Links for 2022-02-19
The voice you can hear in this video is 100% synthetic. https://www..youtube.com/watch?v=gS1m_TIxEW0 (read more: https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2022/2/17/22936978/ai-voice-speech-synthesis-audio-deepfake-sonantic-flirtation)
AI-synthesized faces are indistinguishable from real faces and more trustworthy. The average rating for synthetic faces was 7.7% MORE trustworthy than the average rating for real faces. https://www.pnas.org/content/119/8/e2120481119
Fusion Breakthrough Once Thought Impossible Brings Energy Device Closer to Realization https://scitechdaily.com/fusion-breakthrough-once-thought-impossible-brings-energy-device-closer-to-realization/
British tea drinking really did power the Industrial Revolution, by vastly increasing the health of the nation. This study shows that the practice of boiling water for tea lowered mortality rates by an amazing 25% in lower water-quality areas! https://direct.mit.edu/rest/article-abstract/doi/10.1162/rest_a_01158/109264/For-Want-of-a-Cup-The-Rise-of-Tea-in-England-and
People are hiring out their faces to become deepfake-style marketing clones https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/08/27/1033879/people-hiring-faces-work-deepfake-ai-marketing-clones
"Sewage Sampling Already Tracks Covid. What Else Can It Find? Everyone poops—and that reveals traces of pathogens. Comprehensively analyzing wastewater could help find flu and detect the next pandemic" https://www.wired.com/story/sewage-sampling-already-tracks-covid-what-else-can-it-find/
Phenotypic differences between highlanders and lowlanders in Papua New Guinea https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0253921
Sensory Optimization: Neural Networks as a Model for Understanding and Creating Art https://ar5iv.org/abs/1911.07068v1
"Univariate analysis revealed that genetic factors explained 58–66% of variance in problematic internet use" https://cambridge.org/core/journals/twin-research-and-human-genetics/article/twin-study-of-problematic-internet-use-its-heritability-and-genetic-association-with-effortful-control/
"Language markers [on social media] can detect impending relationship breakups up to 3 mo before they occur, with continued psychological aftereffects lasting 6 mo after the breakup." https://pnas.org/content/118/7/e2017154118
A summary of woke trends in the finance industry https://www.cato.org/regulation/fall-2021/extending-culture-wars
Biden says Putin has already 'made the decision' to attack Ukraine. This is a noteworthy statement coming from a US president irrespective of whether you believe him to be a trustworthy source. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna16874
The recent applications of deep learning to protein structure prediction and plasma control in nuclear fusion reactors are evidence that synergies between machine learning, engineering, and science might bring about another roaring twenties.
This decade is truly different as there is a significant probability of unprecedented and transformative technological progress.