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What was the first Mesopotamian Record Keeping and when was it?

Mesopotamian cuneiform in 3200 BC, they used a reed and clay

What is the difference between cuneiform and hieroglyphics?

Cuneiform represents whole syllables while hieroglyphics represent consonants only. Cuneiform is written on clay tablets and hieroglyphics are written on temple walls.

What are petroglyphs?

An image created by removing part of a rock surface by carving or drawing, as a form of rock art (prehistoric)

What is cuneiform?

An old form of writing drawn with a reed in a clay tablet

What is nsibidi?

The oldest form of writing in Africa besides hieroglyphics, that have symbols that refer to abstract concepts rather than specific words.

What is quipus?

A written language used by the Inca empire, using strings that are knotted.

What is the Dispilio tablet?

A wooden tablet bearing inscribed symbols dated between 7260 and 5250 BC. They resemble the Ancient Greek Alphabet.

What are the oracle bones?

Parts of animal bone used in divination ceremonies in ancient China; these bones were written on

What is a geoglyph?

A geoglyph is a large design or motif – generally longer than 4 meters – produced on the ground by durable elements of the landscape, such as stones, stone fragments, gravel, or earth.

What are runestones?

A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic inscription

How do actors mimic voices?

They understand the vocal characteristics and practice them: pitch, timbre, pace, accent, and articulation

How do films make flashbacks look like flashbacks?

In films and television, several camera techniques, editing approaches and special effects have evolved to alert the viewer that the action shown is a flashback or flashforward

What are arguments against against google Pixel AI?

Someone can use Magic Editor to manipulate their professional photos in a deceiving way.

You cannot be able to trust online pictures if they can be changed this easily.

What if someone uses it to create fake news or propaganda

How does AI photo enhancement work?

• AI image enhancement is a process that uses machine learning algorithms to improve the quality of images.

• Both increasing the resolution of an image and denoising require convolutional neural networks, which are for image processing tasks.

• To train a CNN it needs a dataset of images with a variety of different images so the CNN can learn to generalize specific examples

• The CNN is trained on it by adjusting the weights of the connections between neurons to minimize error.

• After being trained, it can then be used to enhance images.

What is upscaling (super-resolution)?

The process of increasing the resolution of an image

What is denoising?

The process of removing noise from an image

What are convolutional neurol networks (CNNs)?

A type of artificial neural network that is particularly well-suited for processing tasks.

What is a dataset?

A collection of data used to study from

What is backpropagation?

An algorithm that is designed to test for errors working back from output nodes to input nodes.

What is training (machine)?

A process in which a machine learning (ML) algorithm is fed with sufficient training data to learn from

What is image classification?

The process of categorizing and labeling groups of pixels or vectors within an image based on specific rules.

What is object detection?

A computer vision technique for locating instances of objects in images or videos.

What is semantic segmentation?

A deep learning algorithm that associates a label or category with every pixel in an image

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What is kintsugi?

Kintsugi is the process of repairing ceramics traditionally with lacquer and gold, leaving a gold seam where the cracks were.

What is yobitsugi?

To renew damaged ceramics by introducing objects foreign to the original piece, resulting in a patchwork-like finish