegut explains how fiction makes us crave drama. (That’s drama, as in real-life turmoil not as in theater.)

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Information Visualization Manifesto

“The purpose of visualization is insight, not pictures.”

The on-going conversation in the comments is also worth a read.

Wanda Koop Untitled (Red) 2009 [via]

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AI: a dangerous dream

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AI Helicopter Control Airshow

Teaching a computer to fly using reinforcement learning.

(Watch Larger HQ Version.)