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Albert Namatjira died more than six decades ago but his art is suddenly enjoying demand

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In the 1950s, Albert Namatjira’s iconic watercolor art was often sold on the streets of Alice Springs for just a few shillings. Key points: Demand for Albert Namatjira’s artwork has soared, with one work worth over $120,000 A prominent art owner said people realized how important an Arrente male artist was A member of the Namatjira family said that his legacy has inspired many others to follow in the artist’s footsteps Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article may contain images of people who have died. Over the years and after his death in 1959, his paintings of the vast Central Australian landscape became highly sought after, with collectors around the world clamoring to own a work. Now there is renewed interest in the artist Arrernte and the father of the Hermannsburg School with his record-setting work. Glen Helen Gorge in Namatjira on paper sold for more than $120,000 when it went up for auction in Melbourne earlier this year. In July his painting

Researchers train an AI model to 'think' like a baby, and suddenly it becomes amazing

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In a world full of opposing views, let’s draw attention to something we all agree on: if I show you my pen, and then hide it behind me, my pen is still there – even though you can’t see it anymore. We can all agree that it’s still there, and probably the same shape and color as before it went behind me. This is just common sense. This common sense law of the physical world is universally understood by humans. Even a two month old baby shares this understanding. But scientists are still confused about some aspects of how we reach this fundamental understanding. And we haven’t built a computer that can compete with babies’ normally developing common sense abilities. New research by Luis Piloto and his colleagues at Princeton University – which I reviewed for an article in Nature Human Behavior – takes steps to fill this gap. Researchers created a deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) system that gains an understanding of some common sense laws of the physical world. The findin