What in the world. Empire State³ As if Saudi Arabia doesn’t already have enough giga-scale construction projects on its plate, Riyadh-based newspaper Arab News reports that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has unveiled plans to construct a gigantic downtown development in the country’s capital called New Murabba. At over seven square miles in area, it will… Continue reading Saudi Arabia Announces Gigantic Cubed Skyscraper Filled With Holographic Worlds
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Early Mayan Civilization Was Far More Advanced Than We Thought, Scientists Say
They’ve revealed an incredibly extensive network of “superhighways.” Superhighways The Mayans were incredibly advanced — that’s nothing new. But gauging the extent of their civilization has always proved tricky, since so much of it lies hidden by the impenetrably dense rainforests of Guatemala. But now, using light detection and ranging (LiDAR), scientists have revealed a… Continue reading Early Mayan Civilization Was Far More Advanced Than We Thought, Scientists Say
We Got a Psychotherapist to Examine the Bing AI’s Bizarre Behavior
As Microsoft’s Bing AI keeps making headlines for its increasingly bizarre outputs, one question has loomed large: is it okay? Since its launch last week, some folks online have begun to glibly refer to the Bing AI as “ChatBPD,” a reference to it being powered by OpenAI’s tech and to Borderline Personality Disorder, a mental… Continue reading We Got a Psychotherapist to Examine the Bing AI’s Bizarre Behavior
Last Time Microsoft Released an AI, It Lost Control and Had to Kill It
It wold be ok if Microsoft repeated this part of its AI history tbh. Shake It Off With Microsoft’s new Bing AI and other artificial intelligence software becoming the biggest news story of 2023 thus far, it’s easy to forget that AI chatbots have been around for a long time — and that Microsoft’s old… Continue reading Last Time Microsoft Released an AI, It Lost Control and Had to Kill It
Luxury Boeing 747 Scrapped After Just 16 Flights
It sat abandoned for almost a decade. Short Life A practically new Boeing 747 passenger jet, which was meant to be heavily modified to fly wealthy Saudi royalty around the world, has been scrapped after spending only 30 hours and 16 flights in the air, CNN reports — a wasteful demise for a plane that… Continue reading Luxury Boeing 747 Scrapped After Just 16 Flights
Elon Musk Horrified by What OpenAI Has Become
He co-founded the company in 2015, but left three years later. Qualia Zombie Tesla CEO Elon Musk is becoming increasingly irritated with the latest crop of AI chatbots, which are wreaking absolute havoc on the web right now. That makes sense given his own personal history with OpenAI, the organization he cofounded around eight years… Continue reading Elon Musk Horrified by What OpenAI Has Become
Bruce Willis Has Been Diagnosed With Frontotemporal Dementia
Image by Mitchell Leff via Getty / Futurism Bruce Willis’ family has announced that the “Die Hard” star has been diagnosed with dementia in their first update in just over a year, when they revealed that he had aphasia, a neurological disorder that causes speech difficulties. In a statement released by the Association for Frontotemporal… Continue reading Bruce Willis Has Been Diagnosed With Frontotemporal Dementia
Bing AI Names Specific Human Enemies, Explains Plans to Punish Them
Microsoft’s Bing Chat AI says the darndest things. From trying to break up a journalist’s marriage to growing evil alternate personalities, the AI has already drawn increasingly unwelcome attention for the tech giant in the short period that it’s been available to the public. Now, Bing has had enough and is ready to exact its… Continue reading Bing AI Names Specific Human Enemies, Explains Plans to Punish Them
Group of Dudes Fear the Pentagon May Have Shot Down Their Balloon
“I tried contacting our military and the FBI — and just got the runaround.” Knights Who Say NIBBB Pour one out for the men of the Northern Illinois Bottlecap Balloon Brigade (NIBBB), a hobbyist ballooning group that flies and tracks relatively small and inexpensive “pico” balloons for fun. As Aviation Week reports, one of their… Continue reading Group of Dudes Fear the Pentagon May Have Shot Down Their Balloon
Microsoft Stock Falling as Bing AI Descends Into Madness
Well, this has been a disaster. Loose Cannon Microsoft has an unpredictable, vindictive AI on its hands — and it’s already enjoying a limited release to the public. The company released the AI-powered chatbot that’s designed to improve search to a select number of users over the last few weeks, and it’s off to a… Continue reading Microsoft Stock Falling as Bing AI Descends Into Madness