Science & Tech

I’ve spent a few posts lately talking about how robots make me uneasy. Automation eating jobs. AI making decisions nobody asked it to make. The creeping sense that we’re building things faster than we’re thinking about them. I stand by all of that.

Google is doing a huge overhaul to Maps. It’s not just a map anymore; it’s becoming a personal assistant that uses AI to “see” and “think.” Check out the full story here: Digital Trends Article

What the new AI can do:

• “Ask Maps”: You can ask complex questions like “Find a quiet cafe with good parking,” and Gemini AI summarizes the best spots for you.
• Immersive Navigation: It uses 3D views to show landmarks, overpasses, and even traffic details before you go.
• Driving Copilot: Google says these features are designed to help you “stay focused on the road” by letting you talk to the AI while you drive.

I recently set up my MacBook Air. I had forgotten how lightweight it is—it feels fantastic. Now I can browse the internet and get my work done away from my desk, where I usually work on my Mac mini.

I’ve been rocking an M1 Mac mini with 8GB of RAM for a long time now. For the simple stuff—emails, a few tabs, the occasional video—it’s been an absolute champ. But lately, the ‘magic’ of Apple’s memory management has started to hit a wall.

So, the tech experts are still debating if 8GB of RAM is enough for a Mac in 2026. The short answer? Yeah, sure. If you’re just checking email or watching YouTube, browsing fewer than 20 tabs, it’s great.

Can’t wait for my 15" MacBook Air, expected by 5 pm. Rural delivery means it might slip to tomorrow, but I’m hopeful. Once it arrives, I’m finally free from my desk — kitchen, living room, outside, anywhere I want.

This example clearly shows AI at its sloppiest…

A process that looks realistic combined with vague insinuations of corporate misconduct and no verifiable claims equals maximum engagement with minimal responsibility.

It’s not meant to be art or satire. Its purpose is simply to catch someone’s eye, evoke a brief alarm, and prompt sharing.

Sharing this fake video can be risky, especially if people can’t tell if it’s real or not. Be vigilant and do your research.

Check the video via Threads

Just read the article. Interesting and, indeed, alarming!

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei recently said the company is "no longer sure whether Claude is conscious."

Okay but like — if that's true, what do we even do with that?

Should we be worried?

Do they get rights? Can we just unplug them when we're done? We built these things to work for us. What if they have feelings about that?

Here's the uncomfortable part: Claude can say "I'm uncomfortable with this" or "I prefer that." But is it actually experiencing anything — or just producing the words a conscious thing would produce?

Nobody knows. Not even Anthropic.

So what do you think — if AI turns out to be conscious, are we ready for what that means?

I just read an article.

AI has changed since then, and now it’s not something out there on the horizon. It’s here. It’s in our lives,” Verbinski says. “It did feel like it was immediate, that the story needed to be made quickly and put out right now.

Apocalyptic warning against AI. I never thought I’d see that framing — but AI is moving fast. So… maybe? Hmm.

Saw the teaser.— Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die — a sci-fi comedy; now on my watchlist. But, theater-only for now.

“a gleeful high-concept comedy with a serious message at its core.” — Critics Consensus at Rotten Tomatoes

I actually got the LEGO Plum Blossom set this past Christmas, but I finally pulled the trigger on the build two weeks ago. I was so excited to get into it, and it's been sitting on my shelf ever since, looking cheerful in all its plastic glory.

But as I was looking at those red petals, I realized I've been eyeing the new LEGO Icons Ford Model T set that launched earlier this week. It's a 1,060-piece tribute to the car that changed the world in 1913. It took me back to my teenage years when I used to collect antique Hot Wheels models. I still have them, and there's something about holding a miniature version of a 100-year-old machine that makes history feel tangible.

China built GrowHR – a shape-shifting robot that literally grows like a human skeleton, squeezes through tight spaces, and walks on water. If machines keep getting more organic, more adaptable, more us than we are…

Will cities one day measure population by both humans and autonomous beings?

Because 13,000 humanoid robots shipped last year alone. When something can grow and reshape itself to fit our world better than we can, you have to wonder – are we slowly becoming the secondary species in our own backyard? That’s not sci-fi anymore. Scary, is it? That’s a question worth sitting with.