128 CCNT “Robocops and DNAAAAH!” - 02.27.2019

This week on CCNT, India deploys Robocops, China’s gene edited babies are extra smart, synthetic DNA equals alien, and Faceborg mods realize the truth! Go follow us on our new Twitch channel and stay tuned, as we will soon announce the date of our first live stream! And we know it’s not the best platform right now, but join us on Patreon to get MORE!

 

AGG for the WEEK of FEB 21-27

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS!

FDA gives '23andME' the green light for genetic health tests - Story | WOFL

Twenty minutes into the future with OpenAI’s Deep Fake Text AI | Ars Technica

 

FLIPPY’S FAM!

The 'Digit' robot could be the future of humanoid pizza deliveries

 

TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY!

India Just Swore in Its First Robot Police Officer

Japan's robot deity delivers Buddha's teaching / Boing Boing

Robots Are Building a Robotics Museum

Atlantic League Expected To Add Robot Umpires, Mound Changes Following New MLB Agreement

This Fast Food Drive-Thru Is Now Using AI to Take Orders

Should Robots Have a License to Kill? - Scientific American

A new study explores humor in word embeddings

US Army developing AI-powered autonomous weapons — Quartz

Why AI is a threat to democracy—and what we can do to stop it - MIT Technology Review

Digital assistants should discuss with 'moral AI' whether to report illegal or immoral activity

 

CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS!

Facebook content moderators end up believing conspiracy theories — Quartz

Amazon is full of anti-vaccine misinformation - CNN

‘Is this for real?’: Twitter perplexed by sudden CIA fixation on Black Panther movie — RT USA News

Smithsonian Admits to Destruction of Thousands of Giant Human Skeletons in Early 1900’s

 

SPACE/ALIENS/ETs/UFOs

Synthetic DNA could help with search for alien life - CNN

Bizarre New Theory: Something Tampered With the Early Universe

NASA was able to recreate the 'origins of life' and the results are shocking | Fox News

                          

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE TECNOCHALYPSE

Tesla CEO Elon Musk teases something mysterious happening on Thursday - Model Y unveiling? -

 

FASHION!

Op-Ed | Can Artificial Intelligence Ever Understand Fashion? | Op Ed | BoF

 

AI IN THE ARTS

A philosopher argues that an AI can’t be an artist - MIT Technology Review

 

BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM

First CRISPR therapy administered in landmark human trial

Controversial GMO Mosquito Experiment To Fight Malaria Kicks Off : Goats and Soda : NPR

Unnatural DNA just changed genetics forever - SlashGear

China’s gene-edited babies may have enhanced intelligence due to genetic quirk – BGR

Scientists Just Added Four New Letters to the Genetic Code

Scientists are now testing genetically modified mosquitoes, which is just as scary as it sounds – BGR

 

ICKY NEWS ALERT!

Hacked Sex Robots Could Murder People, Security Expert Warns

 

NEPHILIM UPDATE

Bible Proves Long-Lost City of Atlantis is in Israel, Researcher Claims - Sputnik International

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