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- Chimp5
The next generation of text to image AI. Could this replace illustrators?
- give this algorithm some time and it will replace photoshop, indesign, blender & co. disrupting the industry. you will talk to the machine and it will execute.uan
- AI recombines images/styles it has been trained on, ie. it will not create anything radically new, say a completely new style.drgs
- Counter point https://m.youtube.co…robotinc
- Don’t humans just recreate what they’ve seen?Chimp
- the most eloquent will prevail..neverscared
- show me a client that really cares about radical and new, they just want it to look like all the other shit out there_niko
- that point were this becomes academic is if u have a superior understanding of 3d software and it´s possibilty space to make a difference in detail andneverscared
- composition ... otherwise its a tool for fools.. will be interresting to c how the difference will look of a 3d software wiz and somebody who can not speak itneverscared
- with tech virtuosity.neverscared
- Super interesting. Thank you!SimonFFM
- I like these things as fun ideas, but the people developing them usually use them for really boring purposes before abandoning them.PhanLo
- Didn't we have this conversation last week?
https://www.qbn.com/…garbage - If you're in your mid 30s, GANs will make all of your skills irrelevant in your lifetime. Being a creative will be about as useful as being a coal miner.garbage
- the thing is - ai art lacks the narrative a human piece of art/illustration has. but yep.. design/art/graphics... worse career choice ever.shapesalad
- I imagine in the future AI will write an article based on a certain current events then it will produce the cover art based on the headline.Chimp
- The AI used (DALL.E): https://openai.com/d…jagara
- doesn't look like it lacks the narrative when you give the right input https://i.imgur.com/…Beeswax
- Exactly. Human input is used to compose the discriminative network. This is how generative adversarial networks operate.garbage
- Once there's a large enough database of convincing output, it will be self-driving. Then just occasional update libraries for whatever is trending.garbage
- And then: SKYNETjagara
- And hopefully UBI, because people who have spent decades honing a craft will be obsolete.garbage
- Longcopylover9
- AI translation and lipsync in one.Longcopylover
- https://labs.heygen.…Longcopylover
- Fu.Cki.Ng. HellNairn
- Impressive - in any languagestoplying
- Ha that's wild.slappy
- crazy_niko
- want to try the free version but I'm 12,400 in line! lol.
I don't mind paying but $288/US for the year is a little steep for a novelty toy_niko - that may or may not work well_niko
- tried it works great. just amazing_niko
- prophetone3
OPEN SOURCE RESONANT FREQUENCY TECHNOLOGY
Ancient technologies re-discovered and developed in secret over past decade(s) to avoid interference from government and corporate interests. Fascinating.
Assuming this technology proves to be true, is released into the wild as open source, whatever that’ll mean, it could potentially set human race on an alternate technology path?
Not to mention at least disrupt and/or possibly make many of the ‘modern’ systems we rely on (energy, movement, communications, space travel) redundant.
Also, we may finally get our hoverboard... made of x meta material that hovers above a surface if specific x frequency imposed?
- yeah but graham hancockhans_glib
- Ancient Apocalypse set to arrive on Netflix globally on November 11th, 2022.
hope we get the hovers before the next one.uan - Lol. Ha ha... things vibrate and have resonance - but... you need 'energy' if you want to move something, resonance alone doesn't have remotely enough powershapesalad
- and as for using plasma - you need energy to get something into a plasma state. The total math: energy in > energy out on this one... lolshapesalad
- The toroid structure they talk about probably looks like. https://youtu.be/amv…keewee
- so over Graham Hancock. All speculation no answers.wagshaft
- Everything Rogan discusses on his channel is speculation, conspiracies theories, misinformation, and pseudoscience.utopian
- The ‘energy in’ is just earthly vibes broprophetone
- Graham Hancock likes Uri Geller.PhanLo
- God who here is upvoting this? Hancock is on par with the "But it was aliens" guy, but without the spray tan and clown hair.garbage
- He was right about ancient civilisations being older than previously thought. Doesn’t excuse being friends with GellerPhanLo
- Yeah, but who didn't know that. And lol at Geller. It would probably be hilarious to be friends with Geller.garbage
- Sitting on the couch, and he says "hand me the remote" and you say for the thousandth time "why don't you hand it to yourself?"garbage
- HehehePhanLo
- I used to be a huge fan of Hancock... Sad he fell so deep into this pseudoscience shitinteliboy
- Nairn7
File under: Cool.
