{"id":3747,"date":"2022-05-23T17:19:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T17:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress2019\/?p=3747"},"modified":"2022-08-15T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T13:11:59","slug":"golem-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2022\/05\/23\/golem-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Golem Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[metaslider id=&#8221;3749&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-align:center\">(use the arrows to navigate through the images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The human form, in particular the unadorned nude, has been a feature of artistic expression since we <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus_figurine\">made our first art<\/a>, 30,000 years ago, (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2019\/dec\/11\/earliest-known-cave-art-by-modern-humans-found-in-indonesia\">possibly even earlier<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/70\/Wien_NHM_Venus_von_Willendorf.jpg\/330px-Wien_NHM_Venus_von_Willendorf.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Venus_of_Willendorf\">Venus of Willendorf<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Summoning such forms from an artificial neural network seems absurd &#8211; how can a machine, trained on pictures from the internet, ever understand the human body? 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