On (most) Fridays we post here a roundup of interesting things we’ve read and/or posted on social media since the last roundup, generally stories about experiential activations, interactive art, themed entertainment, emerging technologies, advances in scientific research, and other things we find interesting.
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MIT Media Lab researchers are using AI and GANs to create hyper-realistic digital characters for positive purposes — like to revive Albert Einstein to teach a physics class:https://t.co/OymT7MdPAL
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 21, 2021
by @medialab via @MIT#GAN #AI #ML #Deepfake #ArtificialIntelligence
A vision of 2032 as a merged physical/digital world:https://t.co/jrEXTjaVCd
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 20, 2021
by @ChuckDBrooks via @forbes#CognitiveComputing #QuantumComputer #BCI #CRISPR #Autonomy #Xenobots #VirtualWorlds https://t.co/G7MDKeWxO2
Chinese electric car company Nio revealed a new sedan and custom augmented reality (AR) glasses that reduce the need for in-car screens:https://t.co/2TMtA2VrVR
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 20, 2021
by @chengevelyn via @cnbc#ElectricCar #EV #AugmentedReality #AR #HUD
2 digital marketing trends to consider for 2022 – interactive content and conversational marketing:https://t.co/LfIOy5eXMi
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 21, 2021
by @webmarketing007 via @inc#DigitalMarketing
A new deep learning model could accelerate the process of discovering new medicines:https://t.co/CxzwA5yjEE
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 14, 2021
by @aczewe via @SciTechDaily1 #DeepLearning #AI #ML #DrugDiscovery #FutureMed
Council post – Envisioning the future of deepfakes: https://t.co/MIFsimEfvS
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 17, 2021
by @Aishwarya_Sri0 via @fuel_themes #Deepfake #GAN #AI #EthicalAI
Apple wants to put AR glasses on people's faces – what will it take to get people to want to wear them? https://t.co/O2IiH6YcOJ
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 20, 2021
by @ChrisMatyszczyk via @ZDNet#AR #AugmentedReality #AppleGlass
The deepfakes are here – an Elon Musk lookalike, dubbed 'Yi Long Musk,' stuns fans on TikTok: https://t.co/WzeFOWxitm
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 17, 2021
by @brookenkato via @nypost#Deepfake #MachineLearning #SocialMedia
Adidas is launching an NFT collection with exclusive access to streetwear drops: https://t.co/MuXWVYDEeB
— NYC Spinifex (@SpinifexNYC) December 17, 2021
by @jake_k via @Verge#NFT #Blockchain #DigitalFashion #VirtualGoods
'Trust No One: inside the World of Deepfakes' by @michaelgrothaus – disinformation’s superweapon:https://t.co/QqgBJLsl80
— Josiah Hobson (@NYiconoclast) December 17, 2021
by @peterpomeranzev via @guardian#Deepfake #GAN #AI #Disinformation
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