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artwork by an algorithm is up for auction, so does that mean AI is now creative?

  • Written by: Sven Brodmerkel, Assistant Professor for Integrated Marketing Communications, Bond University
artwork by an algorithm is up for auction, so does that mean AI is now creative?Would you buy a painting created by artificial intelligence?Obvious

A painting generated by artificial intelligence will go up for sale at auction later this month – raising again the question of whether a machine can be creative.

The painting, called Edmond De Belamy, is estimated to be worth between 7,000€ and 10,000€...

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Green light for Tasmanian wilderness tourism development defied expert advice

  • Written by: Brendan Gogarty, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Tasmania
Green light for Tasmanian wilderness tourism development defied expert adviceAt least 30 tourism developments have been proposed for Tasmania's World Heritage-listed wilderness.

The Commonwealth government’s decision to wave through a controversial tourism development in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area was made in defiance of strident opposition from the expert statutory advisory body for the...

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How catching malaria gave me a new perspective on saving gorillas

  • Written by: Marissa Parrott, Reproductive Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science, Zoos Victoria, and Honorary Research Associate, BioSciences, University of Melbourne
How catching malaria gave me a new perspective on saving gorillasMountain and lowland gorillas are vulnerable to malaria.Zoos Victoria

Conservationists are in a desperate fight to save the last of the world’s gorillas. Numbers of some subspecies are so low that organisations are literally saving the species one gorilla at a time.

A perhaps unlikely foe in this battle is human-borne disease, including...

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The off-topic Conversation #169

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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