#ai video translator app

[paninitranslate]

Multilingual Audio Video Translation App

AI Video Translator App

A Multilingual Audio Video Translation App like PaniniTrasnlate.ai can serve a variety of use cases, offering practical solutions for individuals and businesses alike. The effectiveness of the app is primarily driven on the accuracy of translations, ease of use, and the range of languages supported. Currently, the app supports 45+ regional & international languages and offers up to 30 minutes of free translation credits. 

Here are some Communication driven use case scenarios to help you get started with the Panini Translate AI Video Dubbing App: 

Language Learning: 

Subtitles + Dubbed Audio offers comprehensive help with Language Learning as learners can translate the original videos in their target language with subtitles in their native language for better comprehension by reading and listening to the translated video. Users can also watch the translated content with multiple language subtitles enabled for the final output aiding in vocabulary acquisition and language exposure. Currently, the Panini Translate AI App can automatically translate subtitles from one input language to three output languages. 

Content Creation and Localization:

Content creators can translate and localize their videos for international audiences by adding dubbing or subtitles in various languages. Empower Global Marketing as businesses can reach a wider audience by translating and adapting their marketing videos to suit different linguistic and cultural contexts in just a few clicks using PaniniTranslate.ai. Schools and universities with diverse student populations can use the app to provide equal access to educational materials and ensure effective communication between students and teachers.

Education:

Training and Tutorials videos by professionals from varied backgrounds provides access to educational content, training materials, and tutorials with translated subtitles or dubbed audio.

Be it a recipe video in native language of a chef from Italy can now be translated into 45+ regional & international languages. The app opens the doorway for Skill Enhancement wherein individuals can learn new skills by watching instructional videos in their native language. International conference videos, workshop clips, and public event videos by the native speakers can be translated by the app to assist in understanding presentations and discussions. Thus, enabling meaningful participation by translating the videos.

International Business and Communication: 

In a globalized world, businesses often communicate with clients, partners, and customers who speak different languages. This app can facilitate smooth communication by offering the advantage to translate meeting videos, communications and presentations in just a few clicks. The app can help translate the video message into the viewers native language preference quickly right from their smartphone devices even when they are on-the-go.

Entertainment: 

The app can be used to provide subtitles or dubbing for international celebrity interviews, TV talk shows, podcast episodes and other media content by translating it from the original language to a preference of the viewers. The app makes the expansion of entertainment content more accessible and enjoyable for people who speak different languages by automatically applying AI powered voice-over dubbing for a seamless experience. 

Legal / Law: 

Law enforcement agencies and legal professionals may need to communicate with individuals who don't speak the local language. This app can aid in interpreting statements, conducting interviews, and ensuring legal rights are understood. The app can process videos quickly and seamlessly in just a few taps from a smartphone device, thus giving the edge of empowering communication not limited by language barriers anymore. 

Multilingual Audio Video Translation App has the potential to revolutionize communication, accessibility, and collaboration in various sectors, making information and interactions more inclusive and efficient across language boundaries.

#video dubbing #translation #voiceover #dubbing #panini translate ai app #panini translate #download panini translate #multilingual audio video translation #ai video translator app

[azuremist]

Google is going to start scraping all of their platforms to use for AI training. So, here are some alternatives for common Google tools!

Google Chrome -> Firefox

If you’re on tumblr, you’ve probably already been told this a thousand times. But FireFox is an open-source browser which is safe, fast and secure. Basically all other browsers are Chrome reskins. Try Firefox Profilemaker, Arkenfox and Librewolf! Alternatively, vanilla Firefox is alright, but get Ublock Origin, turn off pocket, and get Tabliss.

Google Search -> DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo very rarely tracks or stores your browsing data (though they have only been known to sell this info to Microsoft). Don’t use their browser; only their search engine. Domain visits in their browser get shared. Alternatively, you can also use Ecosia, which is a safe search engine that uses its income to plant trees! 🌲

Google Reverse Image Search -> Tineye

Tineye uses image identification tech rather than keywords, metadata or watermarks to find you the source of your image!

Gmail -> ProtonMail

All data stored on ProtonMail is encrypted, and it boasts self-destructing emails, text search, and a commitment to user privacy. Tutanota is also a good alternative!

Google Docs -> LibreOffice

LibreOffice is free and open-source software, which includes functions like writing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, formula editing and more.

Google Translate -> DeepL

DeepL is notable for its accuracy of translation, and is much better that Google Translate in this regard. It does cost money for unlimited usage, but it will let you translate 500,000 characters per month for free. If this is a dealbreaker, consider checking out the iTranslate app.

Google Forms -> ClickUp

ClickUp comes with a built-in form view, and also has a documents feature, which could make it a good option to take out two birds with one stone.

Google Drive -> Mega

Mega offers a better encryption method than Google Drive, which means it’s more secure.

YouTube -> PeerTube

YouTube is the most difficult to account for, because it has a functional monopoly on long-form video-sharing. That being said, PeerTube is open-source and decentralized. The Internet Archive also has a video section!

However, if you still want access to YouTube’s library, check out NewPipe and LibreTube! NewPipe scrapes YouTube’s API so you can watch YouTube videos without Google collecting your info. LibreTube does the same thing, but instead of using YouTube servers, it uses piped servers, so Google doesn’t even get your IP address. Both of these are free, don’t require sign-ins, and are open source!

Please feel free to drop your favorite alternatives to Google-owned products, too! And, if this topic interests you, consider checking out Glaze as well! It alters your artwork and photos so that it’s more difficult to use to train AI with! ⭐️

#anti ai #anti ai art #anti ai music #anti ai writing #anti google #google #political #current events #azure does a thing

[zvaigzdelasas]

A few years ago, I noticed that a number of factories in China had started opening TikTok accounts and posting footage from their assembly lines. The videos offered a rare glimpse into global supply chains, and millions of Western TikTok users marveled at teddy bears being stuffed with polyester fiberfill, machines dipping gardening gloves into hot liquified nitrile rubber, and quality assurance testers seeing whether cheap cigarette lighters worked. (My friend and former colleague Andrew Deck wrote a great story about factory TikTok for Rest of World in 2021.)

