Postdoc @pittcogneuro, dept neurosurgery - intracranial EEG, naturalistic face perception, AI stuff. #Firstgen yr12 🦘🏳️🌈🍉
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Dr Casey Becker retweeted
Must watch: NYT just released a damning forensic analysis of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis.
It flatly refutes Trump administration claims — confirming the motorist was driving away, not toward the officer, and the officer was not hit by the vehicle.
nytimes.com/video/us/1000000…
I’m scared abt the grandparents that’ll get scammed, but I’m not scared for the younger generation. They’ll adjust their expectations and favour real people / faces.
It’s terrible but I still think it’s wild that this can all be done with AI. Imagine in 6 months…
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The person on the video isn’t generated by AI, she exists and you can hire her to make such videos fiverr.com/amarie1717
The video was probbaly generated by AI indeed, by the service that licensed her appearance to generate such videos:
arcads.ai
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Dynamic diffusion deepfakes are finally here.
Microsoft releases VASA-1, which generates a realistic video from audio in real time, using a single portrait photo. Considering it generates its own "biological" movement, I'd say it's pretty impressive. Uncanny, but impressive.
First experiment from my PhD!
Dynamic faces are great, but videos are a nightmare for experimental control, so many of us use dynamic morphs of photos.
Except we showed that if you can’t use videos with natural face motion, you might be better off using static faces 😬
rdcu.be/dx9K5
Dr Casey Becker retweeted
I am looking for a #postdoc, who has experience in conducting EEG exp and interested in how the brain compress information. #jobopportunity please contact me for further details. The position is at least for one year at @sabanciu with possibility of extension. – at İstanbul, Türkiye
My dad died shortly before I graduated, so turning up was hard. He'd tell anyone who'd listen about me, and read my papers even though I told him not to. I wish I’d known he needed to talk about the things on his mind, all the things that fill the journals that he left behind.
I had a great time being a part of the AI symposium at @ACNS_Official this year, thank you @TGrootswagers & Patrick Cooper for inviting me, and @astrid_zeman for joining me. I also did a lil poster, that was fun too.
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Dr Casey Becker retweeted
Gutted. If white Australia felt uncomfortable about the Voice part of the Uluru Statement, just wait until we get to the Truth Telling bit
Dr Casey Becker retweeted
I can’t believe anyone would say no to this.
#VoteYes #Referendum2023 #ConstitutionalRecognition #VoiceToParliament
Stoked to find out that I passed my PhD with recognition of outstanding thesis & contribution to science😊
I have half a mind to ask for my examiners' hands in marriage.
These audio AI covers are the new brainstorm / green needle illusion. I quickly lose the toothbrush sound and start to hear a raspy voice with toothbrush energy.
I am #PhDone :) Honestly, I loved it. Idk what to do with myself. Yesterday I regrouted my bathroom? It didn't even need doing.
Someone hire me as a postdoc, my supervisors say I'm practically a steal.
Dr Casey Becker retweeted
Absolutely thrilled to receive the funds from @FU_Berlin to hire a research assistant in the upcoming semester! If you or anyone you know is interested in working on #EEG/ #Eyetracker, facial expressions, human gaze, individual differences, or Cyberball, please DM me. ☺️
I've been playing with Midjourney AI, and it's very difficult to generate an upside-down version of an object that it has only seen upright. Especially faces. Sometimes I think it has done a good job… Until I realise it hasn’t. Turn this image right-side-up to see why. 🧵
ALT a woman laying on the bed with her head hanging off the end, looking toward the camera. her face is upside down. her hair falls towards the floor. --v 5.2
It’s interesting that Midjourney is slightly better at producing other objects upside-down. It often gets the body right, but not the face. Because it has seen more faces, and it has overfit? Because of the specific properties of faces? Both? Something else?
ALT a woman doing a handstand. She is upside down, looking directly at the camera --v 5.2
ALT a photograph of a reflective lake, in the lake there are upside down houses reflected in the water --v 5.2
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We already know the Thatcher effect is data-driven, because thatcherised cars have a similar effect on car experts. Like a lot of people, I just think it’s neat when simplistic non-conscious models have similarities to our complex, socialised brains.
ALT a woman laying on the bed with her head hanging off the end, looking toward the camera. her face is upside down --v 5.2
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