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Tue. 02/15 - The Love Story Behind the High Five Wikipedia Page

Tue. 02/15 - The Love Story Behind the High Five Wikipedia Page

FromCool Stuff Ride Home


Tue. 02/15 - The Love Story Behind the High Five Wikipedia Page

FromCool Stuff Ride Home

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Length:
18 minutes
Released:
Feb 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Uncovering the story behind two anonymous people whose photographs serve as instructions on the high five Wikipedia entry. Plus, people apparently find AI-generated faces more trustworthy than real human ones. And the Idaho Potato Commission just dropped their first fragrance.Sponsors:Munk Pack, Use code KRH at Munkpack.com for 20% off your first purchaseDeVry University, Learn more at DeVry.edu/EngineeringLinks:The adorable love story behind Wikipedia's 'high five' photos (Input)Depths of Wikipedia (Instagram)Depths of Wikipedia (Twitter) Goofing Off (Wikipedia)4/8/21 episode about the origin of the high five (Kottke Ride Home)Fake faces created by AI look more trustworthy than real people (NewScientist)Humans Find AI-Generated Faces More Trustworthy Than the Real Thing (Scientific American)AI generated faces are MORE trustworthy than real faces say researchers who warn of “deep fakes” (Lancaster University) AI Creates Photorealistic Portraits of Cartoon Characters (Kottke)"Frites by Idaho" is a new perfume that smells like french fries (Boing Boing)Love is in the Air... And it Smells like French Fries (Idaho Potato Commission)Laserwriter II by Tamara ShopsinKottke.OrgJackson Bird on TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Feb 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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