Cool Stuff Ride Home

Tue. 02/15 - The Love Story Behind the High Five Wikipedia Page

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Uncovering the story behind two anonymous people whose photographs serve as instructions on the high five Wikipedia entry. Plus, people apparently find AI-generated faces more trustworthy than real human ones. And the Idaho Potato Commission just dropped their first fragrance.

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Links:

The adorable love story behind Wikipedia's 'high five' photos (Input)
  • Depths of Wikipedia (Instagram)
  • Depths of Wikipedia (Twitter) 
  • Goofing Off (Wikipedia)
  • 4/8/21 episode about the origin of the high five (Kottke Ride Home)
  • Fake faces created by AI look more trustworthy than real people (NewScientist)
  • Humans Find AI-Generated Faces More Trustworthy Than the Real Thing (Scientific American)
  • AI generated faces are MORE trustworthy than real faces say researchers who warn of “deep fakes” (Lancaster University) 
  • AI Creates Photorealistic Portraits of Cartoon Characters (Kottke)
  • "Frites by Idaho" is a new perfume that smells like french fries (Boing Boing)
  • Love is in the Air... And it Smells like French Fries (Idaho Potato Commission)
  • Laserwriter II by Tamara Shopsin
  • Kottke.Org
  • Jackson Bird on Twitter

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