Since then, hundreds of other Chinese factories have joined TikTok. Some of them produce industrial equipment that would never be bought by normal people, like dump trucks or bottle labeling machines. And while the older factory accounts were often created by marketing agencies, these newer ones seem to largely be the work of earnest salespeople trying to find new customers. Many of them are relying on AI translation and text-to-speech tools, making the videos unintentionally sound very funny.

One of these manufacturers is a company called Donghua Jinlong, which is headquartered in Hebei province about 200 miles from Beijing. It sells “high quality industrial grade glycine,” a type of nutritional additive that evidently sounds silly and abstract to people who never need to think about how processed food is made. Donghua Jinglong and its glycine have become a relatively big meme on TikTok, Instagram, and X over the last few days, and some of the company’s videos are getting over 100,000 views (even though its official account only has roughly 4,400 followers).

Donghua Jinlong itself, however, doesn’t seem to have any idea what’s going on. People in the comments keep begging it to make official merch, but the company doesn’t understand why anyone would want a sweatshirt or t-shirt with the name of an industrial manufacturer on it. Shitposters have also started referencing the Donghua Jinlong meme in the comments of videos from other Chinese factories.

A company called HengYuan, for example, posted a video of what can only be described as a machine for filling Tide Pods, and one of the top comments is someone asking “Could you pack food grade glycine in this?”

Clearly baffled, HengYuan responded, “No. This is used to pack detergent in PVA Film.”

The Donghua Jinlong meme is a great microcosm of what’s actually happening on TikTok when it comes to content from China. Some people might argue that Chinese manufacturers are choosing to post on the app because its parent company, ByteDance, is also from China. In other words, these factories could be held up as an example of TikTok allowing Chinese influence to grow in the US (albeit a bizarre one).

But Donghua Jinlong also has a Facebook page with even more followers, it’s just that no one is engaging with its posts there. That’s because there are likely very few people searching social media for a new glycine supplier at any given time. TikTok, however, doesn’t rely on users to actively seek out content, it serves videos to them via an algorithm. So now tons of random people are coming across glycine manufacturers and Tide Pod machines by accident, and they’re happily turning the whole thing into a joke.

I personally find these videos to be fascinating, both because It’s cool to learn how things are made, and because they provide the opportunity to watch in real time what happens when random Chinese companies come into contact with American social media users. I don’t think this is the type of Chinese influence lawmakers are imagining when they worry about TikTok, but it’s arguably much more interesting and human.

[3rdexistence]

For everyone recommending Busuu as an alternative for Duolingo: stop.

It uses AI voices (as in literally the "sigma chad guy voice used on TikTok).

Plus, today I recieved a deepfake video on a listening exercise (speakers' facial expressions didn't match their tone or what they were saying, those unnatural circular head movements that most deepfake videos do, very periodic blinking and arm movement, eye level never changes).

Additionally, I'm pretty sure that the German course to learn Dutch is just a translation of the English version, because the German instructions were often weird/unnecessary/explaining stuff you wouldn't have to explain to a German speaker but to an English speaker.

Also on some translations they straight-up forgot to change the English translation to a German one.

At this point it just feels like we have to abandon the concept of language learning apps completely because they're all starting to use AI (and AI does *not* understand language).

tldr: Busuu is just as bad as Duolingo because it uses AI translations, voices, and videos

#busuu #duolingo #language learning #langblr #artificial intelligence #ai

[dropintomanga]

AI Can't Be the Whole Solution for Manga

So this week I found out out a Japanese start-up called Orange, who wants to be the Netflix of manga by translating a lot of manga with new apps and tools for the world to fight against online piracy. And to do so, the company will use AI to machine translate all of their manga into English. They also received $20 million USD in funding (one of their investors is Shogakukan) for their goal. This company wants to release up to 500 titles a month at some point.

I honestly don't know how to feel about this.

I read a more in-depth report from Deb Aoki of ComicsBeat and Mangasplaining about this whole startup. There's a lot of tout given by Orange about how this will help the manga industry overseas. Terms like deep learning, accessible content, influencers, reducing cost of localization, etc. are thrown around. Orange already has done some work for Shueisha for some of its MangaPlus titles. While it's apparent that the North American market only gets a small fraction of the manga published in Japan, there's concerns over whether this endeavor will end well.

A good number of manga translators and editors in the North American localization scene have commented on how bad this can be. AI machine translation is far from perfect. While DeepL (a Japanese language translation app similar to Google Translate) is arguably better than Google Translate, there's still errors abound. AI machine translation doesn't seem to be at a stage where you can just show it off to the world and have it translate something like a research paper with context. And even if the translation was good, there still needs to be people to fix errors AI will miss and the jobs to fix those errors don't necessarily pay well since they're the equivalent of "data entry" jobs.

And speaking as someone who reads up on mental health news, AI is not good for picking up nuances and differences that can help people for the better. It's only good for standardizing universal treatments. AI can not be open to the vulnerabilities of other people. One recent story I read last year was about a eating disorder helpline that created a chatbot to help those with eating disorders and how it bombed. There were complaints about how the bot didn't address patients' concerns that they were feeling down or bad about their bodies. Even worse, the chatbot gave some horrible advice by telling people to follow behaviors that led to their eating disorders in the first place. The support staff was fired in favor of the chatbot and while the chatbot was taken down after the complaints, it still left a bad taste in my mouth because mental health problems can never be solved without the human element.

