Study: Can Machines Make Good Therapists?
A recent study invited college students to talk about their emotions via an online chat with either a person or a "chatbot" (in reality, the chatbot was operated by a person rather than AI).…
A recent study invited college students to talk about their emotions via an online chat with either a person or a "chatbot" (in reality, the chatbot was operated by a person rather than AI).…
"Many deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals have welcomed the increase in visibility that deafness and hearing loss have enjoyed on TV lately. … But for many who use devices like cochlear i…
"The internet contains, for better or worse, a significant amount of humanity's intellectual and creative outputs. It's also a cesspool of outrageous falsehoods. Having access to so much inf…
In decades of covering museum buildings, I've mostly refrained from "reviewing" a building that hasn't gone up yet. That's why I've hung back from commenting on the Los Angeles County Museum…
"Despite a state ban on live comedy performances, the pandemic hasn't destroyed the New York comedy scene " it just pushed it underground. … Venue owners are finding ways to stay in busine…
There can be no national recovery, no American Rescue, without the creative economy, and the 5.1 million creative workers who make it up. And right now, many of those creative workers are in…
"The kinds of movies that traditionally contend for awards " mid-budget dramas with recognizable stars and respectable historical subjects or social themes " were thin on the ground througho…
"It is time to make significant investments in these smaller organizations to increase their capacities and develop a practice that does not make becoming more mainstream the ultimate goal. …
Deborah Cullinan: "The events of the past year, and the shocking insurrection that took place at the Capitol on Jan. 6, have reinforced the value of art in our society. We have always known …
"Look around Rona, socially distanced float houses have become a thing. A really big thing. Apparently, if you to take the parades off our streets, our streets become the parade. From Gretna…
After years of planning, the long-awaited Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture of the Riverside Art Museum in Riverside, California, has finally received the green light …
"Regal in bearing, with willowy beauty and delicately chiseled features, Ms. Tyson was known for embodying women of great poise striving under great pressure. … [Her] electrifying portraya…
The Kalamazoo Civic Theatre (Civic) is one of the country's preeminent community theatres and has been center stage in the Kalamazoo community for 91 years.
"Having started her career with Harmonia Mundi in 1972 as a press officer, she went on to produce more than 800 recordings with artists including Philippe Herreweghe, [William Christie], Jea…
"A sterling 550-year-old portrait by the Renaissance master Sandro Botticelli that was the star lot of Sotheby's Old Masters sale has sold for $92.2 million, making it the second-most-expens…
"The collection" " which, the museum says, has "insufficient reliable provenance" " "includes manuscripts and papyrus fragments with texts written in Coptic, hieratic and demotic scripts, an…
Or, if not the entire movie-theater business, at least AMC. The pandemic had made the already-difficult financial situation of the world's largest cinema chain disastrous. But the same amate…
"In addition to being creative thinkers and makers, many artists, designers and architects are also researchers whose work reveals new insights and approaches to solving some of the most com…
"The workforce of broadcast engineers " those who know to fix broadcast transmitters, tubes and wires " is reaching retirement age. … Far fewer skilled young people are waiting in the wing…
The Vertical Theatre, as it's called, will be modular, with a capacity of 1,200 to 2,400, seated in small groups separated (if necessary) by clear screens. The structure has a roof, but the …
"So, uh, how " and why " did all of this happen? Here is the oral history of The Emperor's New Groove, an irreverent, pratfall-heavy, non sequitur of an animated movie that so defied Disney'…
"Mary-Kay Wilmers … was one of the founders of the literary magazine in 1979, along with Karl Miller and Susannah Clapp, became co-editor in 1988, and has been its sole editor since 1992. …
"At a moment of rampant disinformation and conspiracy theories juiced by algorithms, we can no longer turn a blind eye to a theory of technology that says all engagement is good engagement "…
"I've done about 18 of these virtual shows, and I've learned things from them that I thought I had long understood after 20 years of being a professional comedian. People need comedy. At ver…
"I do not consent to being part of an arts community that engages in witch hunts of people who don't think like me," Carmen Aguirre says in the nearly 30-minute video, which she posted to Yo…