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- AI as an existential threat – Kevane preliminary draft
- “What can it do?” A living list of computational problems that deep learning/AI/neural nets can or seems likely to “do” (at varying cost and efficacy)
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- The typical popular sci-fi version of AI posing an existential risk?
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Friends of African Village Libraries (I post regularly here)- Visite du Centre de Lecture et d’Études de Béréba par le coordonnateur de ABVBF
- Animation d’une séance de lect ure à la bibliothèque de Bougounam
- Annual report for 2025 of partner organization in Burkina Faso ABVBF
- Actions récents de l’animateur de ABVBF, Burkina Faso
- Animation d’u e séance de discussion à la bibliothèque de Niankorodugou
- Rencontre d’une équipe de Amis des Bibliothèques de Villages du Burkina Faso (ABVBF) avec le DPEPPNF du Tuy
- Rapport de mission de l’équipe de ABVBF au CEG de Dossi
- Rapport de sortie à la bibliothèque de Dimikuy, Burkina Faso
- Rapport de sortie à la bibliothèque de Dohoun
- Préparation d’un don de livres CMH aux élèves du CEG de Dossi
Category Archives: Culture
Jeffrey Page, le chorégraphe de Beyoncé est à Ouagadougou
I came to Ouagadougou and finally met a celebrity! He was really nice. Dans le cadre de l’évènement « Ouagadougou International Dance Festival (OIDF) », qui se tient du 19 au 26 janvier 2013, Jeffrey Page, le chorégraphe de Beyoncé, … Continue reading
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Geranium Cat’s Bookshelf: Thursbitch by Alan Garner
Thursbitch feels very much like a sequel to Red Shift to me, although the only connection is the intensity of its sense of place, and a setting geographically close, since Garner likes to write about the area around his home. … Continue reading
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Meet Don Francisco, Host of the TV Show ‘Sábado Gigante’
Otro articulo tan interesante, de mi hermana!!! This fall, the wildly popular Spanish-language television show Sábado Gigante Supersize Saturday—seen by millions of Hispanics around the world for two hours every Saturday afternoon—celebrates its 50th anniversary. This makes it, according to … Continue reading
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AIGA | Case Study: Neighborhoods and Shared Memories/Nuestros vecindarios y sus memorias
Mariano Desmaras was always “my friend’s little brother” but now here he is winning awards…. congratulations! And I see some inspiration for FAVL’s microbooks project here, as we shift into community history! “Neighborhoods and Shared Memories” (Nuestros vecindarios y sus … Continue reading
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If I had a million dollars
I’d remake The Wild Thornberrys (the movie) and keep the exact same story except make the Thornberrys an African family, and Eliza an young African girl. It is one of the most perfect children’s movies, but why does the heroine … Continue reading
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