Technology
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
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](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/good_luck_have_fun_dont_die)
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?
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.
I wish they’d create a phone like the Nothing Fold concept. It’s wide and tall when closed, opening into a mini-tablet—the ideal hybrid. The first Pixel Fold was nearly perfect but too short. With Samsung rumored to go “wide” soon, is it also short?
Okay, this one is a little alarming. Security researchers have been digging into Chrome extensions — those handy little add-ons we all install and then completely forget about — and what they found is not great news, according to SecurityWeek.
“More than 300 Chrome extensions were found to be leaking browser data, spying on users, or stealing user information. With more than 37 million combined downloads, the extensions expose users to tracking and personal information theft.”
Be careful out there — do your research before installing any extension, and audit what you already have.