Archive for the 'Rise of the Machines' Category
JavaScript Pilot in Microsoft Flight Simulator
May 5th, 2024Via: Pomax: …we’re writing a web page that can control an autopilot running in JS that, in turn, controls a little virtual aeroplane. And by “little” I actually mean “most aeroplanes in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020” because as it turns out, MSFS comes with an API that can be used to both query *and set* […]
BlackRock CEO: Rise Of The Machines Will Go Easier In Countries With Declining Populations
May 2nd, 2024NEW – BlackRock CEO: "The social problems that one will have in substituting humans for machines is going to be far easier in those countries that have declining populations."pic.twitter.com/6umP1JnLQ0 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) May 2, 2024 Via: The Sociable: Blackrock CEO Larry Fink tells the World Economic Forum (WEF) that developed countries with shrinking populations will […]
Astribot S1
April 28th, 2024Impressive, if real. Via: Astribot:
And Now… AI Assisted Police Reports
April 24th, 2024Via: Forbes: American cops are increasingly leaning on artificial intelligence to assist with policing, from AI models that analyze criminal patterns to drones that can fly themselves. Now, a GPT-4 powered AI can do one of their less appealing jobs: filing paperwork. On Tuesday, Axon, the $22 billion police contractor best known for manufacturing the […]
Robot Dog with Flamethrower Attached
April 23rd, 2024Comedy Gold: “Clearing snow and ice from your driveway” Via: New York Post: A company have unveiled a robot dog companion — with flamethrower attached. Throwflame say the Thermonator is the first-ever flame-throwing quadruped robot dog. … The Ohio-based firm have announced the $9,420 bot is available for purchase by the general public and government […]
How Big Tech and Silicon Valley are Transforming the Military-Industrial Complex
April 23rd, 2024Via: Brown University: Over the past decade, the center of America’s military-industrial complex has been slowly shifting from the Capital Beltway to Silicon Valley. Although much of the Pentagon’s $886 billion budget is spent on conventional weapon systems, and goes to well-established defense giants such as Lockheed Martin, RTX, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Boeing, and […]
Boston Dynamics: Atlas 2.0
April 18th, 2024Via: Daily Mail: Boston Dynamics has unveiled a new version of its Atlas humanoid robot, showing its creepy movements that make it look like something out of a sci-fi horror movie. The Massachusetts-based robotics company shared a video of the latest humanoid, showing it pulling its leg behind its heads to stand up – in […]
Israel Lets AI Decide Who Dies in Gaza
April 12th, 2024Via: The Libertarian Institute: The Israeli military has employed yet another AI-based system to select bombing targets in the Gaza Strip, an investigation by +972 Magazine has revealed. The new system has generated sweeping kill lists condemning tens of thousands of Palestinians, part of the IDF’s growing dependence on AI to plan lethal strikes. Citing […]
Udio: AI Creates Music from Text Prompts
April 10th, 2024Via: Udio: Introducing Udio, an app for music creation and sharing that allows you to generate amazing music in your favorite styles with intuitive and powerful text-prompting. 1/11 pic.twitter.com/al5uYAsU5k — udio (@udiomusic) April 10, 2024
OpenAI Can Re-Create Human Voices from 15 Second Samples
March 30th, 2024Fifteen seconds? *pfft* Google AI Clones Your Voice After Listening for 5 Seconds Microsoft’s New AI Can Simulate Anyone’s Voice with 3 Seconds of Audio Via: Ars Technica: Voice synthesis has come a long way since 1978’s Speak & Spell toy, which once wowed people with its state-of-the-art ability to read words aloud using an […]
