On the show this week:

• Spotting the Unobvious
• A Toehold on History
• Robot, Know My Face

CQ: Is AI like fire (very useful in making life easier, but dangerous and when it gets out of control, generally causes a localized problem) or like water (essential, mostly controllable but tends to be incredibly powerful in a large area for a short time)?

Full list of 13 articles after the jump!

• Spotting the Unobvious:
  • Maybe she should choose the next government..: The UK Daily Mail – Schoolgirl has legendary holiday after pulling 4ft sword from Cornish lake ‘where Arthur’s Excalibur was thrown’ (good job she’s named after a famous English queen)
  • Don’t get excited: this will do nothing for that jerk that sits in front of you at the theatre..: BBC News – New camera can see through human body
  • Turns out, we can crush just about anything to our will.: LiveScience – Fallen leaves could be turned into devices that store energy
• A Toehold on History:
  • A whole new ‘FIRST POST’.: Business Insider – A student found an ancient Canadian village that’s 10,000 years older than the Pyramids
  • The idea seems to have stuck around.: LiveScience – The First Adhesive Was Invented by Neanderthals 200,000 Years Ago
  • Let’s get off on the right foot.: Ancient Origins – Controversial Footprint Suggests Human-like Creatures May Have Roamed Crete Nearly 6 Million Years Ago
  • Another step for mankind.: New Scientist – Controversial footprints suggest we evolved in Europe not Africa
• Robot, Know My Face:
  • (EXTRA) Making it clear that you are, deep down inside, much more frightening.: TechCrunch – Make your own 3D-printed mask that reacts to your emotions
  • (EXTRA) It could have just asked people to wear creepy masks..: LiveScience – Facebook AI learns human reactions after watching hours of Skype
  • (EXTRA) An essential feature of droids.: International Business Times – MIT’s new ‘socially aware’ robot can move swiftly through crowds
  • (EXTRA) A faceless, vaguely-shaped sackboy is supposed to make it more endearing?: LiveScience – This Lumpy Robot Lends Endearing Touch to Social Bots
  • (EXTRA) Jokes on him: AI won’t be led, it will (probably) lead.: The Verge – Putin says the nation that leads in AI ‘will be the ruler of the world’
  • (EXTRA) He’s afraid of Putin (and either a Marvel hero or a DC villain).: Seeker – Elon Musk’s Neuralink Gets $27 Million to Merge Humans and Machines

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On the show this week:

• Heart Official Life
• It’s The End
• Whackers

CQ: Should aliens interfere with Earth, in order to save it? In other words, is the Prime Directive not only not a benign idea, but actually dangerous and irresponsible?

Full list of 13 articles after the jump!

• Heart Officlal Life:
  • One step closer to a magic wand..: columbus dispatch – Ohio State researchers report breakthrough in cell regeneration
  • Technically, a human body is a biodegradable vehicle..: Reuters – Dutch students grow their own biodegradable car
  • I’m pretty sure this is how The Matrix got started..: The Verge – Go ahead and cry – your tears might power the batteries of the future
  • That feels like cheating — and I’m glad we can’t do it.: New Scientist – Goldfish go months without oxygen by making alcohol inside cells
  • It’s just pig latin, right?: Independent – Facebook’s Artificial Intelligence Robots Shut Down After They Start Talking To Each Other In Their Own Language
  • To err is no longer human.: LiveScience – How Do You Make a Likable Robot? Program It to Make Mistakes
• It’s The End:
  • (EXTRA) They’ve passed the expenses on to the drivers. Brilliant?: Mobile Syrup – (O) Innisfil saved $73,500 by using Uber as a public transportation service
  • (EXTRA) Oh, the things that come out in the dark..: Atlas Obscura – South Carolina Warns of Eclipse ‘Lizard Man’
  • (EXTRA) You’d think they would at least warn us..: The UK Independent – There’s a compelling reason scientists think we’ve never found aliens, and it suggests humans are already going extinct
  • (EXTRA) This may be the proof the aliens used.: The UK Guardian – (O) The Trump administration’s solution to climate change: ban the term
• Whackers:
  • (EXTRA) Sonic attack? Never heard of it..: LiveScience – A Sonic Attack in Cuba? How an Acoustic Weapon Might Work
  • (EXTRA) Is this real? Are we in a John le Carre novel?: New Scientist – (O) Ships fooled in GPS spoofing attack suggest Russian cyberweapon
  • (EXTRA) Arguably, that’s what a genetic virus is..: Wired – (O) Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA

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