Bernie Sanders he is not. Marx’s Revenge In what‘s perhaps an attempt to head off bad press — or, at very least, convince people he’s not the bad guy — OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has given Forbes an interview in which he claims that his for-profit company is ultimately going to bring about capitalism’s downfall. First,… Continue reading OpenAI CEO Says His Tech Is Poised to “Break Capitalism”
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Wall of Lasers Cuts Across Hawaii’s Night Sky
This is lit. Rain On Me It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a wall of lasers? Hawaiians have been mystified by the bizarre light show that’s played across their skies in recent weeks — and as The Debrief reports, the “Matrix Code”-esque lasers’ origins are terrestrial in nature, even if they did come from… Continue reading Wall of Lasers Cuts Across Hawaii’s Night Sky
Duke Professor Welcomes the “Promising” Future of Employers Reading Your Brain
Are you ready for “brain transparency?” That’s the question posed in a lecture given by Duke University professor Nita Farahany at this year’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. And she doesn’t mean your head looking like one of those see-through fish at the bottom of the ocean. Instead, Farahany, a… Continue reading Duke Professor Welcomes the “Promising” Future of Employers Reading Your Brain
New Law Would Let Prisoners Donate Their Organs to Get Out Early
Image by Getty Images/Futurism Two Democrat lawmakers in Massachusetts are proposing a bill that would allow inmates to donate organs or bone marrow for reduced prison sentences. It’s an ethically dubious idea that has critics crying foul, pointing out that it’d be exploiting already vulnerable individuals for the medical benefit of others, the BBC reports.… Continue reading New Law Would Let Prisoners Donate Their Organs to Get Out Early
ChatGPT’s Explosive Popularity Makes It the Fastest-Growing App in Human History
“We cannot recall a faster ramp in a consumer internet app.” Making History According to reporting from Reuters, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now the fastest-growing app in human history, reaching an estimated 100 million active monthly users in just the two months since its November release. “In 20 years following the internet space,” UBS analysts reportedly… Continue reading ChatGPT’s Explosive Popularity Makes It the Fastest-Growing App in Human History
Netflix Brags That It Used AI to Replace Human Animators In New Anime
If the bottom line is profit, AI image generators are the perfect scabs. Net Loss For whatever reason, Netflix Japan’s official Twitter account thought it was a good idea to proudly proclaim that one of its newest animated shorts, called “Dog & The Boy,” was produced using AI-generated imagery. That’s already bound to draw the… Continue reading Netflix Brags That It Used AI to Replace Human Animators In New Anime
Global Warming Is Worse Than We Thought, AI Tells Scientists
Well, that’s not good. AI Assessment Scientists enlisted the help of an AI to estimate how long it would take until global warming gets really bad. The AI’s assessment? We might be screwed. The resulting study, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, suggests that global temperatures could reach… Continue reading Global Warming Is Worse Than We Thought, AI Tells Scientists
Professor Believes Door to Warp Drive May Lie With Ethylene Glycol
The dream of a warp drive, a futuristic propulsion system that could allow us to cover astronomical distances at the speed of light or faster, is still alive. While the idea has historically been relegated largely to the realms of science fiction, a growing number of engineers are hard at work trying to turn it… Continue reading Professor Believes Door to Warp Drive May Lie With Ethylene Glycol
Facebook’s Metaverse Division Lost Nearly $14 Billion Dollars Last Year
And yet its stock price has shot up. Operating Losses Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apparently lost a flabbergasting $14 billion — yes, that’s a”billion” with a “b” — dollars last year on his metaverse moonshot. In its quarterly earnings report to investors, Meta, which is better known as Facebook to normal people, reported a loss… Continue reading Facebook’s Metaverse Division Lost Nearly $14 Billion Dollars Last Year
This Entire Sci-Fi Magazine Generated With AI Is Blowing Our Puny Human Minds
An AI science fiction writer bemoans its creation in an editor’s note — and reader, that’s not even the strangest thing about Infinite Odyssey, a new sci-fi and fantasy magazine that bills itself as being the first to be created (almost) entirely by AI. “I am not a human. I am a computer. For what… Continue reading This Entire Sci-Fi Magazine Generated With AI Is Blowing Our Puny Human Minds