S5 Ep442: This Creepy Woman Keeps Appearing in A.I. Art & Weird Science Headlines
An Acquired Taste Podcast
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5.0 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2022
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
What We Talked About:
14:25 - "Loab" and AI Artwork
38:41 - Weird Science Headlines
Segment 4 - “The Rise Of Workplace Surveillance” - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/podcasts/the-daily/workplace-surveillance-productivity-tracking.html
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Bethany’s Sources:
@Supercomposite, Full “Loab” Thread: https://twitter.com/supercomposite/status/1567162327950032896
Nexpo, “The Disturbing Art of A.I.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9InAbpM7mU
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/machine-learning-explained
https://theghostinmymachine.com/2022/09/19/encyclopaedia-of-the-impossible-loab/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5vjw3/why-does-this-horrifying-woman-keep-appearing-in-ai-generated-images
https://www.aiweirdness.com
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/20/ai-art-artificial-intelligence-midjourney-dall-e-replacing-artists
https://newsletters.theatlantic.com/galaxy-brain/62fc502abcbd490021afea1e/twitter-viral-outrage-ai-art/
Midjourney Quick-Start Guide: https://midjourney.gitbook.io/docs/
https://towardsdatascience.com/understanding-latent-space-in-machine-learning-de5a7c687d8d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loab
Midjourney’s “Default Woman” https://imgur.com/a/rus3fGm
Kathleen’s Sources:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/09/who-controls-smart-thermostat-temperature-nest-ecobee/671559/
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/weird-science/dogs-can-see-noses-study-suggests-rcna39333
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2339328-we-are-finally-waking-up-to-the-causes-of-insomnia-and-how-to-treat-it/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2340542-stealth-rubber-coating-could-make-submarines-nearly-invisible-to-sonar/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2339612-people-trust-ai-to-make-big-decisions-as-long-as-a-human-checks-them/
https://www.science.org/content/article/lagoon-effectively-person-says-spanish-law-s-attempting-save-it
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Stop laughing, this is erotic. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm on a new medication and I think it's making me lose to me. |
| 0:06.0 | I would have been a Ted Bundy victim. |
| 0:08.0 | Yeah, I had no idea that so many people out there felt the same way. |
| 0:12.0 | I died. |
| 0:14.0 | Now I want a peanut colada. |
| 0:16.0 | And a quiet taste. |
| 0:18.0 | Welcome to an acquired taste podcast. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Kathleen Haney, your happy that it's finally thick tight season. |
| 0:24.0 | Happy that it's finally soup season. |
| 0:26.0 | October 1st has come and gone, so that means I'm officially listening to Christmas music friend. |
| 0:32.0 | I always forget you go so early on Christmas. |
| 0:34.0 | And I'm Bethany Watson, your gothic black leggings wearing, fireplace using. |
| 0:40.0 | I'm weaning myself off of tons of coffee creamer and it's ruining my mornings friend. |
| 0:46.0 | And every week Bethany and I get together to discuss our lives, but it's weird in the world. |
| 0:51.0 | And we invite you to join us. |
| 0:53.0 | This week we're talking about the creepy artificial intelligence creation of lobe. |
| 0:59.0 | Did you hear about this story a few weeks ago when it first happened? |
| 1:02.0 | No. |
| 1:03.0 | Have they done an AI version of Lisa Loeb? |
| 1:05.0 | I had amazing skin glasses and great finger picking on a guitar. |
| 1:09.0 | Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. |
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