- so smooth..neverscared
- coolOBBTKN
- There’s nothing more douchie and wasteful than some fucknut on a speedboat on a quiet lake making noise and giant wakes wasting hundreds of_niko
- ...dollars in fuel a day and polluting the waterways.
This electric hydrofoil is brilliant_niko - I hope this actually becomes something used across the planet.lvl_13
- Gnash1
In China, jaywalkers automatically picked up on facial recognition scans and are immediately texted with their fines.
- So, so fucked.detritus
- OBEYhans_glib
- For fuck's sake. As if the world isn't fistfucking us into a monstrous vortex of Ballardian industrial paranoia already.face_melter
- The terrifying thing with this tech is that unless there's a radical legal overhaulage, it will inevitably become used ubiquitously.detritus
- The cameras are cheap, the interconnection baked-in, the processing essentially free, the databases ever-larger, and all connected to the cloud.detritus
- My solution will be to move where there are no people or fucking cameras. Checkmate, neocon infosec shitheads.face_melter
- they need this in less developed countries where jaywalking is all too common.hotroddy
- It's only weird and oppressive countries that enact jaywalking rules in the first place.detritus
- Yay for being the first, how long till we get that implemented in the US?Maaku
- https://cdn.instruct…Krassy
- Jaywalking. Comedy crime.PhanLo
- Human vs Car. The onus is on the human to safely cross road. Why make jaywalking illegal? So Police/Gov can make more money.shapesalad
- I jaywalk 99% of the time when I cross a road, I read the traffic, you can see when it's going to be safe to cross. You can also watch traffic lights etc.shapesalad
- And I walk fast. I hate slow walks. Sometimes a slow walker follows me and jaywalks, only to have traffic honking at them.shapesalad
- Easy solution: https://www.youtube.…garbage
- QBN Falklands 2031detritus
- SOON-4-U.S.GuyFawkes
- ESKEMA1
We're officially fucked
- It's uncanny how much of 'science' follows sci-fi. I was sure I wouldn't live to see the Terminator, but apparently I will.formed
- mech warriorscruddlebub
- you get to go in these for Avatar land at Disneyworld 2017BrokenHD
- http://www.reactiong…Jetserf
- They intend to walk over to North Korea and make kimchi out of Kim Jong Un.fruitsalad
- Strikingly similar to those Avatar mechs.dopepope
- I'll be scared when it doesn't need to be plugged in to a wall or help up by the ceiling.MrT
- Finally! I knew RobotJox would become self-fulfilling prophecy. Even when it sucked... I knew.
https://www.youtube.…ETM - Would it be easier to start making a four legged one than to try and balance two legs?BabySnakes
- would be cool if it was real; https://www.youtube.…plash
- Nairn3
Fuckin', drones, man.
- 313 KMH / 195 MPHutopian
- going faster than humanly possible. Turns on a dime. hovers, no plume or propulsion.
= Aliens_niko - yay stick chatgpt and a gun on it why nothans_glib
- flying dildo?neverscared
- propellers + propulsion = terrestrialutopian
- 3 minutes batteryfeel
- what a charming propeller noise, pure ASMRapi
- prophetone4
- I'm indrgs
- i'd better go get my booster shot thenhans_glib
- Set hates them.utopian
- I read some papers / doctorate thesis on these years back, and holy shit it devolves into religious nutjobbery real fast.garbage
- https://shepherdshea…garbage
- Also I can hear that gifgarbage
- thats why the matrix flick is so bad...neverscared
- Matrix 1 is a classic. It's a shame that there was studio interference. The original script wasn't "HUMANS ARE BATTERIES FOR ROBOTS".garbage
- Originally the idea that humans were being subjected as biological microprocessors, and the studios thought that was was too high-brained.garbage
- So they quite literally said "ok, Duracell."garbage
- * "being subjugated", silly phone.garbage
- drgs2
- c u t ePhanLo
- what could go wrong?
