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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.

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otclogic t1_jb1d10i wrote

Reply to Mojave desert, AZ [OC] [4000x3000] by [deleted]

You see a beautiful, but barren and thirsty wasteland with crags jutting out from amongst the flats. I see the future site of an 80,000 home subdevelopement complete with 3 18-hole golf courses and a water park.

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otclogic t1_j924t9n wrote

Reply to comment by Mammoth-Mud-9609 in TIL beavers are a keystone species, which means they play an important role in ecosystems by modifying the area in a way that is beneficial to plants and animals by jewkakasaurus

> The role of different types of keystone species; predators, builders and mutualists in changing or maintaining the habitat around them.

Beavers I can accept as a Keystone species, but I would think that at least one other animal on that list would prefer Tacatè or Miller.

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otclogic t1_j1scbk6 wrote

Reply to Death of Vercingetorix by oga_ogbeni

Ceasar’s first Triumph was the Gallic campaign. The calculation of whether to spare Vercingetorix or not was probably having something to do with that fact. Also remember that in Ceasar’s dispatches to Rome Vercingetorix was portrayed as his nemesis of sorts. Killing him sent a different message within that context.

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otclogic t1_iugoh7n wrote

Reply to comment by Aut6 in U.N. says it agreed with Turkey, Ukraine on plan to move 16 vessels under Black Sea grain deal by alumidi

I really don’t get this. Small countries have been getting fucked by bigger ones since the dawn on civilization. At least the Ukrainians now have the weapons to match their will, thanks to NATO. But getting drawn into a war with Russia? No thanks. If you’d like you can go volunteer for Ukraine, but I’ll just watch and throw money at it.

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