A laboratory found a pattern of cell damage that has been seen in #veterans exposed to #weapons blasts, & said it probably played a role in the gunman’s spiral into #violence.
The #gunman, #RobertCard, was a #grenade instructor in the #ArmyReserve. In 2023, after 8 yrs of being exposed to thousands of skull-shaking blasts on the training range, he began hearing #voices & was stalked by #paranoid#delusions. He grew increasingly erratic & #violent in the months before the Oct rampage in #Lewiston, in which he killed 18 people & then himself.
I swear to fucking god, one of these days I will snap and start my own #InternetRadio station, "novocals.fm”, where it's all #ElectronicMusic WITHOUT ANY GODDAMN HUMAN #VOICES IN IT 🤬
Some of us have faulty speech-processing centers, and just want the #music without the incredibly distracting tongue-flap noises 😩
(in the meantime, I may have to try and resurrect my brain.fm habit 🤔)
For the Vergecast David Pierce talks about how AI voices are taking over the internet — He explores the exciting and yet frightening possibilities of the technology as it continues to advance and improve on replicating our own voices.
Illustrated nicely the tension between the genuine utility of these systems vs all the ethical and governance problems they may create.
What was also interesting how subjective it is to rate the authenticity of these #AI#voices, but it only takes one fake to get through to potentially cause havoc.
Oh and of the many possible Dwight Schrute quotes, good choice! 😉 #theoffice#theofficeus