Every time I see some psychologist proposing
'No, X doesn't explain Y, X_1 explains Y' where X and X_1 are the same things measured with error, I think about this:
Tons of different personality 'constructs' map onto the Big Five.
It’s uncool and cringy in some circles to say this, but the U.S. doing better than every other developed economy at managing the fallout of a global crisis means the country did a good job. The government’s policy approach was a success.
Loopy: New Audio-to-Video Lipsyncing Model Looks Insane
It generates lifelike facial expressions and movements from audio alone. It captures subtle details like sighs, expressive eyebrows, and natural head gestures, making your videos incredibly realistic.
Sample videos
1/5 Rapping statue
Introducing Project Sid: the first simulations of 1000+ truly autonomous agents collaborating in a virtual world, w/ emergent economy, culture, religion, and government
Humans are the only species to land the moon, because we can cooperate at a vast scale
Can AI do the same?
Does astrology work? We tested the ability of 152 astrologers to see if they could demonstrate genuine astrological skill.
Here is how the study was designed and what we found (including a result that really surprised me):
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#1 trending github repo right now looks INSANE
Single image to live stream deep fake.
Look at that quality!!
It's called Deep-Live-Cam (link in replies)
As you can hear in this full recording, the Wilhelm scream guy was doing a bad job until the recordist told him to do it better, resulting in the iconic sound effect.
So everyone, give your supervisor a li'l kiss on the cheek this Friday.