philosophy
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Leaked Chats Reveal Evidence of Hate Crimes by U.S. Fascists
For the second time in as many years, American fascist organisation Patriot Front is facing a humiliating leak of internal communications, messages revealing a trove of evidence pointing to coordinated criminal activities in multiple states, including New York, Washington, Indiana, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Oregon.
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Elon Musk Didn’t Realize How Hard Self-Driving Would Be Which Is Why He Should Read This Paper
Very recently, Elon Musk admitted something on Twitter that I believe has been obvious to many people for quite a while: making self-driving cars is really, really hard. Sure, Elon has flirted with this realisation before, but has tended to come to dismissive conclusions about the reality of, um, reality, like when he said Tesla…
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Deepfake Lips Are Coming to Dubbed Films
For those who find reading a foreign film’s subtitles too distracting, movies are often dubbed into different languages. But that can be equally distracting when the movements of an actor’s mouth are completely out of sync with what they’re saying. So a company called Flawless has created an AI-powered solution that will replace an actor’s…
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The Ship Of Theseus Is Trending Because Of WandaVision So Let’s Discuss It In Terms Of Cars
At the moment I’m writing this, the Ship of Theseus problem is trending on Twitter, because it’s referenced in the season finale of WandaVision, a currently popular Marvel Universe television program that’s been digging into some interesting issues. Even if you don’t know anything about the show, that’s fine, because I want to talk about…