A recent study published in Palaeontologia Electronica opened a new chapter in the field of Paleoart. For the unversed, Paleo-art is a genre of scientific illustration that deals with original art presentations outlining primal and pristine life forms in accordance with scientific evidence. The central idea of paleo-art is to see through time through artistic manifestations.A team of enthusiastic scientists built 3D animated models of oven two-dozen ice-age animals that faced extinction in the passage of time. The paleoart models were based on plant and animal remains present in the lagerst?tte of Rancho La Brea (popularly referred to as La Brea Tar Pits), California. The team comprised of researchers from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the University of Southern California, and the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. Initially, attempts were made to search for accurate models of the ice-age flora and fauna in the present-day metaverse; however, the results were not satisfactory. Henceforth, in collaboration with a video game development firm, low-poly models of 22 creatures were developed. Low polygon, often abbreviated as low-poly, is implemented to recreate 3-D skeletons using a simplified mesh of polygons, essentially triangles. Few notable extinct organisms excavated from Tar Pits that were reconstructed in this process are Dwarf Pronghorn (Capromeryx minor), Ancient Bison (Bison antiquus), Saber-toothed Cat (Smilodon fatalis), Dire Wolf( Aenocyon dirus) and American Mastodon(Mammut Americanum)<h2 id="low-poly-graphics-reduces-chances-of-inaccuracies">Low-poly Graphics Reduces Chances of Inaccuracies</h2>The models were integrated into Augmented-reality-enhanced (AR-enhanced) museum expositions and also on social media platforms like Instagram and Snapchat. A customized augmented reality app was developed where users can virtually experience the forms of life in the Pleistocene period on museum premises.A major breakthrough made a stir when it was found in a survey that visitors could recollect more information about the features and habitats of the creatures using the app compared to the ones who depended on printed documents. Without a doubt, any piece of detail, when explained audio-visually, is much easier to comprehend and, therefore, a more effective form of learning.<h2 id="augmented-reality-to-be-the-new-normal-in-the-field-of-education">Augmented Reality to be the New Normal in the Field of Education</h2>The biggest challenge that paleo-art faces are the question of its authenticity and transparency. The reason why this study sets a new standard in scientific illustrations is its approach to avoiding guesswork and over-commitment to detailing; it sticks to features explained by up-to-the-minute paleontological inferences. However, it will be quite time-consuming for museum staff to seamlessly switch from text to digital assets and be familiar with animated 3D models entirely.In conclusion, the AR-enhanced models of pre-historic life forms definitely incite curious minds and excite a huge number of people in mainstream media. These might well be baby steps for Augmented Reality to take over traditional ways of learning and create a more interactive environment for research.

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More effective ways to detect an earthquake have been one of the most researched topics in disaster management of late. Previously, it was tough to discern tremors through underground signals being suppressed due to the hullaballoo of city traffic.In order to distinguish the urban hustle and bustle and seismic signals, a group of researchers at Stanford University developed a deep learning algorithm. The neural network was trained and tested for validation across a combination of 80,000 samples of urban noise and 33,751 samples of earthquake signals. Both sample sources were located in California, and over a million combinations were tried to develop the most precise algorithm.?Earthquake monitoring in urban settings is important because it helps us understand the fault systems that underlie vulnerable cities; by seeing where the faults go, we can better anticipate earthquake events,? stated Gregory Baroza of Stanford University, California.Compared to existing de noisification practices, the neural network delineated earthquake signals by an average of 15 decibels, thrice of what was obtained in the former techniques.However, a major shortcoming of the algorithm lies in the fact that it is trained via supervised learning. Here, humans labelled the datasets, which makes it quite a time-consuming approach.In addition, for the application of this model in a wide field of effect, it needs to switch to unsupervised learning, where it gets to discover the ingrained structure of untagged datasets and therefore reduces human intervention to a large extent.The group of researchers is also doubtful about how successful can the implementation of this algorithm will be across varied environments where noise signatures will invariably differ.

