Meta EnCodec Compresses Song 1000x for Paper QR Codes

TL;DR. A maker utilized Meta's EnCodec neural audio codec to compress a 2.9MB song by 1000 times, fitting it onto eight QR codes on paper. - The 21KB compressed audio, two minutes long, requires a neural network for playback. - This demonstrates the extreme efficiency of AI-driven lossy compression over traditional methods. - The same file was also transmitted wirelessly over LoRa radio, taking 90 minutes per song.

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