099 CCNT “Humans Bad, Robots Good!” - 07.25.2018

In this episode, Siri is more likable than most humans, Miku outperforms all flesh celebrities, and a couple Nephilim Updates! Also, Elon apologizes, Flippy freaks out China, and Google translates apocalyptic message. Want more? Become a Patron and receive Extended Reports of CCNT every week!

 

AGG for the WEEK OF July 17-24

TOP STORIES

Google Translate warns of APOCALYPSE with bizarre 'end times' message about the Antichrist

New Study Shows Siri Now More Likable than 61% of Human Population | Burning Man Journal

With ingestible pill, you can track fart development in real time on your phone | Ars Technica

Disney Fires ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Director Over Offensive Tweets - The New York Times

 

TECHNOLOGY/AI

Researchers created an AI to help you suck less at video games

Artificial Intelligence Shows Why Atheism Is Unpopular - The Atlantic

AI is hurting people of color and the poor. Experts want to fix that

An Artificial Intelligence-Guided Chinese Submarine Fleet: What Could Go Wrong?

Houseplants could one day monitor home health

Three AI And Machine Learning Predictions For 2019

BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM

Weird new fruits could hit aisles soon thanks to gene-editing | Science | The Guardian

Loneliness may be related to genetics: Study - Health - The Jakarta Post

The genetics of reward behaviour

Blindness gene discovered

New Study: The Genetics of Staying in School - The Atlantic

 

FACEBOOK FACEPALMS

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Recode Decode: Full transcript - Recode

ROBOTS THAT DO THINGS!

Russia may send a robot 'crew' to space in 2019

Boston Dynamics To Produce 1,000 SpotMini Robo Dogs Annually - Geek.com

This dexterous humanoid has robot fingers that almost perfectly mimic human hands

Misty the adorable robot just wants to be your friend - CNET

Wild About Tech, China Even Loves Robot Waiters That Can’t Serve - The New York Times

This robot will draw and erase anything on your walls

Tech leaders say killer robots would be 'dangerously destabilizing' force in the world - Chicago Tribune

Augmented Reality Makes Robots Better Coworkers - IEEE Spectrum

DARPA Is Hosting an Olympics for Tiny Robots

Army builds robot attack tanks | Fox News

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST FOLKS! (Updates on stories)

The impending war over deepfakes - Axios

Elon Musk apologises for calling Thai cave rescuer a 'pedo' | Technology | The Guardian

Artificial intelligence: Relax, Flippy the robot is not about to steal your job | South China Morning Post

Sex robot human clones: Chinese firm using 3D printers to make copies | Daily Star

STORIES THAT DOVETAIL OTHER RESEARCHER’S WORK

Experts Say Recent ‘Alien’ Mummy Study Was Deeply Flawed and Unethical

Here is the link to a blog post Dr. Heiser wrote about the original study.

     Charges of Racism Related to the Atacama (Non) Alien

 

PAGANISM AND POP OCCULTURE

Psychosis can be triggered by sudden loss of loved one and occult practices, suggest studies

Pagans demand Thought for the Day slot

Book Explains How the Ancient Pagan System Can Lead to Reawakening

Were occult practices behind India's 'house of mass hangings'? - BBC News

Donald Trump’s “chaos magic”: Author Gary Lachman on the far right’s links to occult philosophy | Salon.com

Ex-Occult Member Exposes 3 Ghanaian Pastors Who Are Demonic(VIDEO) - Ghafla! Ghana

Rare 17th century alchemy amulet reveals 'occult Zutphen' - DutchNews.nl

Columnist Rod Dreher Unpublishes Column Linking Anthony Bourdain's Death to Asia Argento's 'Ties to the Occult'

Stars Who've Dabbled In The Occult [PHOTOS]