The Shudder horror film “LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL” causes controversy over its use of AI art despite good reviews and a strong opening. Public response is polarized, with heated debates about AI’s role in creativity.
Ten years ago when we were all worried about the coming Mayan calendar’s end, a Russian-American scientist who specialized in population biology and devises theories theorized that 2012 was “bullshit.” He said 2020 was the REAL year to worry about.
And now, in the middle of the most tumultuous year in generations, perhaps the call of bullshit a decade ago was more spot on than we knew.
Apple contractors regularly hear confidential medical information, drug deals, and recordings of couples having sex, as part of their job providing quality control, or “grading”, the company’s Siri voice assistant, the Guardian has learned! Source for the information: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jul/26/apple-contractors-regularly-hear-confidential-details-on-siri-recordings MORE.. An anonymous current company insider and whistleblower told The Guardian: “There have been countless instances of recordings … Read moreWelcome to the machine: SIRI is listening to you having sex!
Do you hear what I hear? A conspiracy theory worth listening to
Aheadline of high strangeness, but amplified by a scientist who thinks the premise could be true.. A.A. Berezin of the National Research University of Electronic Technology in Russia started by suggesting that ‘biological organisms like ourselves or rogue AIs that rebelled against their creators’ may have already destroyed every species in their way without even … Read moreHave AIs already taken over the universe!?
Porn stars say rise of sex robots is putting them out of work: SEX robots could put porn stars out of work as the creepy technology continues to produce more lifelike products, a worried adult film star has said. from Tumblr http://ift.tt/2y4FZ4C
ROBOT REVENGE: A bot just defeated one of the world’s best video gamers: An artificial intelligence program just annihilated its human competition at a world championship video game contest. It’s on like Donkey Kong. Humans take years to master the timing.. the gaming.. then all the dreams of a gamer are just shattered like Dollar … Read moreROBOT REVENGE: A bot just defeated one of the world’s best video gamers
Error 404: Visualizing The Internet’s Digital Decay : Perhaps more urgent are public records that live in the digital realm. Supreme Court decisions and academia lean heavily on citations to build their arguments. What happens when those citations simply vanish? A Harvard study found that 49% of the hyperlinks in Supreme Court decisions are now broken. Even … Read moreError 404: Visualizing The Internet’s Digital Decay
Law professor warns: Congress must act on growing sexbot industry: Saying there’s evidence rape sexbots may significantly increase the chance of rape to real women, the law should “no longer stand by and blindly ignore a major potential problem by doing nothing,” he said in an email to The College Fix. Sexbots, especially those which … Read moreLaw professor warns: Congress must act on growing sexbot industry
Alice and Bob talk about balls. In their own language.