Get Behind

When you see any scam information on Reddit or even in the press, realize that anything said is usually 2-10 years behind where the technology actually is. So if you see someone claiming, “Real-time video deepfakes aren’t possible.”

That was true…in 2021. But it’s been possible since about then, and is getting easier all the time.

If you see someone assert that, “Voice cloning from a small sample can’t be done.” That was true…in 2018. About 2019, it became possible. In 2020 or so, it became trivial with some effort. Now you can do it by clicky-clicky on any of a dozen websites.

Tech is moving faster than people realize and can contextualize. Reddit seems particularly bad at being way, way behind the times. But I see it all over everywhere else too.

Common yeast can survive Martian conditions.

The Myth of Outrunning Your Diet.

The Body Keeps the Score is Bullshit.

Tonnetz.

Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms.

The key to why the universe exists may lie in an 1800s knot idea science once dismissed. Explaining why neutrinos have mass alone would be cool.

This ‘magical’ dinosaur specimen emerged from the ground like a polished jewel. Don’t put it in the Louvre.

Microsoft makes Copilot โ€œhuman-centeredโ€ with a โ€˜90s-style animated assistant. Oh no. Blobby Clippy.

Welfare cuts are fueling the rise of the far right globally, the UN finds.

How Louvre gang carried out France’s most shocking theft.

Target cuts 1,800 corporate jobs in its first major layoffs in a decade.

Trump faces backlash on economy as inflation rises.

Wells Fargo Agrees To Pay $85M Settlement Over Claims It Hosted Fake Job Interviews To Hit Diversity Goals.