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Art is classed as the product of imagination, skill, experience, and emotion, usually meant to represent something for the public to enjoy. Artists spent time and effort putting their inner worlds onto these works. Machine intelligence also puts a lot of work into sorting through tons of data, linking someone's prompt to datasets, and trying to represent it as best as possible. The difference is that the AI is driven by commands instead of an emotional desire to express itself.

AI painters can produce over 1,000 original works of art with every tap of the enter key on a keyboard. But a mass-produced print of the Mona Lisa is worth less than the actual Leonardo Da Vinci's painting. Why? Scarcity — there's only one of the original. Should anyone pay for these things? And if an artist puts AI masterpieces up for sale, what should the price be?

AI art involves a program mimicking(模仿)the work of existing artists to create a new piece according to the request of a human. But who made the artwork, the machine or its user? And can the original artists sue for copyright violation(侵权)? Such questions complicate the merging of artificial intelligence and the art industry, while fueling arguments against recognizing AI-generated art as marketable artistic products.

Once we've answered those questions, we can tackle the really big one: When an AI-generated painting wins an award, who gets the prize?

Ben had poor vision and needed glasses to read. He got tired of constantly taking them off and putting them back on, so he decided to figure out how his glasses would let him see both near and far. He had two pairs of glasses cut in half and put half of each lens (镜片) in a single frame. Today, we call them bifocals (双光眼镜).

Everyone knows the story of Ben's famous kite flight. Although he made important discoveries and advancements, Ben did not "invent" the electricity. He did, however, invent the lightning rod which protects buildings and ships from lightning.

In colonial America, most people warmed their homes by building a fire in a fireplace even though it was dangerous and used a lot of wood. Ben figured that there had to be a better way. His invention of an iron furnace stove allowed people to warm their homes less dangerously and with less wood. The furnace stove that he invented is called the Franklin Stove. Interestingly enough, Ben also established the first fire company and the first fire insurance company in order to help people live more safely.

As a postmaster, Ben had to figure out routes for delivering the mail. He went out riding in his carriage to measure the routes and needed a way to keep track of the distance. He invented a simple odometer (里程表) and attached it to his carriage.

Later, other famous inventors, like Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell, followed in Ben's footsteps by trying to find ways to help people live better.

Students will eat lunch in courtyards overlooking city rooftops, before continuing their lessons in sound-proofed music rooms, science labs or atriums ( 中 庭 ) with eight metre-high ceilings. The specialty rooms, such as science labs, will be on the top floors. There will be large lifts, but students will be encouraged to use the stairs. There will be a gym, a play ground and play space on each floor.

The building will be run more like an office block than a traditional school, with a plant room used for the operation of the sprinklers（洒水装置）, air conditioning and elevator systems. In addition, people will be seen cleaning the windows while students are studying.

"We're going to have to get kids used to that," said Sylvia Corish, an executive director of school performance for the NSW Department of Education. "That's going to be a unique experience."

"This   is   a   very   different   concept,"   said   the   chief   executive   of   School   Infrastructure   NSW, Anthony Manning. "While it has been challenging at times, the end product is going to be really amazing and impressive."

"I am very surprised and happy to see how creative this learning space will be for students in the Parramatta region for years to come," Education Minister Sarah Mitchell said.

The Herald visited the new high school, as construction of the ambitious project enters its final phase and students at the original school across the road prepare to begin testing its state-of-the-art facilities. In the next few months, students and teachers will visit the school to help ensure a smooth transition （过渡）. "It will be a matter of testing how people can move around the building," Mr Manning said.

The British Museum, London

The British Museum boasts one of the largest online museums in the world. The website gives you access to a huge collection of more than 8 million objects but also how they have been documented over the centuries.

The Louvre, Paris

This museum offers free online access to its important exhibits. For instance, some works from Michelangelo or the famous Egyptian Antiquities. What's more, you can take a 360-degree tour and click what you find attractive to discover some additional information.

The Vatican Museums, Rome

A collection of classical sculptures exhibited by the Popes over the centuries is available at the Vatican Museums. Don't miss the chance to take a virtual tour of Michelangelo's ceiling in the Sistine Chapel and of the other iconic exhibits.

The National Gallery of Art, Washington

If you can't visit Washington D.C. and you're really curious to discover this museum, use its virtual tours of galleries and exhibits. Moreover, you can also listen to audio and watch some video of past lectures.

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Dear editor,

I'm writing to you to talk about my opinions about protecting the traditional Chinese culture.

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Yours,

Wang Hua

The Buffett lunch is a charity auction (拍卖) beginning in 2000, where the bidder who offers the highest bid (出价) can have a lunch with Buffett. The profits from the auction will help support the Glide Foundation, a San Francisco-based charity organization helps San Francisco's most vulnerable (脆弱的) people, including homeless.

A Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur, Justin Sun Yuchen, founder of TRON and CEO of BitTorrent, has won the auction for this year's Buffett lunch with a $4,567,888 bid, a record high since the lunch(launch) 20 years ago.

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett isn't a fan of investing in cryptocurrencies,(call) them "nonproductive assets", an Associated Press (AP) report said.

But Sun said in a telephone interview, "It is very common in investment circles people change their minds. Investment opportunities are best lots of people underestimate the technology."

As a response to the result of the auction, Buffett said in a statement(provide) by his assistant, I am delighted with the fact Justin has won the lunch and am looking forward to(meet) him and his friends."

Warren Buffett's charity lunch has been a hot ticket in Chinese business circles, with three Chinese people(put) in winning bids during past auctions, some bidders have had capital chain problems or been put under investigation for alleged violations of securities laws and regulations in subsequent business activities, the report said.

