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wildcat2030:

After decades of trial and error, artificial intelligence applications that aim to understand human language are slowly starting to lose some of their brittleness. Now, a simple mathematical model developed by two psychologists at Stanford University could lead to further improvements, helping transform computers that display the mere veneer of intelligence into machines that truly understand what we are saying. (via Research at Stanford may lead to computers that understand humans)

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In Central Asia, hunting animals using golden eagles is an ancient, male-dominated sport. But 25-year-old Makpal Abdrazakova is the first woman in Kazakhstan who has taken the tradition to new heights.

(Source: Chicago Tribune)

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Tuareg woman (by Helga)

Tuareg gender customs may refute Western preconceptions: Among the Tuareg, the men are veiled and the women are not. The society is largely matrilineal. They don’t fit into the nice bundles that art historians or anthropologists like to have. The Tuareg defy stereotypes—of Islam, Africa and social relationships—in other ways: The Tuareg are Islamic, but not in any comprehensive sense,  it’s mixed with a heavy dose of pre-existing pagan beliefs in the evil eye and the world of spirits, or jinn. 

– New exhibition highlights the ‘artful’ Tuareg of the Sahara

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