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Scientists Detect Surge of Brain Activity in Dying Coma Patients

Image by Getty / Futurism A team of scientists made a fascinating discovery while analyzing the brain activity of two comatose patients in their final moments. They noticed a surge in activity in an area of the brain associated with consciousness, even after their hearts stopped beating — findings that could help explain why many… Continue reading Scientists Detect Surge of Brain Activity in Dying Coma Patients

This AI-Generated Beer Commercial Is a Hallucinogenic Nightmare

“Like how an alien intelligence would understand our beer commercials.” Psychedelic Beerpocalypse An AI-generated beer commercial is here, and frankly it’s the ghoulish fever dream we all deserve. As a general rule, beer commercials most often fall into two categories. The first is characterized by gruff ramblings about the American spirit intermixed with shots of… Continue reading This AI-Generated Beer Commercial Is a Hallucinogenic Nightmare

A Shocking Number of Gig App Workers Were Murdered on the Job Last Year

The real number is probably even higher. Unsafe Situations In 2022, dozens of app gig workers were killed on the job — and, for some reason, labor laws haven’t caught up yet. A new report by the advocacy organization Gig Workers Rising found that in 2022, a whopping 31 gig workers were murdered on the… Continue reading A Shocking Number of Gig App Workers Were Murdered on the Job Last Year

Elon Musk Says His Great Intellect Predicted That Starship Would Explode

“Roughly what I expected.” Crystal Ball Thought the scene that was SpaceX blowing up its own Starship rocket mid-flight looked a little, uh, unplanned? Well, CEO Elon Musk says he knew that the rocket would explode, actually. Joke’s on you! The unfortunate explosion, which went down on April 20, was “roughly what I expected,” Musk said… Continue reading Elon Musk Says His Great Intellect Predicted That Starship Would Explode

IBM Replacing 7,800 Human Jobs With AI, Including Human Resources

“I could easily see 30 percent of that getting replaced by AI and automation over a five-year period.” Welp It’s happening — companies are actually replacing human workers with artificial intelligence. In an interview with Bloomberg, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said that tech company is slowing or suspending hiring for any jobs that could possibly be… Continue reading IBM Replacing 7,800 Human Jobs With AI, Including Human Resources

Elon Musk Admits Starship Didn’t Initially Respond to Self-Destruct Command

That’s not good. 40 Long Seconds During a Twitter Spaces chat over the weekend, The New York Times reports, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company’s massive Starship spacecraft and Super Heavy booster only self-destructed after a lengthy delay after receiving the command. The giant 400-foot stack of rocket and booster took off from… Continue reading Elon Musk Admits Starship Didn’t Initially Respond to Self-Destruct Command

Pornhub Just Blocked the Entire State of Utah

Starting this week, Pornhub has completely disabled its website for everybody living in the state of Utah, Vice reports — a significant escalation over a controversial new law that requires porn sites to verify users’ ages without having much of a plan as to how to enforce it. Critics argue the new law isn’t just unconstitutional,… Continue reading Pornhub Just Blocked the Entire State of Utah

Man Gives All His Financial Info to AI and Lets It Make Decisions

Joshua Browder, the CEO of robo-lawyer startup DoNotPay, says that he handed over his entire financial life to OpenAI’s GPT-4 large language model in an attempt to save money. “I decided to outsource my entire personal financial life to GPT-4 (via the DoNotPay chat we are building),” Browder tweeted. “I gave AutoGPT access to my… Continue reading Man Gives All His Financial Info to AI and Lets It Make Decisions

ChatGPT Mod Allows NPCs in Skyrim to Make Up New Dialogue

Is this the future of video games? AI NPCs A particularly crafty modder has taken advantage of the wonders of ChatGPT to give non-player characters (NPCs) in the VR edition of the iconic 2011 video game Skyrim the ability to come up with new dialogue on the spot and have an actual conversation with the… Continue reading ChatGPT Mod Allows NPCs in Skyrim to Make Up New Dialogue