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Yom HaShoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on April 27 to commemorate one of the darkest phases of mortal tragedy, the Jewish genocide. The Chasdei Naomi association, a non-profit institute that works for the depressed across Israel, introduced the first-ever Shoah gallery in the metaverse. Exhibitions of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) developed by Holocaust survivors are on display in this one-of-a-kind gallery. The primary objective points to educate a young generation about the disasters of the Holocaust. Not just limited to videotaping witnesses, a Holocaust survivor's fleece with a bloodstain is another heart-wrenching instance on display that will now sustain in the metaverse to tell the woeful stories of WWII. In the testimony of Raisa Rossman, she speaks about how she saved her brother Moses' coat after he was shot dead at the age of six. The price for the artwork was set at 0.03 Ethereum (about NIS 293 which is equivalent to USD 85.97 ). The Nazi Holocaust redounded in the massacre of over 6 million Jews. As the population of Holocaust survivors shrinks, the history of the tragedy needs to be preserved for people to know further about mankind's history. The present data as per the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics says that about 165,000 survivors presently live in Israel. The NFTs depicts the literal recollections in illustrations, videotape testaments, and discourses and thus also contribute to the study of post World War and modern history.<h2 id="nfts-in-a-nutshell"> NFTs in a Nutshell</h2>In short, NFTs or non-fungible tokens are rated means that aren't commutable i.e. not interchangeable for anything different. Similar unique commemoratives have garnered worldwide fashionability, especially in the field of ultramodern art. Not to be mixed up with crypto-currency, but both are powered by the same form of technology, Blockchain. All NFTs are authenticated by cryptographic practices and can be traded using cryptocurrencies only. The trading of NFTs occurs in a way so that only a particular individual can attain a token for a digital asset at a specific time. Blockchain, as suggested by its name, is the system constituted by time-stamped consecution of data controlled by a chain of nodes (computers). It works on the principle of divided responsibility and the data is secured by different consensus mechanisms.<h2 id="an-instigative-process-reactions-to-the-integration-of-art-history-and-tech">"An instigative process" Reactions to the integration of Art, History, and Tech</h2> The process of developing blockchain-grounded digital art has brought people of varied disciplines together which creates diversity in this field. Survivors connecting with digital art creators ensure the development of factual and creative artworks in the metaverse. Overall described as an "instigative process", a community is slowly being created for a particular and intergenerational connection between digital artists, the survivors themselves as well as the social media enthusiasts and history geeks.Another important factor behind creating NFTs on Holocaust is the significance of preservation of history in the art of the digital age. As a member of the association correctly mentioned, the issue of conserving the memory of the Holocaust must acclimatize itself to the technological age so that it isn't forgotten or diluted.<h2 id="nfts-the-way-ahead-for-museums"> NFTs: The way ahead for museums?</h2> Reports suggest that the global NFT market will witness a growth of over $ 21 billion in 2022. To catch up with the global trend of NFTs, several galleries are trying to add another branch to their system. This won't only draw the attention of Gen Z towards museums but also move on to a new phase of preservation of information for the future. Jennifer Wong and Peter Hamilton, co-founders of the world's first NFT Museum in Seattle, considerably explained why NFTs can be the driving force for art in the 21st century. Wong said that their platoon realized the impact of ultramodern artworks on observing the nuances of digital art and understanding its details. Hamilton pointed out why NFTs have begun to produce such a wide stir amongst the youngish followership. The power of NFTs lies in the fact that it is bound by contracts and thus are based on the principle of due possession of means. These tokens are principally a contract that assigns a periodical number to an asset, and if you possess this commemorative, you're the due proprietor.Contemporaneously, he emphasized that the significance of education being the guardian of museums must be respected too, and thus conscious integration of tech and history is of utmost significance. The fact that blockchain might be the next big thing to take over several other similar institutions