Noah Charney
Writer at Freelance
Best-selling author, columnist, TV presenter and professor of art history specializing in art crime
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1 week ago |
wired.jp | Noah Charney
カルチャー界隈において、人工知能（AI）は仕事を奪う存在として語られることが多い。作家や翻訳家の仕事をソフトウェアが奪い、画像生成がイラストレーターやデザイナーの職を脅かす。そんな話が後を絶たない。 だが、ハイカルチャーの分野では、AIが英雄として脚光を浴びる領域がある。旧来の主役である美術の専門家や修復家に取って代わるのではなく、彼らが贋作や作者誤認を防ぐ上で役立つ説得力のある強力な武器を付与するという意味で。AIは絵画のデジタル映像を分析するだけで、かなりの確度でアーティストの作品を認証し、本物であるとお墨付きを与えることができるようになっている。 AIの客観的な分析は、旧来のヒエラルキーを揺さぶった。アルゴリズムが統計的確かさを持って絵画の作者を特定できるのであれば、主観的な専門性ゆえに地位を築いてきた古参の美術史家はどうすればいいのだろうか？ だが実のところAIが鑑定家を駆逐することはない。数十年前にX線検査や炭素年代測定が登場したからといって鑑定家が不要にならなかったのと同じように。鑑定を補助する最新のハイテクツールが増えただけのことだ。...
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1 month ago |
atlasobscura.com | Noah Charney
Urska Charney for Atlas Obscura Museum 1. Plečnik House Some cities are associated with architects, like Antoni Gaudí for Barcelona. But whereas Gaudí only made a few buildings and a park, Ljubljana bears the signature of its genius loci, architect Jože Plečnik, practically everywhere. An earthquake in 1895 ruined some 15 percent of the city, and Plečnik came of age when his hometown was ready to be rebuilt.
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1 month ago |
technewstube.com | Noah Charney
Tech News Tube is a real time news feed of the latest technology news headlines.Follow all of the top tech sites in one place, on the web or your mobile device.
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1 month ago |
wired.com | Noah Charney
Artificial intelligence has to date been enlisted as a bogeyman in cultural circles: Software will take the jobs of writers and translators, and AI-generated images ring the death toll for illustrators and graphic designers. Yet there’s a corner of high culture where AI is taking on a starring role as hero, not displacing the traditional protagonists—art experts and conservators—but adding a powerful, compelling weapon to their arsenal when it comes to fighting forgeries and misattributions.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Noah Charney
Why Are Popular Tourist Destinations on Trump’s Proposed Travel Ban List? Several of the countries on the proposed list do not currently require visas for U.S. citizens. The U.S. State Department is considering new travel …
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