If you haven’t taken part in the yanny/laurel controversy over the last couple days, allow me to sincerely congratulate you. But your time is up. The viral speech synth clip has met the AI hype train and the result is, like everything in this mortal world, disappointing.
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‘Laurel or Yanny’ just took a super dark turn thanks to the U.S. Air Force
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Nothing lasts forever and no meme goes untarnished.
On Thursday morning, the U.S. Air Force jumped on the never-ending “Laurel or Yanny” meme and took it to a really dark place, proving memes and military action just don’t mix.
The social media minds behind the U.S. Air Force Twitter account decided to employ the hotly-debated two names in a tweet bragging about fighter jets providing air support to repress a Taliban offensive.
The Taliban Forces in Farah city #Afghanistan would much rather have heard #Yanny or #Laurel than the deafening #BRRRT they got courtesy of our #A10. Read more: https://t.co/pTxpG3X6Ui pic.twitter.com/vLbCg94P3w
— U.S. Air Force (@usairforce) May 17, 2018 Read more…
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What Yanny vs. Laurel taught us: We yearn to be divided
Remember the optical illusion known simply as the dress? Sure you do. Black and blue or white and gold? This was the question that divided the internet back in the more innocent time of February 2015. The fault lines ran through marriages and f…
View More What Yanny vs. Laurel taught us: We yearn to be dividedThe original Yanny vs. Laurel audio will finally settle this once and for all
If you have gone the past 24 hours without being asked, “what do you hear?” Then, well, I’m jealous.
The latest thing to divide our post-The Dress internet is the audio illusion of Yanny vs. Laurel. Believe it or not, a simple clip of a compute…
Chrissy Teigen has broken down the 3 universal stages of Yanny/Laurel
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If you’ve been anywhere near the internet in the past 24 hours, you’ll almost certainly have seen the words “Yanny” and “Laurel” floating about.
If you’ve somehow managed to miss the clip that’s currently dividing the internet, though, here’s a recap:
What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel pic.twitter.com/jvHhCbMc8I
— Cloe Feldman (@CloeCouture) May 15, 2018
Right, now prepare yourself for the three stages of Yanni/Laurel, as told by Chrissy Teigen:
1. Initial certainty, followed by immediate confusion.
it’s so clearly laurel. I can’t even figure out how one would hear yanny.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) May 15, 2018 Read more…
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Laurel is kicking Yanny’s ass on Google
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Sorry team Yanny, Laurel is dominating on Google.
The great Yanny vs. Laurel debate exploded on Tuesday after a recording of a computer-generated voice started office fights around the world. The voice appears to be saying one word, and no one can agree if it’s saying “laurel” or “yanny.”
Listen for yourself here:
What do you hear?! Yanny or Laurel pic.twitter.com/jvHhCbMc8I
— Cloe Feldman (@CloeCouture) May 15, 2018
While the internet seems pretty divided on whether they hear the word yanny or laurel, Google Trends shared that searches for laurel are way above yanny in every area of the United States. This doesn’t necessarily mean more people are hearing laurel, but it’s still interesting that it’s higher considering yanny is the first word on the Instagram poll that’s been floating around with the audio. Read more…
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