under its horizon is opinionated by experts. <h2 id="the-challenges-ahead">The challenges ahead</h2> The debate of centralization vs decentralization is revivified in the age of blockchain. Non-fungible tokens are a motivation to define new confines in the distinct common ground of technology and art.The move to bring the internet sensation of NFTs into galleries is just another step in that direction. The reason why museums have been brisk to switch to trendy ideas as NFTs lies in the fact that the percentage of people visiting galleries has gone down significantly in the last 2 years. And the industry has been poorly hit by the pandemic. The need to bring onboard the "in-home" experience is felt in the assiduity. Virtual galleries in the metaverse can be the last resort for museums to stay relevant in the realm where people enjoy spending time more on the web than on physical meetings. In this day and age where the general audience is hooked to short time-span content, it is an uphill task to make the experience of learning in detail more and more entertaining. Will history survive and sustain in this hunt to embrace digitization is a question left to be answered. What matters most is to develop a mix that doesn't intend to compromise the authenticity of history. The Holocaust gallery received positive reviews from the public. The foundation surely looks forward to the plenitude of more precious additions to the collection. On a day of recognizing the victims of the Jewish genocide, art and tech join hands to save history for eternity. The Chasdei Naomi association is inviting further people to transfigure recollections into NFTs and save them in the metaverse. Hence, interested people can communicate with them if they know any Holocaust survivors and share their stories to give them a place in the metaverse.

NFTs from Holocaust Survivors exhibited in Metaverse(wrong)

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The Chasdei Naomi association, a non-profit institute that works for the depressed across Israel, introduced the first-ever Shoah gallery in the metaverse. Exhibitions of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) developed by Holocaust survivors are on display in this one-of-a-kind gallery. The primary objective is to educate young followership about the disasters of the Holocaust. Not just limited to videotaping witnesses, a Holocaust survivor's fleece with a bloodstain is another heart-wrenching instance on display that will now sustain in the metaverse to tell the tragic stories of WWII. The <a>evidence</a><a href="#_msocom_1">[R1]</a> of Raisa Rossman spoke about how she saved her family Moses' fleece after he was shot dead at the age of six. The price for the artwork was set at 0.03 Ethereum <a>(about NIS 293)</a><a href="#_msocom_2">[R2]</a> . The Nazi Holocaust <a>redounded </a><a href="#_msocom_3">[R3]</a> in the butchery of over 6 million Jews, <a>and the present data as per the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics say that about survivors presently live in Israel</a><a href="#_msocom_4">[R4]</a> . As the population of Holocaust survivors shrinks, the history of the tragedy needs to be proved for people to know further <a>about humanity's trip as a race over time. </a><a href="#_msocom_5">[R5]</a> The NFTs depict the literal recollections in illustrations, videotape testaments, and discourses and thus also contribute to the study of post-World War and ultramodern history. NFT in a Nutshell<a>NFTs or non-fungible commemoratives are rated and aren't interchangeable. Similar unique commemorations have garnered worldwide fashionability, especially in the field of ultramodern art. Not to be incorrect with crypto-currency, but both are powered by the same form of technology, blockchain. </a><a href="#_msocom_6">[R6]</a> All NFTs are authenticated by cryptographic practices and can be traded using cryptocurrencies only. <a>The trading of NFTs occurs in a way that only a particular existent can enjoy an NFT at a specific time period. </a><a href="#_msocom_7">[R7]</a> Precisely, <a>as suggested by the name, </a><a href="#_msocom_8">[R8]</a> time-stamped consecution of data is controlled by a chain of bumps (computers). It worked with the principle of divided responsibility and different agreement mechanisms to secure the data. "An instigative process" Responses to the integration of Art, History, and TechThe process of developing blockchain-grounded digital art has brought people of <a>colourful disciplines together,</a><a href="#_msocom_9">[R9]</a> which creates diversity in this field. <a>From survivors connecting with digital art generators to ensure authentic and creative artwork means in the metaverse.