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CheGuevaraAndroid t1_jcus2s2 wrote
Reply to comment by xxDankerstein in TIL Crush Syndrome happens when the human body experiences severe skeletal muscle trauma under constant pressure for a long time resulting in shock and kidney failure; an example is a human trapped under a building in an earthquake. by ChiggaOG
TIL the Fucked Syndrome happens when...well...you get it
SendMeNudesThough t1_jcus149 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Copy5217 in TIL that in 2020, to educate the public about misinformation, researchers used AI to have Richard Nixon deliver the never-used "In Event of Moon Disaster" Apollo 11 speech. by [deleted]
Sure, give the AI enough clear voice samples and it can clone anyone's voice
Ok_Copy5217 t1_jcurs45 wrote
Reply to comment by SendMeNudesThough in TIL that in 2020, to educate the public about misinformation, researchers used AI to have Richard Nixon deliver the never-used "In Event of Moon Disaster" Apollo 11 speech. by [deleted]
like can I clone the voice of my group member and have him "record" a presentation for class since he is absent?
SendMeNudesThough t1_jcurebu wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Copy5217 in TIL that in 2020, to educate the public about misinformation, researchers used AI to have Richard Nixon deliver the never-used "In Event of Moon Disaster" Apollo 11 speech. by [deleted]
Have you missed the entire ElevenLabs thing and the voice cloning drama?
David Attenburough's voice narrating Fallout creatures
Emma Watson's voice reading Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Donald Trump and President Biden debating Clone Troopers from Star Wars
George Lucas talking about Jar Jar Binks
Rod Serling narrating a NSFW Twilight Zone episode
With clear enough samples, ElevenLabs can pretty convincingly clone a voice and you can make them say anything.
Liqu1dSnake t1_jcuqtii wrote
Reply to comment by Dixiehusker in TIL that it is a common misconception that the reflection of the sky is the sole reason bodies of water appear blue. It is primarily because water absorbs colours in the red part of the light spectrum. by monkey-tennis
If you read the article, or even the title, water reflecting the sky IS a reason why it looks blue, but it isn’t the only reason.
I suggest you look at a dictionary and see what “sole” means.
otclogic t1_jcupgmk wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Copy5217 in TIL that in 2020, to educate the public about misinformation, researchers used AI to have Richard Nixon deliver the never-used "In Event of Moon Disaster" Apollo 11 speech. by [deleted]
It needs a massive sample for it to sound convincing. There’s tons of audio deepfakes of Obama, Trump, Biden, and Ben Shapiro playing video games together. Between unserious performances by whoever is speaking their lines and the fact that even with hundreds or thousands of hours of publicly available dialogue it’s still difficult to get publicly available deepfake models to portray those people smoothly and convincingly.
Designer-Edge-6505 t1_jcupfn7 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Copy5217 in TIL that in 2020, to educate the public about misinformation, researchers used AI to have Richard Nixon deliver the never-used "In Event of Moon Disaster" Apollo 11 speech. by [deleted]
Well, I'm pretty sure if we could do that, we would have gotten Morgan Freeman to narrate our lives by now.
NeroF t1_jcupehx wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard
They often had forward mounted "gun cameras" installed to document the engagements.
405cw t1_jcup8ju wrote
Reply to comment by MitsyEyedMourning in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard
Jackie want sheet metal https://youtu.be/tv4ZXhXn93I
yParticle t1_jcuolb8 wrote
Reply to TIL that it is a common misconception that the reflection of the sky is the sole reason bodies of water appear blue. It is primarily because water absorbs colours in the red part of the light spectrum. by monkey-tennis
Have these people never seen an iceberg?
_PM_ME_YOUR_FORESKIN t1_jcuoatb wrote
Reply to comment by pzikho in TIL Crush Syndrome happens when the human body experiences severe skeletal muscle trauma under constant pressure for a long time resulting in shock and kidney failure; an example is a human trapped under a building in an earthquake. by ChiggaOG
Thank you very much. Appreciate the explanation.
[deleted] OP t1_jcuny15 wrote
Reply to comment by Ok_Copy5217 in TIL that in 2020, to educate the public about misinformation, researchers used AI to have Richard Nixon deliver the never-used "In Event of Moon Disaster" Apollo 11 speech. by [deleted]
There’s a behind the scenes video, but what they did was they had an AI program watch tons of Nixon speeches to determine what his voice sounded like, had an actor deliver the speech, then had the bot change Nixon’s mouth movements (the visual they used was actually his resignation speech) and change the actor’s voice to Nixon’s.
