Tag: AI

  • Shangr-AI La

    Shangr-AI La

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    Brendan Barry
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    Last week Google announced its newest feature for Google Earth: the ability to use AI to create layers of images atop actual satellite images of Earth. Less than 24 hours later, Google abandoned those plans. We already have enough problems with the written word and the spoken word and the broadcast word, did we really…

  • But What About Nambia?

    But What About Nambia?

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    Brendan Barry
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    I was going to post about this Friday, but left it for today. We need to talk about this map. First, why so many colours? Each country is clearly separated from the other, and the best rationale for so many colours here would have been if the countries shared a border and you ran the…

  • USAI! My Eyes!

    USAI! My Eyes!

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    Brendan Barry
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    Of all things, this came to me through social media I follow for news about the Red Sox. But it’s Friday and after seeing this I definitely need a drink. The AI-made map purports to show the locations of World Cup home bases for the various competing teams. It certainly shows…uh…something. It does not take…