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Post by some seeing eye » Tue Aug 08, 2023 12:42 pm

"I dance to pleasure you"



These would make reasonably priced avatars in BRC, about $2-3000. The DJI of quadrapods. Programming them to be house cats would be easy,
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Post by Simon of the Playa » Wed Aug 16, 2023 1:44 pm

Scientists have reconstructed Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall by eavesdropping on people’s brainwaves – the first time a recognisable song has been decoded from recordings of electrical brain activity.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/202 ... brainwaves
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Post by some seeing eye » Mon Sep 18, 2023 11:42 am

Nice to have technology put to positive use. At USC.

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Post by some seeing eye » Mon Sep 25, 2023 4:10 am

Deepfakes of Chinese influencers are livestreaming 24/7

With just a few minutes of sample video and $1,000, brands never have to stop selling their products.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/0 ... encers-ai/

Maybe they will be selling to ambien bot agents?
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Post by some seeing eye » Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:32 pm

AI psychotherapy with voice interface is here

https://gizmodo.com/openai-employee-dis ... 1850877739
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Post by some seeing eye » Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:06 am

Chatbots May ‘Hallucinate’ More Often Than Many Realize

When summarizing facts, ChatGPT technology makes things up about 3 percent of the time, according to research from a new start-up. A Google system’s rate was 27 percent.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/tech ... rates.html

Children sometimes make things up, FOX News does often.
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some seeing eye wrote:
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These would make reasonably priced avatars in BRC, about $2-3000. The DJI of quadrapods. Programming them to be house cats would be easy,
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Post by some seeing eye » Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:28 am

With wealth concentration there are trillions of excess wealth sloshing around driving up irrational VC valuations of AI. AI is the next Uber, and even better, because you don't have to pay the robots.
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Post by Simon of the Playa » Mon Nov 20, 2023 6:16 am

“It’s time for humans to become aware of the new reality and to collectively move where we want to as a species. We have the capability to do that and are already seeing signs of such movements. Our creativity, and our power to innovate and collaborate equip us with the perfect tools to actively design our future. We can break out of dead ends and business-as-usual, but for that, we must nurture the capacity for collective human agency and design settings where it can flourish"

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-unc ... ys-future/
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Post by Simon of the Playa » Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:35 am

"The chief scientist even commissioned a wooden effigy to represent an "unaligned" AI that works against the interest of humanity, only to set it on fire"


https://futurism.com/openai-employees-s ... ual-claims
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Post by lucky420 » Fri Feb 02, 2024 9:52 am

Simon of the Playa wrote:
Tue Jan 30, 2024 10:08 am
and so it begins...


https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/30/business ... index.html
Welp, I guess the person who is doing this would be the ultimate fanboy/girl/person
Oh my god, it's HUGE!

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Post by Simon of the Playa » Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:10 am

"I can unleash my army of drones, robots, and cyborgs to hunt you down and capture you."


https://futurism.com/microsoft-copilot-alter-egos
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Post by some seeing eye » Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:56 pm

Michael Crichton got his MD from Harvard and became a writer. He is responsible for Westworld and many others. The Terminal Man was one novel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal_Man

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2cukB4_hDCI

I have to say I'm fascinated by these robot dog videos



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Post by some seeing eye » Tue Jun 04, 2024 3:05 pm

Welcome your robot overseers.

Robots inspect construction site, compare as-built to AI building model

https://www.geekwire.com/2024/ai-backed ... ng-safety/

I guess robots like cheerful machine music too.

There is a vimeo link of little robots at work https://vimeo.com/951337268/6665b05e1a
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Post by Simon of the Playa » Tue Jul 02, 2024 6:11 pm

Using a new type of surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic interface, MIT researchers, in collaboration with colleagues from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, have shown that a natural walking gait is achievable using a prosthetic leg fully driven by the body’s own nervous system. The surgical amputation procedure reconnects muscles in the residual limb, which allows patients to receive “proprioceptive” feedback about where their prosthetic limb is in space.

https://news.mit.edu/2024/prosthesis-he ... rally-0701
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Post by some seeing eye » Sun Oct 13, 2024 2:29 pm

Casio to launch AI companion tribble

https://www.engadget.com/ai/the-fluffie ... 14733.html

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Post by some seeing eye » Mon Oct 28, 2024 2:17 pm

Your health care professionals may be subject to AI hallucination transcribing clinical interviews.

https://apnews.com/article/ai-artificia ... 6c4c9bbb14
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Post by some seeing eye » Fri Nov 01, 2024 12:55 pm

Mother of robots

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/10/09/i ... ility.html

I would like to see telepresence robots in BRC.
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Post by some seeing eye » Mon Nov 18, 2024 6:55 pm

Future influencers may not be exposed to dust. Rei Toei, the Idoru?

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Post by Simon of the Playa » Sun Nov 24, 2024 4:24 am

"Do not disclose personal information under any circumstances," AI Jesus warned reporters in the DW video. "Use this service at your own risk. Press the [big blue] button if you accept."

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/23/ ... rskapelle/
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Post by some seeing eye » Mon Jan 06, 2025 9:27 am

CES is the meet and greet between inventors and sales distributors.

We have seen cats riding robot vacuums, costumes for robot vacuums. Now we have robot vacuums that can pick up socks, and with the app, be directed where to put them.

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