117 “Psilocybin, Precog & Playaz” - 12.05.2018
This week, CIMON the robot is cranky on the ISS, ESA plays with CERN and AI Chips, shrooms pushing for legality in Oregon, AI powered predictive policing in the UK, Army recruits gamers, and Nephilim is the creature of the week! Go follow us on our new Twitch channel! Join us on Patreon to get MORE!
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YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST FOLKS! (Updates on stories)
In Video Debut, CIMON the ISS Robot Throws an Unexpected Tantrum
Cyborg Plant Controls a Robot to Move Itself Towards Light - Motherboard
TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI OH MY!
The TED Interview: Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds next | TED Talk
Britain Is Developing an AI-Powered Predictive Policing System
This is when experts think we’ll build a truly intelligent AI - The Verge
This AI Inserts Unsettling Digital Ghosts Into Normal Pictures - Digg
Gastrograph: Can an AI App Make Food Taste Better? - The Atlantic
Little Sophia: A New Robot Citizen Has Entered Our World
Meet the Nightmare Robot That Trains Employees by Acting Like an Awful Customer | Digital Trends
Toyota untethers its T-HR3 humanoid robot thanks to 5G
BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM
China’s gene-editing doctor He Jiankui is reportedly missing
China Opens a `Pandora's Box' of Genetic Engineering - Bloomberg
SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON
Google Is Developing Dossiers on Students Using Their Classroom Products, Disclosures Show
Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool | Reuters
Amazon improves Alexa's ability to recognize conversation topics by 35% | VentureBeat
How limiting social media reduces depression and loneliness
CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS!
VOA Vows Independence As Trump Calls For 'Worldwide Network' : NPR
President-Elect Donald Trump - as Foretold in a 1990 Heavy Metal Story! - Heavy Metal
Brazil's new foreign minister believes climate change is a Marxist plot | World news
STORIES THAT DOVETAIL OTHER RESEARCH
Report: More Than One Million US Pagans, Numbers Still Growing
Oregon is close to becoming the first US state to legalise magic mushrooms
SPACE/ALIEN/ETs/UFOs
NASA expert says alien life may have ALREADY visited Earth | Daily Mail Online
GAMERS!
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