Pantheon is an American adult animated science fiction drama television series created by Craig Silverstein and based on a series of short stories by Ken Liu. Set in a world where mind uploading technology is on the verge of mass adoption, it follows three protagonists: Maddie Kim, a grieving teenager whose father was uploaded without her knowledge; Caspian Keyes, a gifted teen unknowingly raised in a constructed environment; and Vinod Chanda, a brilliant computer engineer uploaded against his will. As they place themselves at the center of a global conspiracy, they also deal with societal consequences and existential crises brought forth by rapidly evolving technology.
The Odyssey (2026) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
****/****starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theronscreenplay by Christopher Nolan, based on the epic poem by Homerdirected by Christopher Nolan by Walter Chaw The bookshelf of my childhood includes The Chronicles of Narnia, Edward Ormondroyd’s David and the Phoenix, Ray Bradbury’s short stories, Harry Harrison’s Stainless Steel Rat series, Robert Lynn Asprin’s MythAdventures, a whole lot of Asimov and Ellison, Piers Anthony’s Xanth and “Incarnations of Immortality” series, William Sleator’s House of Stairs, a Chinese manga of Journey to the West, and Bernard Evslin’s The Adventures of Ulysses. I read each of these volumes multiple times and draw…
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Pantheon Scotch Whisky Cocktail Recipe | PUNCH
The Pantheon is a cocktail recipe combining Scotch whisky, Bénédictine and fresh lemon juice that originated in Tokyo, Japan.
Nebula – Indie Streaming
Nebula is smart, thoughtful videos, podcasts, and classes from your favorite creators.
Ursula K. Le Guin — The Dispossessed
A bleak moon settled by utopian anarchists, Anarres has long been isolated from other worlds, including its mother planet, Urras—a civilization of warring nations, great poverty, and immense wealth. Now Shevek, a brilliant physicist, is determined to reunite the two planets, which have been divided by centuries of distrust. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down the walls of hatred that have kept them apart.
The (Surprisingly) Long History of Magical Girl Idols
From Creamy Mami to Lapis Re:LiGHTs, magical girl idol series have long been a staple in anime.
Allegory of the Cave - Legion
Goddess Remembered
This documentary is a salute to 35,000 years of the goddess-worshipping religions of the ancient past. …
Scale deep — The Systems Sanctuary
The world calls us to shift our mindsets and values from outdated ways of being and doing rooted in dominance, hierarchy and harmful systems, towards new ways rooted in relationship, collaboration and innovation.
Pantheon Design - High Speed 3D printers
Pantheon Design develops 3D printing systems that allow industrial grade flexible manufacturing at a speed never seen before.
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On the Opportunities and Risks of Foundation Models
AI is undergoing a paradigm shift with the rise of models (e.g., BERT, DALL-E, GPT-3) that are trained on broad data at scale and are adaptable to a wide range of downstream tasks. We call these models foundation models to underscore their critically central yet incomplete character. This report provides a thorough account of the opportunities and risks of foundation models, ranging from their capabilities (e.g., language, vision, robotics, reasoning, human interaction) and technical principles(e.g., model architectures, training procedures, data, systems, security, evaluation, theory) to their applications (e.g., law, healthcare, education) and societal impact (e.g., inequity, misuse, economic and environmental impact, legal and ethical considerations). Though foundation models are based on standard deep learning and transfer learning, their scale results in new emergent capabilities,and their effectiveness across so many tasks incentivizes homogenization. Homogenization provides powerful leverage but demands caution, as the defects of the foundation model are inherited by all the adapted models downstream. Despite the impending widespread deployment of foundation models, we currently lack a clear understanding of how they work, when they fail, and what they are even capable of due to their emergent properties. To tackle these questions, we believe much of the critical research on foundation models will require deep interdisciplinary collaboration commensurate with their fundamentally sociotechnical nature.
Platform Studies
The Platform Studies book series has been established to promote the investigation of underlying computing systems and how they enable, constrain, shape and support the creative work that is done on them. The series investigates the foundations of digital media — the computing systems, both hardware and software, that developers and users depend upon for artistic, literary, and gaming development. Books in the series will certainly vary in their approaches, but they will all also share certain features: A focus on a single platform or a closely related family of platforms; Technical rigor and in-depth investigation of how computing technologies work; An awareness of and discussion of how computing platforms exist in a context of culture and society, being developed based on cultural concepts and then contributing to culture in a variety of ways — for instance, by affecting how people perceive computing.
Ursula K. Le Guin — Ursula on Writing: A Rant about "Techonolgy"
Ursula K. Le Guin on the presence of technology in her work
Hayden Panettiere: Tributes paid to Heroes and Nashville actress who has died aged 36
She starred in the TV shows Heroes and Nashville, plus films Remember the Titans and Raising Helen.
The Vault
The Vault contains every game released in the world for thirty-three classic systems.