https://static.wikia…_niko - Russian Ninja Dogdbloc
- They dressed up this toy dog as ninja and presented it as own technology
https://www.youtube.…drgs - Make War Cute Again!utopian
- All you have to do is pull the cloth over it’s ‘eyes’ to deactivate it.shapesalad
- @drgs To make it even funnier, they dressed it in black to hide the fact that it wasn't one of the fancier models.garbage
- Their actual non-toy models are black, and are like 15k and I want one.garbage
- sted3
- https://www.mojo.vis…sted
- 14,000 pixel- per-inch MicroLED display
5GHz radio and ARM Core M0 processor
accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer
medical-grade micro-batteriessted - not creepy_niko
- how do they align and stabilise the viewport to ever-shifting saccades?Nairn
- "Mojo Lens has a custom-configured accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer that continuously track eye movements so that AR imagery is held still" hrmNairn
- maybe the mil version with night-vision? :Dsted
- if they've cracked this, then *amazeballs* and I want a pair.
but..Nairn - all I see is the eye herpePonyBoy
- I would lose it immediatelyscarabin
- Having worn contact lenses. This looks like a blink fit inducing device.shapesalad
- imbecile6
Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamond Batteries That Could Last For Thousands Of Years
https://www.physics-astronomy.co…
Rather than storing energy generated elsewhere, the battery generates its own charge. It is constructed of two kinds of nano-diamonds, which makes it almost crash-proof when used in vehicles or other moving things. Additionally, the business claims that its battery is safe since it emits less radiation than the human body.
NDB has already created a proof of concept and intends to construct its first commercial prototype once its laboratories restart operations after the COVID outbreak(which should be soon).
The nuclear waste from which NDB intends to manufacture its batteries consists of reactor components that have become radioactive as a result of exposure to nuclear power plant fuel rods.
- And you thought we had problems with pollution from li batteries. Wait until people start dumping radioactive waste in municipal landfillsmonNom
- follow up to this 5+year old article:
https://hardware.sla…uan - So we can skip graphene batteries?NBQ00
- EightyDeuce2
300-Pound Security Robot Runs Over Toddler At California Shopping Center
“The robot hit my son’s head and he fell down ... and the robot did not stop.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/en…- https://www.youtube.…imbecile
- what human body part are we seeing here? zoom out a little, geezBennn
- looks like top of his foot,BrokenHD
- A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.Gnash
- A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.Gnash
- A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.Gnash
- The robots will kill us one at a time starting with children to curb human regenerationmicrokorg
- this is literally the plot of this movie http://vignette3.wik…scarabin
- shopping mall security robots start hurting peoplescarabin
- ^^ lol!!!!sofakingback
- That's his foreheadset
- dbloc3
U.S. Navy controls inventions that claim to change "fabric of reality"
- if legit, could be a game changer.utopian
- Psychedelics?MondoMorphic
- A second explanation is that it is a U.S. disinformation operation to entice our adversaries into spending billions of dollars on dead-end research.sarahfailin
- https://www.forbes.c…sarahfailin
- yes. truly scary cool. i hope it's real and not a national enquirer-type con jobStoicLevels
- So basically G.I.JOE technologyprophetone
- mysterious aerospace engineer, only one photograph of him is know to exist:
tinyurl.com/m4zy5aew_niko - https://tinyurl.com/…_niko
- dasmeteor0
Not really scary but hey !
