CCNT “Futurist Funerals & China’s Skynet” - 08.01.2018
Apparently, by 2050, we’re going to be able to attend our own funerals as robots. And China’s AI integration into foreign policy mean Skynet is officially here. Plus, Flippy is a Dodger fan, has female fans, and 23andMe shared your genetic data to scientists without you knowing about it. Lastly, if you want to be cool, Become a Patron, join the exclusive community, and receive Extended Reports of CCNT every week!
AGG for the WEEK OF July 18-30
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST FOLKS! (Updates on stories)
23andMe Is Sharing Its 5 Million Clients' Genetic Data with Drug Giant GlaxoSmithKline
Flippy the Robot Is the Tater Tot-Making Boyfriend I Deserve | Food & Wine
Nokia, T-Mobile US agree $3.5 billion deal, world's first big 5G award
Net Worth of Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk Compared | Money
TECHNOLOGY/AI
By 2050 humans will attend own funerals as robots – futurologist — RT World News
How AI could transform the way we measure kids’ intelligence – Quartz
AI Can Watch Your Eye Movements to Read Your Personality
AI big guns pledge not to develop autonomous "killer robots"
'Mirror' analyzes your personality to show dangers of A.I. - Futurity
Report: AI is the new space race, and the US needs a “Sputnik moment” - MIT Technology Review
Science insurgents plot a climate model driven by artificial intelligence | Science | AAAS
Virtual Reality Has Reached A "Tipping Point." It's Officially Here to Stay.
Technologies That Will Change Our Lives in 2018 and Beyond | TheTechNews
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
How Robots That Swap Out Their Own Parts Will Adapt to the World on the Fly
BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM
The genetics of education: 1,271 genes account for 10% of the variation | Ars Technica
A New Study Has Proven There’s No ‘Smart Gene’
Americans Would Do Anything To Make Their Kids Smarter. Except Edit Their Genes. | HuffPost
Gene-edited plants and animals are GM foods, EU court rules | Environment | The Guardian
Tomorrow's transplant organs could come from human-pig hybrids
3 biological parents, 1 child, and an international controversy
A Tiny Worm Frozen in Siberian Permafrost For 42,000 Years Was Just Brought Back to Life
Parasite in cat poop could be reducing our fear of failure, study finds
Three children among thousands to die from euthanasia in Belgium | Daily Mail Online
GAMING INDUSTRY
Gaming’s toxic men, explained - Polygon
Blockchain Technology Makes a Breakthrough in the Online Gaming Market
SPACE/ALIEN/ETs/UFOs
Scientists set up revised ‘Rio Scale’ to rate claims of alien contact – GeekWire
Suspicious Minds - The New York Times
More Democrats Believe in UFOs Than America | Frontpage Mag
List of planets most suitable for alien life grows by two - CNET
If we need to communicate with aliens, we should introduce them to our kids.
Mars shocker: Liquid water lake found on the Red Planet | Fox News
STORIES THAT DOVETAIL OTHER RESEARCHER’S WORK
Scientists identify ‘mummy juice’ in Egyptian sarcophagus
String Theory May Create Far Fewer Universes Than Thought
What Is (And Isn’t) Scientific About The Multiverse
Einstein’s theory of general relativity passes crucial black hole test - Vox
PAGANISM AND POP OCCULTURE
Racists Are Threatening to Take Over Paganism - VICE
White Witches, Tarot, Death Cults Are The New Religion
Genre creators discuss the power of witches and women at SDCC | SYFY WIRE
Pagan community center planned for “Paganistan” | The Wild Hunt
US Military Allows Norse Pagan To Wear Beard For Religious Reasons - LADbible
Russian Special Forces Are Turning to Paganism, Church Warns
CRYPTOCURRENCY/B-B-B-BLOCKCHAIN
The first ‘blockchain baby’ is here
Kim Kardashian Publicly Accepts Her First Bitcoin
McAfee will pay you $100k if you get into his ‘unhackable’ crypto-wallet
How an ancient stone money system works like cryptocurrency | Science News
MYSTERIOUS DEATHS
Femen co-founder Oksana Shachko found dead in Paris flat | World news | The Guardian
Alexander McQueen's best friend Annabelle Neilson dies aged 49 | Daily Mail Online
Doctor who treated former President George H.W. Bush likely targeted, police say - CNN
SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON
Facebook's outgoing security chief sent a damning company-wide memo
Yikes: Facebook just suffered the biggest one-day loss in stock market history – BGR
YouTube removes four videos from conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars channel | Salon.com
Alex Jones slammed with 30-day ban from Facebook for hateful videos [Update] – Ars Technica
Google Assistant wins AI IQ test; Siri beats Alexa and Cortana | VentureBeat
Google Glass Is Back–Now With Artificial Intelligence | WIRED
Amazon's facial recognition AI confuses politicians with criminals
Amazon: Cops should set confidence level on facial recognition to 99% | Ars Technica
Twitter stock plunges 20% in wake of 1m user decline | Technology | The Guardian
Earnings Roundup: Facebook, Amazon, Twitter and What to Expect From Apple - TheStreet
“THE FOUR HORSEMEN of the TECHNOCALYPSE!”
ISIS threaten Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg with beheading in new hacking campaign | Daily Star
Facebook shareholders try to fire Mark Zuckerberg as chairman | Daily Mail Online
Wall Street finally taught Zuckerberg the lesson he deserved
Jeff Bezos' kids combine Amazon Echo with Roomba: PHOTO - Business Insider
It's 'highly likely' Elon Musk spent over $20K on hair transplant surgery, doctor says
Elon Musk Called a Tesla Critic’s Boss to Complain About Him
Elon Musk deletes twerking Miley Cyrus tweet after backlash | Fox News
Tesla will have a KITT-like artificial intelligence in its vehicles, says Elon Musk | Electrek
Musk, Trump and a mass psychology effect both successfully exploit
Has Elon Musk lost control of his hype machine?
ICKY NEWS UPDATE
Sarah Silverman latest in Hollywood to have past controversy resurface - CNN
NEPHILIM UPDATE
Kandahar giant: Claims US military killed biblical Nephilim monster in Afghanistan | Daily Star
