“Intelligence gives power. So who’s going to control that power?” Fringe Theory One of the world’s leading AI pioneers is warning not only that the increasingly powerful technology could harm the world, but that the people in charge of it may be equally dangerous. In an interview with CNBC, computer science luminary Yoshua Bengio said that… Continue reading Godfather of AI Warns of Powerful People Who Want Humans “Replaced by Machines”
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Wait, Why Is Novo Selling Weight Loss Drugs for So Cheap in China?
Image by Getty / Futurism Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has launched its mega-popular weight loss drug Wegovy in China — and it’s charging just a tiny fraction of what the blockbuster drug costs in the US. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the drug will first be issued at a public hospital in Shanghai… Continue reading Wait, Why Is Novo Selling Weight Loss Drugs for So Cheap in China?
Research Finds Conservatives Vastly More Likely to Share Inaccurate Articles Without Even Reading Them
Everyone is pretty bad at reading, though. Link in Bio A team of researchers led by Penn State have found that American conservatives on Facebook are substantially more likely to share article links containing false information — without even reading them. Liberals aren’t off the hook, though; Facebook users overall were astonishingly bad at vetting information… Continue reading Research Finds Conservatives Vastly More Likely to Share Inaccurate Articles Without Even Reading Them
CEO Fires 99 Out of 110 Workers for Missing Morning Meeting
“I joined an internship, and an hour later, the entire team got fired.” Firing Squad The CEO of The Musician’s Club, an online instrument storefront, reportedly fired 99 out of 110 employees and contracted freelancers for missing a single morning meeting. A Musician’s Club intern described the surreal event in a viral and since-deleted post… Continue reading CEO Fires 99 Out of 110 Workers for Missing Morning Meeting
Something Is Malfunctioning With Astronauts’ Brains
Image by NASA / Futurism Scientists studied the cognitive behavior of astronauts who have spent six months on board the International Space Station — and made some fascinating yet ominous discoveries. As outlined in a paper published in the journal Frontiers, the team led by NASA’s Behavioral Health and Performance Laboratory researcher Sheena Dev found that… Continue reading Something Is Malfunctioning With Astronauts’ Brains
Scientists Say They’ve Discovered the Shape of Individual Photons
It’s “something that hasn’t been seen before in physics.” Everything Is Illuminated Lighten up, people: a fascinating new paper has dropped that describes the shape of a single photon, the smallest possible form of energy in an electromagnetic field that we commonly know as light. The work, published as a study in the journal Physical… Continue reading Scientists Say They’ve Discovered the Shape of Individual Photons
Scientists Find Evidence That Ancient Egyptians Were Tripping Balls
They discovered a “cocktail of psychedelic drugs, bodily fluids, and alcohol” inside of a 2,000-year-old vase. Bes Up A team of researchers from the University of South Florida has discovered the first-ever physical evidence that ancient Egyptians got messed up on rowdy cocktails of hallucinogenic drugs. The findings add evidence to centuries-old myths surrounding the… Continue reading Scientists Find Evidence That Ancient Egyptians Were Tripping Balls
Even People Who Hate AI Art Appear to Actually Prefer AI Art in a Blind Test
It’s easy to be smug about AI “art” because, hey, doesn’t that stuff look like garbage? But the reality isn’t so simple. To the untrained eye, it seems that AI-generated images are more than just passable; in some cases, they seem to match up to the old masters themselves. That at least appears to be… Continue reading Even People Who Hate AI Art Appear to Actually Prefer AI Art in a Blind Test
Elon Musk Investor Says He’s Now Realized He Was an “Enabler”
Lesson learned. Slow Realization Elon Musk has so suddenly transformed into a Donald Trump shill that even his most loyal investors are getting disillusioned with him. “I feel horrible that I was one of Elon’s greatest enablers over the last decade,” said Ross Gerber, investor and CEO of Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management in… Continue reading Elon Musk Investor Says He’s Now Realized He Was an “Enabler”
Scientists Invent Giant Dishwashing Machine for Entire Human Bodies
Prepare to get blasted. Rinse Cycle A Japanese showerhead maker called Science Co. is planning to debut what it’s calling the “human washing machine of the future” at the Osaka Kansai Expo in April — and while we have no idea who the target customer might be, consider us morbidly fascinated. The washing machine, which… Continue reading Scientists Invent Giant Dishwashing Machine for Entire Human Bodies