- that was coolVectorMasked
- I dont get it, what is it?Maaku
- chefs will love this.dbloc
- this is weirdset
- is picking up mayo and ketchup without leaving any residueMiguex
- What on earth is that material?ali
- OOpillhead
- It's not a special material I think it's micro vibrations.dasmeteor
- what kind of wizardry is this?74LEO
- i think its scaryinv
- i dont like how he gingerly rubs the mustard and ketchup together.404
- also does this work with semen?404
- i_monk0
- if you sit he can’t reach youGuyFawkes
- why stilts?Gnash
- Not stilts, springs.i_monk
- 1 upnotype
- @GuyFawkes
But he can crush youBennn - Go-go-gadget pig springs!face_melter
- Dont run FROM him, run AROUND him. He'll fall on his ass.microkorg
- The Arrivalsureshot
- lol arrivalGuyFawkes
- "Do I really have to wear the helmet?"
"Helmet or MTN bike, your call"slappy
- sofas1
"ABOUT FACE: HOW THE IPHONE X COULD CHANGE BRAND MARKETING"
"...consumers will be willing to share their facial expressions and emotional analysis for the convenience, tailoring and rewards it offers them."
- what a fucking depressing read that wasBluejam
- God damn itMaaku
- +1 Bluejamdetritus
- not sure if i should upvote or downvote, but ppl should read this. scary news.sarahfailin
- just use this..
https://cvdazzle.com…Al_dizzle - I was going to post that earlier in relation to this :)detritus
- detritus, have you tried this haircut yet?
https://cvdazzle.com…Al_dizzle - @Al_dizzle that's some good fashion-forward shite right there! haha! good styles.Krassy
- or, and this is just a thought, don't buy a face recognition phone?hans_glib
- The probem's less where novelty in a new release is concerned, more when it becomes a standard feature, then in time some systemic requirement.detritus
- Do you guys make different faces when you see an ad you don't line or one you do? I feel like for extreme situations most likelyMiguex
- but not for like the everyday ad thing, like fuck a box of cereal, I don't think I have a reaction for that ahahaMiguex
- gattocerber4
i never post but this is just too fucking insane to not share.
https://openai.com/blog/dall-e/
it's the first time I genuinely feel my job as a creator could be threatened by AI. (said so- obviously there are also so many cool positive implications like with any cool new technology). but still. holy fuck.
- DARPA just put a ton of money into a coding AI. Fingers crossed for UBI we can all just chill and watch our careers go the way of the coal miner.garbage
- AI + all the stock illustrations + AE templates + photos + video + easy iPad image editing = marketing teams don't need designers anymore.shapesalad
- Very few jobs will be safe in the long run. There are already AI Journalists in operation; you can still spot the articles they write and it's very fact based..Wolfboy
- stuff (expanding on statistics in politics, sports, etc.) but it can't be too long before they are used for more editorial work.Wolfboy
- journalists are supposed to present facts, not opinion. AI would be welcome in that regard.imbecile
- drgss0
- Luke I am your father. Come set the table for dinner.a_iver
- i like the colors though, the splash of blue gives his mechanized blob a bit of personalitya_iver
- "I'm a mermaid!"a_iver
- this is ultimate lazynesskafkaesque
- <yeah fucking walk you cripled bastardclimbatree
- I'm thinking about getting metal legs..it's a risky operation.discoduro
- Wrong Pantsraf
- is walking really that hard? if i ever see someone in this thing imma push them overMilan
- if this is for legless people, awesome. but it's way too big. looks like 90s techscarabin
- looks like this is what Dyson has been up to. part human / part vacuumjonturi
- Life size reversed shaving machineSamm
- There better be a toilet in there.CyBrainX
- err1
- phase plasma rifle in the 40 watt range?futurefood
- ha, I was just reading this, wondering what sort of laser and power package it used :)detritus
- Pretty sure this shit's illegal under some Geneva Convention, not that China would give much of a fuck... .detritus
- ah, it's in the article you mentioned..
https://en.wikipedia…detritus - fuckin' crazy.sarahfailin
- Looks like China is prepping to show that the rules of war only apply to those who lose.ridlerontheroof
- laZermonospaced
- http://dogaware.com/…kingsteven
- looks like the briefcase machine guns in ghost in the shell (anime)trooperbill