The FAIK Files Mind Reading the Room
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Sep 19, 2025 Dive into the bizarre world of online trends, from AI slurs to a dancing robot in Austin. Discover MIT's impressive mind-reading tech that may blur the lines of telepathy. Unpack surprising insights about how we actually engage with ChatGPT beyond the hype. Reality checks abound as the hosts dissect demo failures and the true implications of AI advancements. Explore the quirks of internet culture while wrestling with the consequences of our rapidly evolving digital landscape.
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Robot Racism Reveals Real Anxieties
- People are role-playing bigotry toward robots which echoes historic racial slurs and anxieties about automation.
- Taylor Lorenz links this trend to cultural fears about exploitation and technology's racialized history.
RizBot: A Viral Humanoid Performer
- Kyle Morgenstein taught a Unitree G1 humanoid named RizBot dance moves and charming pickup lines for viral videos.
- RizBot alternates between insult and compliment modes and became a playful local celebrity in Austin.
Juggling Lab Sparks Absurd Creativity
- Juggling Lab lets users create elaborate simulated juggling patterns that became a creative meme subculture.
- People made absurd animations like many-armed jugglers and passing routines that went viral on Tumblr and Reddit.
