Mankind Research Unlimited

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destroy the roombas before they destroy us.

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OpenAI’s AI reasoning model ‘thinks’ in Chinese sometimes and no one really knows why

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/opena ... knows-why/

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maybe this should go in "things that make you go hmmm"

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https://viewer.mars.asu.edu/planetview/ ... 1,E1000462

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AI-enabled autocracy operates at a deeper level. It doesn't just control behavior—it shapes the cognitive environment in which thoughts themselves form. When every digital interaction is monitored and manipulated, when social media feeds are optimized for compliance rather than connection, when AI systems can predict and preempt dissent before it crystallizes into action—the very possibility of resistance begins to dissolve.

What makes this particularly dangerous is how it combines total surveillance with personalized manipulation. AI systems don't just watch everyone—they can craft individually optimized strategies for controlling each person's behavior. Your news feed, your social connections, your entertainment, your economic opportunities—all can be algorithmically adjusted to either reward compliance or punish deviation. This isn't just external control—it's the technological colonization of human consciousness itself.


https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/th ... -despotism

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go

Of the big AI companies Anthropic is the most ethical.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/heal ... gence.html

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-n ... rcna210340

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Archiving Pre-AI knowledge

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/why- ... explosion/

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kill the AI before it kills us.

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don't ever say i never warned you...



because i did, over a decade ago...


“I believe the merge has already started, and we are a few years in,” he wrote, adding that it’s “going to get a lot weirder” and is “probably going to happen sooner than most people think”.


https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/open ... 06704.html

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https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/15/ ... ming_soon/

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Many will remember Survival Research Laboratories and Cacophony-inspired power tool wars, both of which spread to the mainstream media.

Here is a new version:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/tech ... =url-share



Remember, the first rule of Fight Club...

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"So, you're saying a third of the stock market is tied up in seven AI companies that have no way to become profitable and that this is a bubble that's going to burst and take the whole economy with it?"

I said, "Yes, that's right."


https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/econopocalypse/

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read the back of your ticket.

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omg we are so so so very very super duper fucked

https://cybersecuritynews.com/shannon-a ... ting-tool/

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Energym is a real company who will probably nix this fake ad.
And CandyAI is a real company that makes AI ads for money.
Yes it was a Black Mirror episode.



Black Mirror episode in season one episode 2 Fifteen Million Merits

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https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2026 ... r-thoughts

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scream, into the abyss...


https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWjn2mFD8wN/

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https://www.thenation.com/article/socie ... leblowers/

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https://apnews.com/article/germany-berl ... 7beedfe83a

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Robot $20K or rent $500/month.

https://www.1x.tech/neo

Wonder how robots get along with playa dust?