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Had an interesting chat with an AI today

Continuing from my previous post, a little FYI …

You can download your model and upload it to @sketchfab

The example above was created using this current Tumblr Radar image from @made

Silicon valley entrepreneur and novelist Rob Reid takes on artificial intelligence — and how it might end the world — in his weird, funny techno-philosophical thriller, After On.

Critic Jason Sheehan says, “It’s like an extended philosophy seminar run by a dozen insane Cold War heads-of-station, three millenial COOs and that guy you went to college with who always had the best weed but never did his laundry.”

‘After On’ Sees The End Of The World In A Dating App

Creating Face-Based AR Experiences

Apple have just published an example for developers on how to use their front facing camera on the iPhone X for AR apps:

This sample app presents a simple interface allowing you to choose between four augmented reality (AR) visualizations on devices with a TrueDepth front-facing camera (see iOS Device Compatibility Reference).

The camera view alone, without any AR content.

The face mesh provided by ARKit, with automatic estimation of the real-world directional lighting environment.

Virtual 3D content that appears to attach to (and be obscured by parts of) the user’s real face.

A simple robot character whose facial expression is animated to match that of the user.

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An intro video can be found here

Jeff Chang

Designer and artist is experimenting with ARKit to place and control cute characters he has created and place them in realworld scenes:

A post shared by Jeff Chang (@jeffchangart) on Aug 28, 2017 at 8:03am PDT

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Jeff has a Tumblr account [@jeffchangart] but you can find updates on Instagram here

Kids are burning each other with boiling water in a deadly “Hot water challenge” YouTube trend

As seen in YouTube and Twitter videos, the “hot water challenge” involves surprising a friend by burning them with boiling water.

Another variation includes challenging someone to drink boiling hot water through a straw or pouring boiling water on themselves.

8-year-old Ki’ari Pope’s cousin dared her to sip boiling water through a straw back in March. She obliged and suffered burns in her mouth and throat, requiring a tracheotomy. In July, she complained that she couldn’t breathe and later died. (Palm Beach Post, GoFundMe)

In addition to Pope, the trend has left several kids with serious injuries.

Jamoneisha Merritt, 11, was at a sleepover Sunday night when her friends poured boiling water over her face as she slept. She suffered extreme injuries and may be left permanently disfigured.

North Carolina 10-year-old Wesley Smith also suffered severe burns after attempting the challenge with his stepbrother, the boy’s mother told WNCN.com, a CBS affiliate.

Parents have begun speaking out about the challenge. Read more (8/10/17)

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Graphic - Thomas A. Gieseke

‘Overwatch’ fan Chris Guyot created adorable, minimalist animations of the game’s heroes

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