I see this with what's apparently going to happen with manga. I don't see this creating a better world for manga readers. I'm well aware that there are a few professional manga translators in the scene who aren't doing a good job, but I feel they're doing fine for the most part. There's a glaring issue though that most people aren't thinking about - the amount of content we have out there.

We're in a golden age of having so much catered to us that it's ridiculous. Anime, manga, webtoons, video games, board games, music, etc. There's a lot out there. And to have a Japanese startup proclaim that they want to put out up to 500 titles a month, who realistically has the time to read all of them? I wonder if that's the point of these ventures - beat down consumers with so much material to consume that they become apathetic to what's going on behind the scenes.

I do want people to read manga, but I don't want them to become so overwhelmed to the point of burnout and numbness. That's the last thing any manga fan should want. I'm already hearing complaints from my fellow manga peers about the amount of manga we're getting here. It's nice to see bookshelves and libraries filled with manga, but which titles are really being read?

I also think there seems to be no universal standard that EVERYONE can agree with regards to localization. You have the professional side that knows a lot due to being inside the industry, but can be hindered by the Japanese publishing side and pestered by fans who think they know better. And you have the fan side that thinks they know everything because of scanlations and miscellaneous fan translations.

If you're a professional, it's a rough job and I applaud all manga freelancers who do it. Sometimes, I may not agree with the localization choices. But I'm not going to raise a pitchfork and treat them like they're witches. I know a few of those folks in-person and see the human in them.

If you're a fan, you can't expect a very casual reader to understand Japanese terms being spoken out right off the bat. It takes a while to get used to those terms. I'll use myself as an example as a riichi mahjong player. I throw out terms like suji, kabe, mentanpin, ryanmen, etc. to my fellow players. However, if there's an absolute beginner I'm talking to, they will have no idea what the hell I'm talking about.

I know some fans are like "Whatever, understanding those terms make me stand out. Yeah, I'm different! Screw the normal world!" But that makes it sound like gatekeeping to a certain degree. It's fine to have that kind of knowledge, but binding it to the very fabric of your identity is not healthy when circumstances change.

Orange seems to want a universal standard for manga translation by incorporating a variety of people into their process, but the fact that people will only be involved AFTER the translation makes me skeptical and the company is being called out for some things on their website. Both professionals and consumers will be screwed here. AI is being pushed so hard by corporations because it can readily applied to real life jobs and regular people in many ways, compared to cryptocurrency/NFTs, which applies only to people with a crap ton of money to spend. I've seen instances of AI usage at the company I work at - some of it good, some of it bad.

But nothing will beat the will and heart of the people. I think that's what scares AI-promoting people. Turning us into total mindless consumers prevents us from being mindful people that want to do right by others. Sure, reading manga makes me happy. But I don't want to be the only one who's happy. I also want people to make informed choices about what to consume.

I also want some people to stop assuming that Japan is the most "anti-woke" country alive out of their rage against localization because it's totally not. Japan has problems and there's people living there speaking out against them. They're "woke" in their own way. I swear that almost everyone who thinks Japan is better than the West hasn't lived there at all and are basing things from a very filtered point of view. I actually feel sorry for them because their lives are just so focused on consuming without thinking for themselves - a perfect market for the AI-pushing crowd.

I'll finish by saying that this AI-powered manga translation venture needs to happen with the right kind of people already on the table through the whole process and where everyone benefits. Everything bad with AI, as far as I've seen, has left people behind with no compassion or empathy. Manga has taught the wonders of compassion and empathy for all and I don't see the Japanese business side of things preaching what their works speak.

#manga #community #AI #mental health #technology #culture #internet culture #manga culture

[scarefox]

A: P'Shell, type a number S: any number? A: yes S: got it A: okay? calculator: "shellfish" (my other app translates as "motherfucker" lol. Pretty sure it's one of those thai animal swear words double meaning. it's literally "ai" (impolite pronoun) "clam" (~pussy) "chen/shell" ) S: what should I do? --

A: lets see Parm A: Parm, type a number P: any number? A: any number, do it A: look, look, look calculator: "I love you" P: Are you telling me?

(highly appreciating that Aun puts thai subtitles in his silly videos. makes it easier to translate with apps)

#lol #I love Auns silly uncle humor #btw why is he calling Shell P' ? Aun is 13 years older #aun warit #shell thakrit #parm pawarate #playboyy the series #aunparm

[zhuzhudushu]

Lingopie — Chinese Review ★★

So I did 3 months of Lingopie (stylized as Liñgöpie) so you don't have to (unless you want to lol).

I mention a Chrome extension, the Zhongwen dictionary, quite a bit in this review. It is here, I highly recommend it (click)! It's also available for Firefox (click).

What is Lingopie?

Lingopie is an app and desktop extension/website that allows you to watch tv shows and cartoons with interactive subtitles for language learning. It currently has Spanish, German, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, French, Korean, Japanese, and Chinese. It claims to improve your language learning by 80% (compared to Duolingo which is around 20%).

Here is their website. (click)

Pricing: (March 2024)

3 months $36

1 year $71 "on sale" (normally $144)

Lifetime $199 "on sale" (normally $663)

Please note: I have never seen these full prices. It appears that the "sale" is permanent.

My Review / TL;DR Version

Extremely disappointed both in functionality and content for Chinese. Maybe this is a good program for other languages, but for Chinese there is extremely limited content with pinyin subtitles only available for the non-Netflix shows. All the best learning features are available for non-Netflix shows, yet those tended to have significantly worse translations than Netflix. I would not recommend this product for Chinese. While it had a few good features and I enjoyed it for 6-7 episodes of one show, it then had a glitch where an entire episode was subtitled wrong, so I gave up.

See below the cut for full breakdown.

