Technology

February 22, 2023

Popular Instagram Photographer Confesses That His Work is AI-Generated

As more and more AI-generated images flood the internet, you might start thinking that it is easy to tell what is real and what isn't. For instance, too many fingers or the appearance of random limbs is one obvious giveaway. But  the work of popular Instagram photographer Joe Avery drives home the point that the line between AI imagery and work created by actual photographers is becoming more and more blurred.

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February 18, 2023

Boston Dynamics’ Robot Shows off the Unexpected Way It Can Help Humans With Work

For over a decade, Boston Dynamics’ YouTube channel has been revealing science marvels in innocuous, playful ways. In its latest video titled Atlas Gets a Grip, the lab showcases the agility of its bipedal robot in a way that’s both incredible and unexpected. The video begins with a construction worker atop scaffolding, hammering away at a post. The worker stops to say that he has forgotten his tools.

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February 12, 2023

Supercomputer Can Predict ICU Patient Dangers To Give Healthcare Workers a Warning

A patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) can deteriorate quickly. Doctors may have little to no warning before machines ping, panic sets in, and a patient faces irreparable damage or death from a brain bleed. Many times these crises have been impossible to predict. Data researchers have now combined efforts with the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre in Australia to create a supercomputer which can run an algorithm that predicts—in real-time—impending dangers to patients.

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February 5, 2023

This Device Will Verify if You Actually LOL’d at Your Friend’s Joke

Initialism, aka the abbreviation of letters, is common speak on the internet. But, it might not always be the most accurate. Otherwise, the early 2010s would have been plagued with thousands of people actually rolling on the floor, hysterically laughing. Although it’s not required to follow the internet slang you use to a T, hilarious inventor Brian Moore plans on changing that.

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