sincle354
sincle354 t1_jcv7v93 wrote
Reply to comment by GonWithTheNen 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]
Elevenlabs' AI voice only needs 5 minutes for maximum effect now. Hell, someone took a very minor character with 23 seconds of dialogue (Morshu) and created a convincing meme with it.
sincle354 t1_itqhli9 wrote
Reply to comment by youllneverstopmeayyy in TIL that in a series of experiments in the 1950s, Solomon Asch asked a group of actors and a single test subject what the longest line was in a "vision test". The actors would intentionally answer incorrectly, causing the subject to also answer incorrectly, despite it being very obvious. by Amateur_Validator
That's surely works out in technical settings. They have a term for that in programming: "cargo cult programming". Just because the last 4 people did something one way doesn't make it the right way.
sincle354 t1_je39enm wrote
Reply to comment by TacTurtle in TIL intercontinental ballistic missiles use celestial navigation to check and correct their course (initially set using internal gyroscopes) while flying outside the Earth's atmosphere. by Captainmanic
Still need the dingle arm, though.