Strengths:

Has access to Netflix shows and films including some popular ones (e.g. Meteor Garden, Dear Ex, Nezha Reborn)

This is nice and I enjoyed rewatching the ones I was familiar with and getting a better grasp of listening and vocab. I appreciate that they try to incorporate kid-friendly along with more serious/adult content with animated and live action tv shows and films. I also liked that it specified if the show was from Taiwan or China, and also included shows that had some Cantonese influence (e.g. Scissor Seven)

Allows you to have English and Chinese subtitles simultaneously or alone, and you can easily click them on an off while watching.

This is pretty standard for all video/subtitle based educational apps, but it was nice to easily click them on and off in case I wanted to double check my understanding, and to compare the direct translation of the words to the full translation of the sentence.

Allows you to pause automatically after each subtitle. Can also loop subtitles over and over. There are also AI-produced explanations of grammar.

This hands down was the best part about the entire experience for me, and why I ended up using Lingopie for 3 months. While it was sometimes clunky (see below), this made singling out specific lines/words for listening practice so easy. Once I got in the groove, I was able to get through episodes fairly quickly and was starting to be able to listen and hear new words in sentences later.

Click on the words in the subtitle to make flashcard sets

This was a nice feature, but I do wish the flashcards were a bit more functional, see below. It was easy enough to use and a quick way to remind yourself of the new words you learned before you jump into the next episode.

Weaknesses:

Pinyin subtitles available on desktop only, with no pinyin subtitles for Netflix shows (as of May 2024)

This is a HUGE flaw, and I was 100% dependent on using another chrome extension for hover-over dictionary while using Lingopie. I know they are working on pinyin subtitles for Netflix and mobile, but I used this for 3 months and it still was not implemented when I ended. To me, if I have to use another app in conjunction with this one in order to fully learn, then what's the point? Especially since I watched Taiwanese and Cantonese-influenced shows with very non-standard pronunciations, comparing standard pinyin to accented productions is necessary for me. Even with the pinyin subtitles for the non-Netflix shows, it left a lot to be desire because they're tiny above the Chinese characters, and sometimes difficult to read. More than once I thought a ǒ was ō because of how tiny it was.

Not enough content, especially cartoons/beginner level

The one above and this bullet are the main reasons why I don't recommend this app for Chinese specifically. Maybe other languages are fine, but there is simply not enough content for the price. I was hoping for more beginner/lower intermediate content like children's cartoons, however there are none for Chinese. All the animated options are more teenager/adult oriented. There also weren't many light-hearted or comedy options, meaning you would have to watch a lot of serious dramas, thrillers, and violent shows if you wanted to get your money's worth. For my personal taste, I don't want to have to pause every dialogue line for an adult thriller. That would ruin my experience of the show and the suspense. For the non-Netflix options, most shows were incomplete with only 1-5 episodes available out of 10+. They also tended to be lower quality productions, with significantly worse English translations. The majority of what is available outside of Netflix are short films (~5 mins) and cooking shows (10-20 mins) which aren't bad for beginners. I personally have no interest in cooking, though lol. Essentially, there is no TRUE beginner fictional content in Chinese available.

The dictionary is... rough

Again, I was fully dependent on the Zhongwen extension. While the English subtitles themselves are good, the individual definitions of words that you hover over are definitely rough. They weren't actually that helpful for breaking down meanings of things like slang and characters' names. For example, in Scissor Seven there were quite a few animal puns, e.g. 汪星人 which is internet slang for "dog" Lingopie translated as "Woofer" which was... awkward and strange. Without the Zhongwen extension I would have had no idea what this was actually referring to. It would been nice if it functioned more like the Zhongwen extension, where it would highlight individual characters or phrases/combos depending on your mouse placement. Particularly on the non-Netflix shows, the translations even in the English subtitles were incredibly rough and at times I couldn't understand the context in either language. There was also one instance of an entire episode (Netflix) that had incorrect subtitles, I suspect subtitles from a different episode? That was the final straw for me.

It chooses whether or not to highlight single words or phrases so you have no control over your flashcards

This made the flashcards not as functional to me. Sometimes, I wanted just the specific noun/verb in the sentence, but it would make me highlight the entire sentence. Other times, I wanted a really functional phase, but it would only let me highlight the individual words. I barely used the flashcard feature because of this.

Clunky interface (Chrome & Firefox)

I can't speak for mobile or Safari because I didn't use them. Since I was relying on the Zhongwen hover-dictionary, I only used Chrome. You can only use Chrome or Safari if you want Netflix shows. Sometimes the auto-pause after each subtitle would be too early or too late, meaning I would have to actually click things pretty persistently throughout each episode. Using the spacebar to pause/unpause hardly ever worked, and using the arrow keys to flip between subtitles also never worked for me. Sometimes the hover-definitions of words would linger even after I clicked away, and would not disappear until the next subtitle appeared. This was super annoying and would block a good portion of the screen. Sometimes I would have to click things 2-3 times before it registered in both Chrome and Firefox.

Overall, I think it's a great idea, but needs some pretty major improvements in order to be worth the price.

In my opinion, if they were to add significantly more shows, including kid's cartoons, and improved their subtitles, dictionary, & interface function, it would be worth the price.

Maybe in a few years as Lingopie grows, it will be worth it. But for now, it's not. For now, it's clunky and limited. If you were to watch it for an hour a day, you would probably get through all the shows that interested in you in about 3-6 months. It wouldn't take longer than a year to go through all of the Chinese content, as of right now. So why would you pay for a year or lifetime price for that?

