[nonostantement #265] - shock & the internet / internet & humans / non-existent model
[nonostantement #265] - shock & the internet / internet & humans / non-existent model
Now with MORE lego tunas!
Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with mystifying, rigid, and quizzical stuff found all over the Internet.
Ciao, my name is Joele, I am an Italian brand and digital consultant, based in Barcelona. To be honest, right now I am in Tuscany, visiting my family.
I usually work online so I find a lot of interesting stuff all the time. I send this email every Sunday to my friends, collecting the best things found during the past week.
Music 🎶 Anna Lapwood - Cornfield Chase (From "Interstellar") and Sly5thAve - Shiznit - feat. Jesse Fischer
#PEOPLE
We’ve always been distracted, or at least worried that we are
Worried that technology is ‘breaking your brain’? Fears about attention spans and focus are as old as writing itself[Video] - Huge Lego Tuna Fish Dismantled/ Mukbang / Stop Motion Cooking ＆ ASMR
*This is a video made using 2,273 pictures.[Video] - A Look into the Nightly Cleaning of the 9/11 Memorial Reflecting Pools
James Maroon is one of the few people who's job it is to spend 8 hours a night, five days a week, at the bottom of the 9/11 Memorial making sure that it look perfect for the following days visitors.How Shock Sites Shaped the Internet
We owe the cultural evolution of the internet to the likes of 'Two Girls, One Cup,' 'Goatse,' and 'Tubgirl.'Life Imitates AI Art (@life_imitates_ai_art)
Actual images resembling missteps by AI art generators.On the internet, nobody knows you’re a human
As bots, avatars, and AI get more and more human, how do creators prove they’re the real deal?
#TECH
Artificial Digging: How Google’s AI Now Reveals What Producers Sampled
The days of hidden samples are over. 20-year-old samples by Daft Punk, Mobb Deep, Nujabes & Madlib are now revealed by Google's song recognition.How Scientists Are Using AI to Talk to Animals
Portable sensors and artificial intelligence are helping researchers decode animal communication—and begin to talk back to nonhumansThis VC Is Slowly Automating His Job
How Yohei Nakajima uses GPT-3 to eliminate repetitive tasksThis model does not exist | Meet Ailice
Ailice is an AI-created influencer that posts a photo every day and wants you to help her pick the best one by voting on your favorite.
#SOCIALMEDIA
Instagram meme pages use violent Reels videos to draw viewers
Pages with millions of followers are using Reels videos showing violence, sexual assault and animal cruelty to draw audience and monetize.TikTok confirms that its own employees can decide what goes viral
That the company promotes certain videos, sometimes to enhance relationships with creators and businesses, is no longer just an open secret.
#PHOTOGRAPHY
A Photographer Who Found Instagram Fame for His Striking Portraits Has Confessed His Images Were Actually A.I.-Generated
After building up a large following on Instagram, Jos Avery confessed that his photos were created using A.I. image generator Midjourney.
#THEDARKSIDE
ChatGPT get-rich-quick schemes are coming for magazines, Amazon, and YouTube
Clarkesworld, a prominent science fiction magazine, closed submissions this week after a crush of AI-generated content. It's not the only sector to be affected by get-rich-quick schemers.A Basic iPhone Feature Helps Criminals Steal Your Entire Digital Life
The passcode that unlocks your phone can give thieves access to your money and data. “It’s like a treasure box.”
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