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  • Researchers Used ‘Up’ To Teach AI How To Feel 

    Researchers Used ‘Up’ To Teach AI How To Feel 

    I generally don’t care for the poetics of life. When I’m walking down the street and something poetic happens – sunlight piercing rainclouds, golden leaves dancing in an autumn wind – I just go “ehh.” But human emotion is quantifiable, meaning it can be taught to computers. A collaboration between MIT’s Lab for Social Machines…


  • Up reimagined As A Horror Movie Works Surprisingly Well

    Up reimagined As A Horror Movie Works Surprisingly Well

    The story of Up works well because it’s heartwarming to see an odd couple go on an adventure together in a flying house and run into squirrel-addicted dogs. This alternate horror story version of Up also works because it’s easy to imagine Carl Fredericksen as an evil monster who takes Russell as his prisoner.