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#chinese langblr #mandarin langblr #chinese learning #chinese #langblr #mandarin chinese #language learning #mandarin #learning languages #zhuzhu reviews #lingopie

[betterbooktitles]

The single most demoralizing experience I’ve had as an adult living in the 21st Century is applying for a job, not getting it, and then seeing incessant ads for the company on social media apps. I’m trying to waste a little time watching comedy reels or looking at photos of my friends’ kids on Instagram, and now I’m getting reminded that a place didn’t like me enough to hire me but would still love my business. It’s like getting ghosted by a woman after a few great dates, then seeing her in a fast food commercial months later when you’re minding your business, watching football. That’s also happened to me. It bugged me way less than a hiring manager never calling back.

I recently applied to be a social media manager for a wizard-themed restaurant in New York City aimed at — I guess — the rare millennial who feels too classy for Dave & Busters (adult Chuck E. Cheese) but still wants to experience a modicum of childlike wonder by eating in a restaurant that vaguely reminds them of Harry Potter (the Chuck E. Cheese of books). I didn’t get the job — nay — even an interview, but now every other image on my Instagram feed is a bubbling cauldron or a waiter/wizard throwing flames from a wand in front of hot people ignoring a plate of shrimp.

I’ve been out of the dating game for a long while, but from what I’ve learned from my single friends, I imagine the emotions felt while navigating rejection translate neatly into feelings I’ve had during a job search. In both instances, apps shoulder most of the blame. I’ve never used Tinder unless you count the rare but exhilarating moments when my friends allowed me to write their profiles or message a person on their behalf to see how weird I could make the conversation before the potential partner unmatched them. I have used ZipRecruiter though.

ZipRecruiter is a job-hunting website and app like LinkedIn except there’s a real chance you can get a job while using it. You upload your résumé and save a few searches, and soon you’re getting notifications for businesses for which you’d be a “Fair,” Good,” or “Great” match. You can then tap a single button to apply to most jobs after skimming the basic requirements and bullet points asking for a candidate “comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.” (They all say that or “detail-oriented.” It’s like someone in a 90s movie saying they want someone with a “good sense of humor.” Or a dude on Tinder now posting a profile photo holding a fish.) Like videos I’ve seen of men swiping right on every single person to see if anyone was interested, I spend most of my time on Ziprecruiter tapping “apply” while barely looking to see if I am even a “fair” match for the job.

ZipRecruiter also tells you how many times a hiring manager opens your application. When it’s more than three times, you receive an excited email from Phil, ZipRecruiter’s milquetoast AI career advisor with a cartoon face of a bespectacled man who looks annoyingly employed, letting you know that most applicants get an interview after a mere two looks, but three? It’s all but guaranteed. Start picking out your wardrobe for the interview. And then… nothing. Fuck you, Phil. With your perfect hair and your expendable income that you spend on polo shirts. How dare you lead me on like that?

Read the rest on Substack

#funny #essays #writing #amwriting #humor #Dan wilbur #jobs #work #working #reading #deep thoughts

[cookie-waffle]

Things AI could have been genuinely useful for if capitalism didn’t already ruin it:

-creating realistic refrences so that artists don’t have to dig through google images for 15 mins just to find the right pose.

-guiding artists on were to include shading and lighting in their piece.

-aiding astronomers in major scientific discoveries

- Using a voice banks to give disabled people who can no longer speak the ability to use their real voices again. Or, giving voice to someone who was born mute or has selective mutism.

-People with a language barrier being able to use their real voice in one of those translation apps.

-Using it as a tool to represent the visuals of hallucinations and psychedelic trips that were once only ever described by word or by drawing, allowing psychologists to learn more about the human brain. (this has actually been done. It’s amazing)

-finding the best possible routes for public transit in city planning.

- Calculating numbers that are too large for the human brain to fathom.

- Training AI to predict potential natural weather disasters before they happen.

- Training AI to lure online predators away from messaging children without having to use a real person as a decoy. The AI could even generate (sfw) images or videos and voice recordings of a child who doesn’t exist, in order to avoid raising the perp’s suspicion and making them more likely to incriminate themselves enough to get arrested or forced to get professional help.

- A voice AI that predicts what a transmasc person will sound like when their voice drops. This could help questioning folks realize if they are actually trans or not, and also help trans people decide if they wanna go on T or not.

-Giving artists short writing/drawing prompts that they can build off of.

feel free to add more if you want.

#ai

[aryamistwood]

Would anyone be willing to help me order the E-Books in either Dutch or Swedish for the Star Stable second trilogy?

So, I don't think we're going to get the 2nd trilogy in English like we hoped for. All day I've been working on a theory video for something that was APPARENTLY already confirmed at the beginning of the first book, and quite honestly, I've had enough. The lore can be kept from me any longer! No borders or language barriers can stop me!

...but apparently websites requiring an account be made with a actual address in Sweden or the Netherlands - even for digital-only-no-shipping purchases - can in fact stop me.

So, dear mutuals, I ask, nay, I beg. Would someone be able to help me get the books? I will of course cover costs. Even if you can point me in a direction to get the books through a US vendor, I just need my juicy lore bits.

My goal is to translate the books as best I can to English and share the lore Sparks Notes. Ik spreek en beetje Nederlands, well, as much as the Green Owl would tell me before they started doing AI translations and I deleted the app, but still. I recognize this is a monumental task for someone who only knows a little Dutch, but this is also a chance for me to learn more of the language and sentence structure. https://starstableentertainment.com/the-second-soul-riders-trilogy/ Shadows Over Jorvik – Helena Dahlgren The Prisoner of Pandoria – Helena Dahlgren Aideen’s Gift – Helena Dahlgren

#sso #ssoblr #star stable online #star stable #star stable books #i need my juicy lore bits

[fettesans]

Top, Alicja Kwade, Parallelwelt (rot/schwarz), 2009, Lamps and mirror, 83 × 45 × 45 cm. Via. Bottom, Marijn van Kreij,  Untitled, 2008, Orange, mirror and fake orange (acrylic, foam and tape), 13 x 16 x 30 cm. Via.

