Interesting Links for 12-06-2024

[andrewducker]

1. My other earworm of today is C-A-P-Y-B-A-R-A [an AI-generated song with an AI-generated video]

(tags:cute animals video music ai )

2. It's not the screen of your phone that stops you going to sleep, it's the distraction it causes.

(tags:screens Technology sleep )

3. Genes protective during the Black Death may now be increasing autoimmune disorders

(tags:disease immune_system history genetics )

4. Donuts, Uhauls, snuggly farm cats, and international law - what happens when a chunk of spacecraft falls on your property?

(tags:spaceflight Spacex law Canada USA viaPatrickHadfield )

5. Objective or Biased - On the questionable use of Artificial Intelligence for job applications

(tags:ai jobs bias )

6. On the Americanisation of Winnie The Pooh

(tags:WinnieThePooh USA )

7. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the battle for America "can't be compromised," and that one political party will "win."

(tags:politics civilwar usa law )

Comments

[nancylebov]

7. I've seen worse by humans. I wonder how many videos someone had to sort through to get this one.

[andrewducker]

I don't understand?

[nancylebov]

I believe that, at this stage, you can't just ask an AI to make a good video. You have to ride herd on it, tweak the prompt, and then choose the better results. Am I wrong?

Oh! I just realized I should have mentioned 1., not 7.

[andrewducker]

That makes a lot more sense!

And yes, absolutely. They say in the description that they had to stitch a bunch of them together.

[movingfinger]

6. Maclean's wasn't wrong. Especially notable, Disney doesn't understand the most important difference between Owl and Rabbit and the stuffed animals: Owl and Rabbit are real, and can actually think things through, in the books, which makes their personalities and actions distinct from the stuffed animals'.