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Scientists Warn Wildlife Photographers’ AI-Enhanced Bird Photos Could Threaten Research
13+ hour, 13+ min ago (21+ words) Scientists warn that the increasing use of AI editing tools by wildlife photographers seeking the perfect bird photo could threaten research....
These Pretty Light Cones Actually Represent Einstein's Theory of Spacetime Relativity
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (492+ words) “The legendary Renaissance painter Rembrandt van Rijn advised aspiring artists to ‘choose only one master: nature’,” McGucken notes in his paper on light cones. “Einstein also looked towards nature for enlightenment, advising scientists to, ‘Look deep into nature, and then…...
There’s a Problem With Photographers’ Obsession With The Golden Ratio
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (685+ words) Claims made about the golden ratio in nature are often overstated or romanticized. In fact, it is more often a useful model than it is a universal law, It is often suggested that the golden ratio (≈1.618) is found everywhere in…...
Robots are Learning to Move on Their Own Using a Single Camera
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (329+ words) Scientists at MIT have developed a new AI system that can teach itself how to control different types of robots using just one camera. This AI system, created by scientists at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), lets…...