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The luminous images of the mystics reveal a full and luminous extra consciousness on which shadows or nothingness have no hold. This is why the feeling, the consciousness of ‘being’ is expressed in images of light, and it is also why light, presence, plenitude are synonyms of ‘spirituality.’ Initiation means illumination, the dispersion of shadows, nothingness held off. Thus the plentitude that I felt was perhaps a little like mystic plenitude. It began with the feeling that space was emptying itself of its material heaviness, which explains the euphoric sense of relief that I felt. Notions were freed of their content. Objects became transparent, permeable; they were no longer obstacles and it seemed as if one could pass through them. It was as if my mind could move freely, as if there were no resistance to its movement. Thus my mind could find its center again, reunited, reassembled out of the matrixes and limits withing which it had been dispersed. And it was from this moment on that the feeling of plenitude took hold.

Eugène Ionesco, from Present Past / Past Present, translated by Helen R. Lane (Da Capo Press, 1998). Via.

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The woman dies. She dies to provide a plot twist. She dies to develop the narrative. She dies for cathartic effect. She dies because no one could think of what else to do with her. Dies because there weren’t any better story ideas around. Dies because her death was the very best idea that anyone could come up with ... And so, the woman dies. The woman dies so the man can be sad about it. The woman dies so the man can suffer. She dies to give him a destiny. Dies so he can fall to the dark side. Dies so he can lament her death. As he stands there, brimming with grief, brimming with life, the woman lies there in silence. The woman dies for him. We watch it happen. We read about it happening. We come to know it well.

Aoko Matsuda, from The Woman Dies, for GRANTA, translated by Polly Barton, November 2018. Via.

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Once a week, Sun Kai has a video call with his mother. He opens up about work, the pressures he faces as a middle-aged man, and thoughts that he doesn’t even discuss with his wife. His mother will occasionally make a comment, like telling him to take care of himself—he’s her only child. But mostly, she just listens.

That’s because Sun’s mother died five years ago. And the person he’s talking to isn’t actually a person, but a digital replica he made of her—a moving image that can conduct basic conversations. They’ve been talking for a few years now. 

After she died of a sudden illness in 2019, Sun wanted to find a way to keep their connection alive. So he turned to a team at Silicon Intelligence, an AI company based in Nanjing, China, that he cofounded in 2017. He provided them with a photo of her and some audio clips from their WeChat conversations. While the company was mostly focused on audio generation, the staff spent four months researching synthetic tools and generated an avatar with the data Sun provided. Then he was able to see and talk to a digital version of his mom via an app on his phone.

Zeyi Yang, from Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese business - People are seeking help from AI-generated avatars to process their grief after a family member passes away, for MIT Technology Review, May 7, 2024.

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[paninitranslate]

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[digitalsoftware]

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[slunch]

The beach was crowded when I went yesterday. I don’t think anybody saw me.

I didn’t do much there, though. I just walked up and down until I got tired. I was mostly looking at my phone. My friends were getting into an argument about the different kinds of cereal and which ones were better. There’s a small brand that I like, but they only like the big ones.

On the train, a homeless man went down the aisle asking for money. Nobody saw him either. I was reading about a new game that was coming out next year, and my friends were telling me it looked really good. I didn’t think so myself but tried to understand why they thought so, and I think I succeeded, which I felt pretty good about. I like to think I’ve gotten better at empathy.

When I got back to my apartment, I wasn’t sure what to do with the rest of my evening. I didn’t want to think about work tomorrow, so I watered the plants according to the schedule and stared at my cat, who glared back at me. She ran away when I tried to pet her, but I think by this time next year she’ll be better around me.

I debated it for a while, but eventually downloaded a new dating app while I waited for my dinner to warm up. I was surprised that I got a few likes from some attractive women, but then again I have been taking better care of myself lately. I got an app that tracks my sleep patterns and rings my morning alarm at the optimal time to not disrupt my sleep cycles, and I recently put a little light on my water bottle that will flash and remind me to drink from it while I work.

None of the women on the dating app seemed very interesting. I chatted with them a little bit, but they either barely said anything or said a lot about nothing.

Then I read some of a textbook I’d downloaded onto my tablet. Higher education always intimidated me, and I liked the stability of my job, but I liked to also see what else is out there sometimes. I was currently in the middle of a linear algebra textbook. Tonight I was skimming the section on linear transformations - a way to translate something in one vector space to another vector space. I had forgotten what vector spaces were because it’s been a while since college, but, confident that I’d learned something new, I turned off the light and got into bed.

Before I slept, I looked through some more dating profiles but didn’t see any that interested me. After a while, people started to look the same. Maybe it was the new makeup trend some of my friends were talking about. I tried to find it in our chat archives, but it was too far back and the search wasn’t working. I told them good night and placed my phone under my pillow so it could listen to me breathe and decide when to wake me up.

The next day at work, my team got a new project. We talked about it over video call and then standard messaging for a while afterwards, because it seemed like we were pivoting to something new and there were a lot of little details to discuss. I didn’t mind, because I always like to broaden my skill set. The department’s priorities were shifting this quarter, which must be good.

My coworkers' teeth were all really white on camera when they were talking, which was really interesting because they've told me how much coffee they go through in a month. I use the same brand, and it’s pretty weak but tastes good. I'd have to ask them what whitening treatment they used, since I was a little self conscious about mine. I remembered in college when my friends were studying early AI, they said to count teeth and fingers because those were the hardest to generate accurately.

My manager's smile glinted on the screen.

I had some moments last month where I privately wondered if what we were working on really mattered, but my coworkers were really invested in this new project and I tried to mirror that energy. There might be some way to get promoted working on it, too. Sometimes it just seemed like we were working on things that nobody would use in the real world. But it takes all sorts. I looked at my phone case and wondered how many engineering hours went into it. Maybe we could linearly transform our work into something more concrete, take a feature we made and translate it into something that would write a book. Or at least just tell me what to say to my cat to make her finally like being around me. 