</a><a href="#_msocom_10">[R10]</a>"This is an instigative process. An amazing situation has sluggishly been created<a>, a particular and intergenerational connection </a><a href="#_msocom_11">[R11]</a> between those who are on the side of the NFT works and the survivors themselves," said a representative of Chasdei Naomi and Raisa, a Holocaust survivor.Another important factor behind creating NFTs on Holocaust is the significance of preservation of history in the art of the digital age. As a member of the association correctly mentioned, "The issue of conserving the memory of the Holocaust must acclimatize itself to the technological age so that it isn't forgotten." NFTs: The way ahead for galleries?Reports suggest that the global NFT request may witness a growth of over $21 billion in 2022. To catch up with the global trend of NFTs, several galleries are trying to <a>add another branch to the being system. </a><a href="#_msocom_12">[R12]</a> This won't only draw the attention of Gen Z towards galleries but also move on to a new phase of information preservation for the future. Jennifer Wong and Peter Hamilton, co-founders of the world's first NFT Museum in Seattle, considerably explained why NFTs can be the driving force for art in the 21st century. Wong said that their platoon realized the impact of ultramodern artworks by observing the nuances of digital art and understanding its details. Hamilton added why NFTs have begun to produce such a wide stir amongst the <a>youngish </a><a href="#_msocom_13">[R13]</a> followership. <a>The power of NFTs is bound by contracts and thus the principle of due possession of means.</a><a href="#_msocom_14">[R14]</a><a>"These tokens are principally a contract that says this periodical number belongs to this piece of art, and if you enjoy this commemorative, you're the due proprietor."</a><a href="#_msocom_15">[R15]</a>Contemporaneously he emphasized that the significance of education being the guardian of galleries must be admired too and thus conscious integration of tech and history is of utmost significance. 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Virtual galleries in the metaverse can be the last resort for galleries to stay applicable in the realm where people enjoy spending time more on the web than on physical meetings. Will history survive and sustain in this hunt to embrace digitization is a question left to be answered. What matters most is to develop a mix that doesn't intend to compromise the authenticity of the vestiges saved. The Holocaust gallery entered positive reviews from the public and surely looks forward to plenitude more precious additions to the collection. On a day of recognizing the victims of the Jewish genocide, art and tech join hands to save history for eternity. The Chasdei Naomi association is inviting further people to transfigure recollections into NFTs and save them in the metaverse. 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Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, is observed on April 27 to commemorate one of the darkest phases of mortal tragedy, the Jewish genocide. The Chasdei Naomi association, a non-profit institute that works for the depressed across Israel, introduced the first-ever Shoah gallery in the metaverse. Exhibitions of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) developed by Holocaust survivors are on display in this one-of-a-kind gallery. The primary objective is to educate young followership about the disasters of the Holocaust. Not just limited to videotaping witnesses, a Holocaust survivor's fleece with a bloodstain is another heart-wrenching instance on display that will now sustain in the metaverse to tell the tragic stories of WWII. In the testimony of Raisa Rossman, she speaks about how she saved her brother Moses' coat after he was shot dead at the age of six. The price for the artwork was set at 0.03 Ethereum (about NIS 293, which is equivalent to USD 85.97).The Nazi Holocaust redounded in the massacre of over 6 million Jews. As the population of Holocaust survivors shrinks, the history of the tragedy needs to be preserved for people to know further about mankind's history. As per the Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics, the present data says that about 165,000 survivors presently live in Israel. The NFTs depicts the literal recollections in illustrations, videotape testaments, and discourses and thus also contribute to the study of post World War and modern history.<h2 id="nfts-in-a-nutshell">NFTs in a Nutshell</h2>In short, NFTs or non-fungible tokens are rated means that aren't commutable, i.e. not interchangeable for anything different. Similar unique commemoratives have garnered worldwide fashionability, especially in the field of ultramodern art. Not to be mixed up with crypto-currency, but both are powered by the same form of technology, blockchain. All NFTs are authenticated by cryptographic practices and can be traded using cryptocurrencies only. The trading of NFTs occurs in a way so that only a particular individual can attain a token for a digital asset at a specific time. Blockchain, as suggested by its name, is the system constituted by time-stamped consecution of data controlled by a chain of nodes (computers). It works on the principle of divided responsibility, and different consensus mechanisms secure the data.