Face-synthesizing algorithms often struggle with facial details like eyes and teeth. These features sometimes get pinned to a fixed spot as a head turns, resulting in an uncanny valley dweller.
A new algorithm, StyleGAN2, fixes this problem and produces “eye-poppingly detailed and correct images.” It can also generate never-before-seen cars, churches, and animals.
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In 2012, Chicago PD collaborated with the RAND Corporation and the Illinois Institute of Technology to automatically generate “risk scores” for people they arrested, which were supposed to predict the likelihood that the person would be a “party to violence” in the future (this program was called “TRAP” — Targeted Repeat-Offender Apprehension Program” — seemingly […]
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I’m a musician. I’m Irish-American, and play Irish music (among other things). And I live in Boston. Naturally, St. Patrick’s Day presents me with some potentially lucrative opportunities. Unfortunately, Gmail is not a very good negotiator: In case you can’t quite tell what’s going on in this screenshot: someone asked how much money I wanted […]
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Writing in Wired, Boing Boing contributor Clive Thompson discusses the rise and rise of “Edge AI” startups that sell lightweight machine-learning classifiers that run on low-powered chips and don’t talk to the cloud, meaning that they are privacy respecting and energy efficient.
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Anyone who works in the great outdoors or in a variety of fields that require the use of a good old-fashioned blade every now and then needs to have a good knife handy at all times. But walking around with a blade in your pocket all day simply isn’t practical (or safe) for most of […]
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In the digital age, it can seem as though the life of the physical notebook or diary has come and gone. But most serious writers will tell you that there’s a special connection that comes from putting pen to paper, and these Leather Notebooks & Journals will help you bring that magic back. Relive the […]
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Nothing is worse than firing off an important email only to realize later on that it was riddled with typos and plagued with poor sentences. This WhiteSmoke Chrome Extension ensures that you’ll never have to endure such post-send woes ever again, and a 5-year subscription is available for over 90% off its usual price right […]
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