I was a little distracted that afternoon because they were coming out with a new version of a laptop I had. I wasn’t sure when the news would drop so I kept checking my feed, but I had some good conversations with my friends about whether it’d be worth the upgrade. It turned out that most of them were planning to pre-order it, so I might do the same. I felt like I’d earned it.

I was having trouble focusing, so I checked out of work half an hour early. That’s one advantage of working remote, my teammates are all spread out between different time zones so nobody notices if I leave. My manager says next year we’re going to arrange a conference and meet each other in person.

After work, I played some video games with the guys. The in-game voice chat wasn’t functioning due to some server outage somewhere, so we just played in silence, which was kind of boring. Someone on the other team called me a bot and we got into a pretty heated argument in the match chat. It’s always the worst when they don’t listen to anything I say and keep tossing the same insults.

I left early and let them play the new DLC my friends all had (despite their protests), since I was still on the fence about buying it for myself. I was a little distracted during the game since a woman I’d connected with on the new dating app was messaging me a bit more. She was pretty and seemed interesting, even though she didn't actually say much. I didn’t mind talking about my job though. With some people, you have to carry the conversation for a while.

Around sunset, I decided to go on another walk. I passed the library, which reminded me again that I should apply for a library card and work on my backlog of books I’d been meaning to read. A bunch of my friends on Goodreads were really into this new series about a guy fighting to save an empire.

There was a restaurant I’d heard was good that had just opened a few blocks over, but I had the new subscription meal box coming tonight and wanted to have the first meal from that when it arrived.

A woman wearing headphones at a bus stop caught my eye, just for a moment as the last of the sun lit her hair gold. She was okay, but I had seen prettier women on the new app. I guess that's where all the attractive people are these days. She looked tired, plus her face was slightly asymmetrical. She had nice headphones though, I recognized them from the video calls with my coworkers. They were the old model of the noise-canceling ones they wore. I made a mental note to check out that model when I got back, since it was probably popular for a reason.

My cat hissed at me when I got back. I might have been petting her wrong. She doesn’t like being in the apartment all day, but it’s not like I can let her out. Plus she has me for companionship, since I get to work remotely. Not like she takes advantage of it. I asked my pet-owning friends how to approach her more, but they didn’t have much advice for body language that I couldn’t find with a web search. Maybe I would switch her food to the nicer brand.

I lay in bed trying to sleep, but had the eye twitches that came from staring at a screen too much. I checked out a new app that one of my friends had mentioned to see if that would relax me a little bit. It used AI to turn your face into a landscape.

I played around with it for a while, trying different angles, and they all produced different types of generated landscapes. The AI was really good, but there were just constant ads. It was okay though. I’ve gotten pretty good at ignoring those.

#fiction #short fiction #mine #i remember writing this one winter weekend i just felt super depressed #touched it up a bit tonight and here we are

[allaboutmarketing4you]

Marketing Strategies And Marketing Mix Of Adobe

Source: The Brand Hopper

"Adobe’s Marketing Mix (4Ps): A Deeper Dive

Adobe’s success can be attributed to its strategic implementation of the marketing mix, the 4Ps: Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. Let’s explore each element in detail:

1. Product:

Breadth: From Photoshop and Illustrator for design to Premiere Pro and After Effects for video editing, Adobe covers diverse creative needs. They even offer XD for web design and Spark for social media content creation.

Depth: Each software has various versions. Photoshop Elements caters to beginners, while Photoshop CC caters to professionals. This ensures accessibility and scalability for different user groups.

Innovation: Adobe Research invests heavily in AI, machine learning, and other cutting-edge technologies. This translates into features like Content-Aware Fill in Photoshop and Rotoscoping in After Effects.

Integration: Adobe products work seamlessly together. For example, you can edit a photo in Photoshop and directly export it to Premiere Pro for video editing.

Services: Adobe Creative Cloud offers 20GB of cloud storage, access to Adobe Fonts, and integration with stock photo libraries like Adobe Stock, enhancing the overall creative workflow.

2. Price

Subscription Model: Adobe transitioned from perpetual licenses to subscriptions in 2013. This makes their software more affordable for individuals and small businesses, especially with monthly payment options.

Tiered Pricing: Individual, team, and enterprise subscriptions offer different features and functionalities, catering to diverse needs and budgets.

Free Trials and Freemium Options: Adobe offers free trials for most products, allowing users to experience the software firsthand. Some products also have limited free versions with basic features.

Discounts: Educational institutions, students, and teachers receive significant discounts on Adobe Creative Cloud, expanding access to future generations of creative professionals.

Bundled Offerings: Adobe Creative Cloud offers various bundles combining multiple products at a discounted price. This incentivizes purchases and increases perceived value.

3. Place

Direct Sales: Adobe sells directly through its website and flagship stores, offering personalized recommendations, tutorials, and in-depth product demonstrations.

Partner Channels: Strategic partnerships with leading tech companies like Microsoft and Apple expand reach and distribution channels. This makes Adobe software easily accessible through familiar platforms.

Online Marketplaces: Adobe software is available on Amazon and the Microsoft Store, increasing visibility and accessibility for users who prefer these platforms.

Cloud Delivery: Adobe Creative Cloud is delivered through the cloud, eliminating installation hassles and allowing users to access their files and projects from any device with an internet connection.

Mobile Apps: Adobe offers mobile versions of popular products like Photoshop and Lightroom, catering to the on-the-go creative needs of users and expanding their creative potential beyond desktops.

4. Promotion

Content Marketing: Adobe offers high-quality content across various formats. The Adobe Blog features in-depth tutorials, industry insights, and creative inspiration. They also have dedicated YouTube channels for each product, offering tutorials, tips, and behind-the-scenes glimpses.