<h2 id="an-instigative-process-reactions-to-the-integration-of-art-history-and-tech">"An instigative process" Reactions to the Integration of Art, History, and Tech</h2>The process of developing blockchain-grounded digital art has brought people of varied disciplines together, which creates diversity in this field. Survivors connecting with digital art creators ensure the development of factual and creative artworks in the metaverse.Overall described as an "instigative process", a community is slowly being created for a particular and intergenerational connection between digital artists, the survivors themselves, as well as the social media enthusiasts and history geeks.Another important factor behind creating NFTs on Holocaust is the significance of preservation of history in the art of the digital age. As a member of the association correctly mentioned, the issue of conserving the memory of the Holocaust must acclimatize itself to the technological age so that it isn't forgotten or diluted.<h2 id="nfts-the-way-ahead-for-museums">NFTs: The way ahead for museums?</h2>Reports suggest that the global NFT request may witness a growth of over $21 billion in 2022. To catch up with the global trend of NFTs, several galleries are trying to add another branch to the system. This won't only draw the attention of Gen Z towards galleries but also move on to a new phase of information preservation for the future. Jennifer Wong and Peter Hamilton, co-founders of the world's first NFT Museum in Seattle, explained why NFTs could be the driving force for art in the 21st century.Wong said that their platoon realized the impact of ultramodern artworks on observing the nuances of digital art and understanding its details.Hamilton pointed out why NFTs have begun to produce such a wide stir amongst the youngish followership. The power of NFTs lies in the fact that contracts bind it and thus are based on the principle of due possession of means. These tokens are principally a contract that assigns a periodical number to an asset, and if you possess this commemorative, you're the due proprietor.Contemporaneously, he emphasized that the significance of education being the guardian of museums must be respected too, and thus conscious integration of tech and history is of utmost significance. The fact that blockchain might be the next big thing to take over several other similar institutions under its horizon is opinionated by experts.<h2 id="the-challenges-ahead">The Challenges Ahead</h2>The debate of centralization vs decentralization is revivified in the age of blockchain. Non-fungible tokens are a motivation to define new confines in the distinct common ground of technology and art.The move to bring the internet sensation of NFTs to galleries is just another step in that direction. The reason why museums have been brisk in switching to trendy ideas as NFTs lies in the fact that the percentage of people visiting museums has gone down significantly in the last two years. And the industry has been poorly hit by the pandemic. The need to bring onboard the "in-home" experience is felt in the assiduity. Virtual galleries in the metaverse can be the last resort for galleries to stay relevant in the realm where people enjoy spending time more on the web than on physical meetings.In this day and age where the general audience is hooked to short time-span content, it is an uphill task to make the experience of learning in detail more and more entertaining. Will history survive and sustain in this hunt to embrace digitization is a question left to be answered. What matters most is to develop a mix that doesn't intend to compromise the authenticity of history.The Holocaust gallery received positive reviews from the public. The foundation surely looks forward to the plenitude of more precious additions to the collection. On a day of recognizing the victims of the Jewish genocide, art and tech join hands to save history for eternity. The Chasdei Naomi association is inviting further people to transfigure recollections into NFTs and save them in the metaverse. Hence, interested people can communicate with them if they know any Holocaust survivors and share their stories to give them a place in the metaverse.

NFTs from Holocaust Survivors Exhibited in Metaverse

AI pioneer, Andrew Ng, co-founder of the popular e-learning platform Coursera and former head of Google Brain, advocated that it's high time we switch our focus from the performance of several data models to the quality of the data being made available to existing systems.