In order to "reduce the carbon footprint" Stewart planned to produce enough solar energy to1 his school's science labs. Now his plan is2 to happen. The installation of 30 solar panels is3 for late November.

As he began his research on solar4, he discovered a useful phone app. By entering an address, he could5 how much sunlight the6 receives each day.

7 how much sunlight it receives, Stewart found that his school building was the8 location.

Suggested by his science teacher, Debbie Wheeler, Parker first9 an energy audit (测算) of the science lab to see how much energy a10 lab uses per day.

Then, he started his research and11 the head of his school to fund him. Now the project has grown to12 a total of 30 panels. They are13 to generate enough energy to run all four of the science labs on14.

"It feels surreal (犹如梦幻的) to think that an idea I had stemming from my AP Environmental class would have this kind of15," said Stewart, expressing16 for Wheeler's help. Wheeler said the success of the project was17 Parker's efforts and willingness to follow through on the18 from start to finish.

"I've had other students talk about environmental initiatives on campus, but Parker had the19 and tenacity to make it happen," she said.

Parker said he would ultimately like to study20 engineering at Stanford University in California.

Quiet people think before they speak. In a work discussion with colleagues, the quiet men and women hardly speak suddenly, and instead, they listen carefully. With less time spent talking, quiet people have time to really think before they speak. Because they are so selective with words, when they speak, it seems like the whole world stops to listen to what they have to say.

. With their quiet, relaxed temperament (性情), quiet people are often the ears that others run to for advice, and are also respected for their good listening skills and cautious words. Additionally, quiet people rarely annoy others in their presence and they often make others feel at ease.

Quiet people work on a more productive basis. Quiet people tend to be free from the distractions (分心的事) that often come from being around people all day long.. It is common to observe a quiet co-worker, alone in his or her office for hours at a time working on the quiet focus.

A. Quiet people know how to listen.

B. Quiet people seem easy to get along with.

C. It is rare to see a quiet friend speak rudely.

D. So they are able to accomplish a lot on their quiet focus.

E. However, actually quiet people have their own strengths.

F. In this way, they will take the time to ensure what they are saying is true.

G. Less talking means more reflecting and observing, so they won't miss much.

The head, dating back to the Sui Dynasty (581-618), was originally placed on the northern wall in the No 8 Tianlongshan Grottoes on the suburbs of Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi province, according to a statement from the National Cultural Heritage Administration (国家文物局).

It was believed to be stolen and lost overseas around 1924, along with about 240 Buddha images that were robbed in the 1920s. This 44.5-cm-high Buddha head is the first among these stolen items to be returned from Japan.

The National Cultural Heritage Administration learned in September a Chinese Buddha head statue labeled as from Tang Dynasty (618-907) was about to be sold in Tokyo, and was thought to be a stolen piece from Tianlongshan.

The administration soon began the process of returning it home. In October, the auction house in Tokyo, whose board chairman Zhang Rong is a Chinese from Hangzhou, agreed to stop the auction.

After discussions between the National Cultural Heritage Administration, Zhang, and the local holder of the relic in Japan, the Buddha head was bought by Zhang and finally given away to the administration.

The transfer ceremony (交接仪式) for the statue was held in the Chinese Embassy (大使馆) in Tokyo in November, and it arrived in Beijing in December.

After being shown on the Spring Festival Gala, the Buddha head statue will be displayed in Beijing Lu Xun Museum from the first day of the Lunar New Year to Mar 14.

First of all, the job made huge demands on my strength. For ten hours a night, I took boxes that rolled down a metal track and piled them onto a truck. Each box contained twelve heavy bottles of apple juice. I once figured out that I was lifting an average of twelve tons of apple juice every night.

I would not have minded the difficulty of the work so much if the pay had not been so poor. I was paid the lowest wage of that time—two dollars an hour. Because of the low pay, I felt eager to get as much as possible. I usually worked twelve hours a night but did not take home much more than $100 a week.

But even more than the low pay, what made me unhappy was the working conditions. During work I was limited to two ten-minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch. Most of my time was spent outside loading trucks with those heavy boxes in near-zero-degree temperatures. The steel floors of the trucks were like ice, which made my feet feel like stone. And after the production line shut down at night and most people left, I had to spend two hours alone cleaning the floor.

I stayed on the job for five months, all the while hating the difficulty of the work, the poor money, and the conditions under which I worked. By the time I left, I was determined never to go back there again.

When you travel abroad by yourself for whatever reason—exchange program, internship, volunteering, or simply as a tourist—a new and fascinating world will open up for you. A world you would have never been able to see if you had just stayed at home.

People from a different country are not aliens. They are simply people like you who happened to be born in another region. They have pretty much the same wishes and worries as people from your own country.

I know that you see a lot of news on TV saying terrible things people do all the time. Your family may have spent a great deal of time telling you not to trust strangers. However, when you travel alone you will realize that people are just as good as you. Everyone is just leading their lives, working, studying and having a good time with their friends. Most people will be happy to help you and get to know you.

Maybe in the past when you would need months to travel from one place to another, traveling could be expensive. Nowadays, the world is just so connected that it is perfectly possible to find cheap flights, accommodation for all budgets and cheap and quality food.

You will get lost, but it's fine! I can't even count how many times I didn't know where I was going or how to find the right direction. Everything looks great on Google maps, but sometimes your phone will die or your data will end. Just calm down. Go to a store or stop someone in the street and ask! Or simply walk around and be curious.