why did it take this long to think of a dinosaur chatbot tho???
In (momentary) reprieve from the Hillz links I’ve been spamming you, a few links on cool, non-politics-related projects going on in the media industry rn:
What’s better than a chatbot? A T. REX CHATBOT. NatGeo droppin’ the mic on this AI craze (and bringing it to the young’uns) in one fell swoop.
This inventive project from WNYC that tracks heat in Harlem by putting sensors into people’s homes, thus turning something as boring as hot ass weather into an important urban issues story.
This music video for French music duo Cassius lets you swap actors (of varying races and sexual orientations) around in a very Sims-sort of way, which brings up all sorts of interesting implications.
Not rly sure there’s immediate journalistic value in getting to choose who gets to make out with whom in a music vid, but this definitely does make a bold statement about interracial and same-sex relationships, which we should all consider, no matter our industry.
Deez Links is off for a week ~on vacay~ and will be back, maybe, Thursday, Aug. 4.