Last month, Disney released a remake of its classic film "The Lion King" -- and which turned out to be a CGI spectacle that critics said "just doesn't work with the material." Now, a video on YouTube made by visual effects artist Jonty Pressinger shows how deepfake technology could be used to combine the two art styles -- wide-eyed, expressive faces drawn in the style of the original film provide a more emotive, recognizable cast of characters when edited into the realism-focused style of the new film. The video shows a side-by-side cut of the new film's trailer and the deepfake edits. Now, instead of looking like any other bewildered cat, Simba has the soulful visage one might expect from a Disney film. The villainous lion Scar once more has his signature, exquisitely-groomed black mane, and Pumbaa no longer looks like some random, er, feral hog.

Since the consolidation of evolutionary theory in the 19th century, many scholars have believed that progress is a linear phenomenon. For it to succeed, one must be as rational as possible, make improvements every time and follow a rigorous set of rules that are known as the scientific method. During this time, certain disciplines such as the biological and physical sciences have been glorified as essential tools for human advancement-- all while leaving the arts, humanities and social sciences behind and deeming them less important for human growth. However, we are reaching a point where the traditional areas that were clearly delineated are blurring, and the once subordinated masteries that focused on the human experience are becoming essential. My background in biological anthropology has catalyzed not only a series of thoughts of possible solutions, but most importantly, a plethora of questions for the human context that lies ahead.

"companies need to both embrace new technology and retain talented recruiters" AI may have only recently emerged into the popular consciousness, but it is certainly not new. People have been researching AI since the 1950s with famous AI systems making headlines in the decades since, including IBM's Watson, which famously won the TV quiz show Jeopardy! in 2011. But AI technology is now cheaper than ever to develop, opening it up to more businesses. And thanks to its ubiquity, AI is slowly becoming a more recognizable part of our daily lives. This proliferation has inspired scare stories about AI taking work away from humans.

Why is content personalization important? OTT (Over the Top) platforms are transforming the global entertainment scene. The critical players, like Hulu, Netflix, and Disney, are competing in terms of viewership and revenues. With the increasing overlap of content across all these platforms, it is crucial for these services to improve the consumer experience by delivering relevant and engaging content to prevent audience churn. Content personalization is, therefore, vital to acquire more viewing time and improve market share.

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Researchers from Harvard University and MIT-IBM Watson Lab have created an AI-powered tool for spotting AI-generated text. Dubbed Giant Language Model Test Room (GLTR), the system aims to detect whether a specific piece of text was generated by a language model algorithm. You can give the tool a spin here. Don't miss Hard Fork Summit in Amsterdam With AI and natural language generation models already employed to produce fake news and spread misinformation, GLTR has the potential to distinguish machine generated text from human-written text to a non-expert reader. According to results shared by the researchers, GLTR improved the human detection-rate of fake text from 54 percent to 72 percent without any prior training.

Today, algorithms that are used to make predictions are everywhere. Netflix recommends new movies and shows based on what you've previously watched, Spotify creates playlists with songs similar to what you've been playing on repeat, and retail brands spam your email with items that can be worn with the new jacket you just ordered. The assumption today is, "with enough data, anything is predictable." However, over the last few years, news headlines have repeatedly illustrated the influence that such algorithms can have on human well-being, along with the inherent biases that affect many of them. With this in mind, before rushing to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms, it's crucial that we ensure they promote justice and fairness rather than reinforcing already existing inequalities.

Researchers have presented a new artificial intelligence bot that can predict whether a movie will be a critical and financial siccess by simply analyzing its plot. The team behind the AI presented their paper at the 2019 Storytelling Workshop held in Florence, Italy this month. They claimed that the AI can help movie producers decide which movies might be worth the investment. "As the size of investment for movie production grows bigger, the need for predicting a movie's success in early stages has increased," explained the study authors in the paper's abstract. "To enable a more earlier prediction of a movie's performance, we propose a deep-learning based approach to predict the success of a movie using only its plot summary text."

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