It was done to raise awareness about deepfakes by creating what would have been a very memorable moment for the entire world that actually never happened.
Ok_Copy5217 t1_jcunhyo wrote
Reply to TIL that in 2020, to educate the public about misinformation, researchers used AI to have Richard Nixon deliver the never-used "In Event of Moon Disaster" Apollo 11 speech. by [deleted]
how did they get Nixon's voice to say new sentences? so does this mean I can upload an audio file of anyone and get it to say whatever I want?
SirJumbles t1_jcumrje wrote
Reply to comment by TheNotSoGreatPumpkin in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard
Oh, you so going to hell.
CompleteSet4781 t1_jcumqts wrote
Reply to comment by Dixiehusker in TIL that it is a common misconception that the reflection of the sky is the sole reason bodies of water appear blue. It is primarily because water absorbs colours in the red part of the light spectrum. by monkey-tennis
Well, to be fair, some people still think the earth is flat, so this blue water thing is small potatoes.
Dixiehusker t1_jcuk85m wrote
Reply to TIL that it is a common misconception that the reflection of the sky is the sole reason bodies of water appear blue. It is primarily because water absorbs colours in the red part of the light spectrum. by monkey-tennis
I hear this more often than I'd care to. It's kind of amazing that so many people believe this when it's so easy to look at a body of water when it's overcast outside.
Chessracer t1_jcuiznk wrote
Reply to comment by QristopherQuixote in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone
Today I learned questioning mainstream religious doctrine gets you brigaded on this sub.
Lurker_IV t1_jcuiv3a wrote
Reply to TIL Crush Syndrome happens when the human body experiences severe skeletal muscle trauma under constant pressure for a long time resulting in shock and kidney failure; an example is a human trapped under a building in an earthquake. by ChiggaOG
This sounds like a different name for Rhabdomyolysis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhabdomyolysis
Rhabdomyolysis (also called rhabdo) is a condition in which damaged skeletal muscle breaks down rapidly.[6][4][5] Symptoms may include muscle pains, weakness, vomiting, and confusion.[3][4] There may be tea-colored urine or an irregular heartbeat.[3][5] Some of the muscle breakdown products, such as the protein myoglobin, are harmful to the kidneys and can cause acute kidney injury.[7][3]
The muscle damage is mostly caused by a crush injury, strenuous exercise, medications, or a
Zenith251 t1_jcuirnw wrote
Reply to TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard
Good judgement call. Either the gunner takes him down, or he potentially takes them both down with a slim chance he'd make it out alive.
The_mingthing t1_jcuiios wrote
Reply to TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard
Here comes the airplane wooom nomnomnomnom
spencer4991 t1_jcui9he wrote
Reply to comment by RegalBeagleKegels in TIL In the history of the Catholic Church there has been over a decade without a Pope on the throne. The longest continuous time the throne was empty was two years ten months from 1268 to 1271. by jamescookenotthatone
I love the fact that the article talks about the fact that for some instances, it’s hard to identify which one was actually the antipope
ulyssesfiuza t1_jcui8dh wrote
Reply to comment by sassynapoleon in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard
All my doubts are shredded. Thank you.
eljefino t1_jcui1fa wrote
Reply to comment by Rhaedas in TIL that in WW2, a Marine Corps Corsair pilot used his propeller to chew off the tail of an enemy aircraft after his guns jammed, while under fire from the enemy plane's tailgunner. The enemy plane crashed but the Corsair pilot made it back to base, receiving the Navy Cross for his actions. by hipster_deckard
Zeros were basically tinfoil.
sabyrly t1_jcusfdp wrote
Reply to comment by mama--mia in TIL After the Aral Sea dried up significantly, Kazakhstan revived the northern part of the lake while the South Aral Sea in Uzbekistan is almost completely desiccated. Kazakhstan’s 12km-long dyke saved part of the northern sea by connecting it with the southern section by Ok_Copy5217
Actually I was greatly bamboozled by this horrendous error, thanks to u/Lulwafahd who clarified and pointed at elephant in the room