Community Engagement: Adobe fosters a strong community through forums like the Adobe Help Center and user groups. They also host events like Adobe MAX, which connects users, showcases new features, and inspires creativity.

Social Media Marketing: Active engagement on platforms like Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube builds brand awareness and connects with users directly.

Influencer Marketing: Collaborations with renowned creative professionals like photographers and designers amplify brand messaging and reach new audiences. Adobe also has an Adobe Creative Experts program, empowering passionate users to share their knowledge and expertise.

Events and Conferences: Adobe hosts and participates in industry events like Adobe MAX and Adobe Summit. These events showcase innovation, connect with potential customers, and build brand awareness.

Paid Advertising: Adobe uses targeted ads on platforms like Google and social media to reach specific audience segments and drive traffic to their website and free trial offers.

By strategically implementing these elements, Adobe has created a marketing mix that is comprehensive, effective, and adaptable. They have gone beyond simply selling software; they have built a community, fostered creativity, and established themselves as a leader in the industry. This approach not only drives sales but also builds brand loyalty and establishes a strong foundation for future growth. "

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[truthem]

Korean Learning Resources

These are my personal favorite resources that I use in order to self-study Korean!

(if a link doesn’t work pls lmk)

YouTube Channels

빅키샘Miss Vicky

Miss Vicky has helped me tremendously with learning Korean. I use her videos mainly as a review but if I don’t understand something that I get from my main learning source (I’ll get to that in a bit!), I run over to her channel, find a video regarding that topic, and she clears everything right up. Her content is so thorough and I love the way she explains things (especially grammar). She’s also a native Korean speaker, so it’s comforting to know that she’s a reliable source. (maybe Im just a bit too suspicious…)

Hailey _Your Korean Friend

Hailey is the #1 YouTuber I recommend to beginners who are struggling with 한글 (Korean writing system/“alphabet”). Her explanations are amazing and I never got bored watching her videos. I don’t use her videos as often anymore unless I want to find some quick vocab words that I want to study because her content seems to be more geared towards beginner beginners. Her 한글 lessons are fast and easy and she makes it so you’re not getting overwhelmed with information at the start. She helped me a lot with pronunciation and with 받침! (last consonant in the Korean syllable… 받침 is still lowkey my greatest enemy)

Minji Teaches Korean 민지 티치 코리안

I’ve only personally used one of her videos but she gives a lot of examples and she explains very well. Minji seems to reach out to different levels of Korean, but I mainly see beginner lessons. She also hasn’t posted in 5 months… but she’s still a great creator that I recommend checking out!

Websites

TTMIK

TTMIK is my main learning source. I feel like everyone knows about this website, but it’s genuinely such a good resource for Korean. The only downside is that it focuses on grammar and rarely gives new vocabulary so, you kind of have to go out of your way to find vocab to study, but I don’t quite mind because it means I can decide what topics I want to learn. (they do have a YouTube channel in which they post like “500 must know Korean vocab” videos) TTMIK also has pretty affordable textbooks and workbooks. I personally don’t use them because I feel like I can learn Korean fine without spending money on a textbook but if you’re one of those people who like having a physical workbook/textbook, I’ve heard excellent things about their books!

HowtostudyKorean

This website is another well known one. I don’t usually use this website because I don’t like how disorganized it is, and I don’t personally understand the explanations. They also don’t teach 존댓말 (formal language) right off the bat and I personally believe that it’s beneficial to learn 존댓말 as a beginner due to how important it is in Korean culture. However, that’s just personal beliefs and preferences. They supply a really good amount of vocab to learn in each lesson and I really appreciate that.

I think that both TTMIK and HTSK are excellent websites and it’s truly up to personal preference as to which one you use!

Apps

Quizlet

Quizlet is one of the best vocab studying apps that I’ve tried. A while ago they added a subscription which is really annoying so the only thing you can really do it’s like flash card things and matching games?? It definitely downgraded the app but I can understand 😅

Drops

Drops is a very fun app for me. It helps with vocab studying so much. You can only use it for like 5 minutes a day unless you pay for a subscription, but even those 5 minutes a day are super useful. They have different topics such as Food, Numbers, Colors, K-pop, Daily routine, etc… It has other languages, too, so if you aren’t learning Korean or are learning other languages, you can choose to use Drops in your other target language! (They currently have over 40 languages if I remember correctly)

Naver Papago - AI Translator

I know there’s a lot of stigma around translators, but Papago is a dictionary based translator. I don’t know if that’s that correct term or what not, but basically, if you type in a sentence and translate it into Korean, it not only gives you the translation but also breaks down the words used in the sentence and gives further sample sentences with those words. I find this very fun and useful, and so far, Papago has been very accurate. (Just please don’t rely on Papago or any other translator if you’re genuinely learning a language, trust me 🙏)

DeepL Translate

Unlike Papago, DeepL translates sentences like how you would say them in an actual conversation. Additionally, it adds different ways to say everything you translate. The only downside is that the app doesn’t really explain anything you see in the sentence. As I said, Papago breaks down the sentences and gives you different examples as to how to use the words, and you can see different conjugations… etc. It really depends on personal preference as to which one you wanna use, they’re both great apps.

Langblr Blogs

a pop of korean

I personally love this blog especially to review after I’ve gone over things in TTMIK and even after I watch Miss Vicky. The explanations are incredibly easy for me to understand and the examples given are really clear for me.

dreamer hangugeo

I actually just recently found this blog but I really enjoy the explanations they give, too. I’m literally always scrolling through A Pop of Korean and Dreamer Hangugeo when I need a quick refresher or if I need clearance on something. It’s definitely worth checking these blogs out if you haven’t already.

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