137 CCNT “Aliens? They’re Unidentified!” - 05.01.2019

This week, a real life Baymax is a soft flippy, national Alien day prompts a revising of the Navy UFO reporting protocol, an Oxford lecturer claims hybrid aliens are among us for climate change, and a “drill” for NASA people to act out what would happen is a fake asteroid were going to hit us. Go follow us on our new Twitch channel and stay tuned, as we will soon announce the date of our first live stream! And we know it’s not the best platform right now, but join us on Patreon to get MORE!

 

AGG for the WEEK of April 25th-24th

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS!

Substandard, Superficial, and Absurd: Experts Slam the Science Behind the CRISPR Baby Experiment

Amazing AI Generates Entire Bodies of People Who Don’t Exist

Sogou to develop Arabic-speaking, AI-powered news anchor

 

FLIPPY’S FAM!

Home Assistant Double Arm Flippy

 

TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY!

Baymax Is Real!

Inflatable Robot Astronauts and How to Control Them

Will Artificial Intelligence Enhance or Hack Humanity? | WIRED

How Wearable AI Will Amplify Human Intelligence

A New AI Can Spot Art Forgeries

Scientists Use Artificial Intelligence to Turn Brain Signals Into Speech - WSJ

MIT finally gives a name to the sum of all AI fears | ZDNet

Expert Warns Against Forming Emotional Attachments With Robots

Meet the Rabbi Fighting Back Against AI Armageddon

Nils Nilsson, an AI and robotics pioneer, is dead at 86 - Axios

Artificial Intelligence Can Oppress the Poor and People of Color

AI: Artificial intelligence or augmented inequality? | Arab News

Ross: Artificial intelligence could make us all obsolete

Women May Soon Start Using AI to Tell Good Eggs From Bad | WIRED

Nick Bostrom: AI greater threat to human existence than climate change - Business Insider

For better deep neural network vision, just add feedback (loops)

Using Artificial Intelligence To Customize Content Without Bias

AI researchers want to study AI the same way social scientists study humans

 

CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS!

Indian army says it found yeti footprints in the Himalayas

After Pentagon Ends Contract, Top-Secret Scientists Group Vows To Carry On : NPR

Two HIV Cases Linked to Spa That Gave Trendy 'Vampire Facials'

 

SPACE/ALIENS/ETs/UFOs

Alien abduction: an unlikely solution to the climate crisis | Science | The Guardian

National Alien Day

Navy Getting Serious About UFOs

UFOs Are Real — and 4 Other Wild Headlines You Missed

Beliefs in aliens, Atlantis are on the rise | Science

Aliens, ahoy! Navy developing guidelines on reporting UFO sightings

U.S. Navy Wants Pilots to Report UFOs, Despite Stigma - The Atlantic

Tom DeLonge Resurrects Angels and Airwaves - NBC 7 San Diego

BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM

Local scientists selected to update national genetic standards and language | WHNT.com

How Do Genetics Evolve With Our Culture?

The ethical and legal implications of having a universal genetic database — Quartz

The trouble with the design of 23andMe’s genetic test results — Quartz

Injecting Fetal Brains With CRISPR Could Cure Genetic Conditions

The Brave Old World of Genetic Engineering | American Council on Science and Health

 

CHINA!

China's Anhei Tokamak Leads The Way to Fusion Energy

Chinese court names and shames debtors in warm-up to Avengers movie | South China Morning Post

 

CRYPTOCURRENCY AND THE B-B-B-BLOCK CHAIN

‘Satoshi Nakamoto’ Mines Over 40% of Bitcoin Cash, Sparks 51% Attack Fear

 

THE NEW AGE AND OCCULT IN THE NEWS

Jewish mysticism in contemporary music - Israel News - Jerusalem Post

 

FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE TECHNOCALYPSE

SEC and Elon Musk tweet agreement gets a judge's seal of approval

 

SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON

Amazon Used An AI to Automatically Fire Low-Productivity Workers