- 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)?
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- 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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- Either Seen Or Known
- The Upside Down
CQ: Waves of themes and styles of fiction often follow turbulent times, so what do you imagine people are writing which will follow our current times?
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- Either Seen Or Known:
- What strange hell is this?: DCist – Juggalos Want No Part Of The Pro-Trump Rally That Will Be Protesting The Same Day
- Is nothing sacred any more?: Mobile Syrup – (O) Innisfil saved $73,500 by using Uber as a public transportation service
- Who decided to use 1984 as a playbook?: The UK Guardian – (O) The Trump administration’s solution to climate change: ban the term
- The Upside Down:
- (EXTRA) Yet another reason to pee in a cup!: CBC – Researchers harness human urine to make products in space
- (EXTRA) Headline is like a comic book; real story is closer to science fiction.: New Scientist – China’s quantum submarine detector could seal South China Sea
- (EXTRA) Can we both observe what China is doing and see where it’s going?: New Scientist – First underwater entanglement could lead to unhackable comms
- (EXTRA) Wait.. what movie series did we stumble into?: New Scientist – (O) Ships fooled in GPS spoofing attack suggest Russian cyberweapon
- (EXTRA) It’s a sophisticated version of the “An idiot says what?” joke.: Wired – (O) Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA
- (EXTRA) It’s a story that you might be afraid to hear.: iflscience.com – Bizarre Sonic Weapon Attacks Story Just Took An Extremely Dark Turn
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- 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?
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- 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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- Big Picture Items
- Spooky Science
- Culture Clash
CQ: Can we have another Roswell-like event, or have we either a) made the aliens cautious about coming near the planet or b) become too cynical or observant to fall for such a confusion or hoax again?
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- History Repeats (Until It Doesn’t)
- Electric Slides
- Body Tweaking
CQ: It was once believed that you needed a university degree to get a really good job, but with artificial intelligence eventually replacing menial jobs *and* being a better data-shuffler than people, will it be the ‘creative economy’ where the future jobs are? And if so, will we be recommending improv classes rather than university degrees?
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- Follow the Signs
- Gross Generalizations
- Extras
CQ: We have rules and conventions for society at large — but have we missed the rewards part of gamification, and focused only on the punishments and duties?
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- Growth Industries
- Literal Truth
- Spinventions
CQ: What creation from a old horror film are we going to recreate for modern — ostensibly positive — use?
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- What Were They Thinking
- Thought For Food
- Things Go Wrong
CQ: What would you suggest someone start doing to reduce tech waste and tech abandonment for the future?
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- F In Language Arts
- Scenes Seen
- Botomatic
- Organic Spare Time
CQ: Should creativity be considered on par with the ‘Three Rs’ for grade school education?
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- Homo Sapiens Patronus
- Legitamizing Bigfoot
- The Future Is Too Bright
CQ: Is fashion meaningless, or vitally important?
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