The Data-Centric Approach to Artificial Intelligence

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In 2022, nobody disagrees with O'Reilly on the potential of data. With technology reaching newer heights and exploring newer domains, data powers the process in every respect.AI pioneer, Andrew Ng, co-founder of the popular e-learning platform Coursera and former head of Google Brain, advocated that it's high time we switch our focus from the performance of several data models to the quality of the data being made available to existing systems. Data-centric AI is precisely defined by Ng as "the discipline of systematically engineering the data required to develop a successful AI system."<h4>Data Vs Code: A closer look</h4>The model-centric approach targets the development and optimization of algorithms to drive the entire process. This, in turn, limits our scope to ameliorate the gross efficiency of most programs. Oversaturation will only lead it to transform into a program run under a very selective responsive mechanism. A vast section of the AI community believes that the hype over model architecture kills the overall productivity of any program to a large extent. Therefore, the significant implications of following such a strategy will definitely highlight how the quality of data might play a hindrance when fed to sophisticated programs.And that's why data needs to be the bedrock for any AI system to be more coherent and accurate. Quality over quantity is beyond doubt the absolute necessity prior to implementation. Refined and labelled data that is relevant to your project and is thoroughly consistent, when run through iteratively driven by proper error analysis, surely promises a more explicit outcome. Deploying an ML model is just the first few baby steps, but a collection of high-quality data periodically over time is what leads to accomplishment. Hence, neglecting the importance of data in AI is equivalent to boarding a sinking ship. Data is food for AI.<h4>The Data-Centric Approach</h4>Going by the general pathway that most project follows; when we are upbeat about adopting a data-centric approach, it is important that we collect the right data for our project. Storing compromised data irrelevant in the bigger scheme of things will only have a detrimental step towards improving accuracy. Quantity is not always the solution!Labelling - Perhaps the most crucial step in the overall process as this is where we obtain our required clean data by continual reduction of noise, if present. For the quality of our data to be more systematic and consistent, one needs to tally the differences in labels for a specific sample independently labelled. On revising the labelling dictum, we try to reduce the points of disagreement till the consistency is achieved.For example, suppose a data labeller is given an image of 2 iguanas and is instructed to indicate their position. In that case, they might come up with any one of the labels given besides on the right-hand side. Although none of them are technically wrong, such inconsistencies will only puzzle the neural networks.Error analysis-driven iteration is the next step that involves training the model as soon as sufficient data has been collected. In contrast to the model-centric approach, where one needs to wait till the entire data has been mustered, it is evident how data-centric options save a lot more time. In addition, as the process is continuous, it is easily detectable whether the right data is being acquired or not and thus allows appropriate changes to be made.Nevertheless, timely supervision of the input data when the model goes under production is of paramount significance. Drifts are inevitable as data evolves, just like how we evolve in this real world. For instance, data drifts might occur when a model encounters situations for which it is not adequately trained as the distribution of the incoming data did not count such cases. Like if a program that is only trained on properties of integers is now fed fractional values as input, data drift can be observed.Concept drift, unlike data drift, is not as abrupt but surely adversely affects the performance of any model. A model trained on a dataset of the last decade on costs of commodities will never be able to predict the actual pricing of a similar product in 2022. Similarly, one can never expect a dataset trained as per today's standards will result in successful predictions as an outcome 10-20 years down the line.Thus, to hold the code fixed and iteratively improve the data and not the vice-versa is what is actually proposed by the likes of Andrew Ng, who have called for the shift toward Data-centric AI.<h4>Good Data</h4>All the discussions above have only paved the way to a specific objective for MLOps: corroborating the availability of premium quality data in each phase of an ML project lifecycle. The fact that good data over big data needs to be the approach for efficiency-oriented developments raises a very basic question - How do you define Good Data?In conclusion, it is fair enough to say that it is high time that the AI community overcomes its bias toward complex model architectures and treats data as an asset. Unlocking the true potential of data must be our objective if we want programs to run with greater efficiency and accuracy.</div></div>

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