127 CCNT "Gnarly Neurons & PSA for Vampires" - 02.20.2019

This week, Basil is back, two AI robots fall in love over human demise, Flippy is evolving fast, a FDA says no baby blood for health, and a new neural communication method means everything is weird. 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 FEB 7-13

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS!

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-young-blood-parabiosis-20190219-story.html

Privacy and security risks with genetic tests like 23andMe, Ancestry - Business Insider

FDA officially warns against buying young blood - The Verge

China's Xinhua launches world's first AI female news anchor — Quartz

AI fake face website launched - BBC News

FLIPPY'S FAM!

Flippy is becoming self aware...self image vs task

https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1087888/artificial-intelligence-self-aware-robot-arm-ai-columbia-lipson

TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY!

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/feb/14/elon-musk-backed-ai-writes-convincing-news-fiction?CMP=share_btn_tw

AI creates cats that don't - and probably shouldn't - exist | Newshub

Homenum Revelio! AI will destroy sperm donor anonymity

DARPA Taps AI to Link Troops and Military Machines via Their Brain - The Merkle Hash

AI wrote this story - Axios

Sensors and Machine Learning Are Giving Robots a Sixth Sense

Scientists Developed an AI So Advanced They Say It's Too Dangerous to Release

CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS!

YouTube Unleashed a Conspiracy Theory Boom. Can It Be Contained? - The New York Times

QAnon Returned, But Even His Supporters No Longer Are Interested

BECAUSE SCIENCE!

https://www.sciencealert.com/neuroscientists-say-they-ve-found-an-entirely-new-form-of-neural-communication

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE TECNOCHALYPSE

With a Single 10-Word Tweet, Elon Musk Just Made a Stunning Announcement About How He Spends His Time | Inc.com

Mark Zuckerberg not warned about worst crisis in Facebook's history - Business Insider

FASHION!

Sperm were the hot trend at London Fashion Week

BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM

A new CRISPR/Cas9 therapy can suppress aging

Gene editing still has a few bugs in the system | Ars Technica

Want a Happy Marriage? You May Want to Review Your Partner's Genetics First | Inverse

CRYPTOCURRENCY AND B-B-B-BLOCK CHAIN!

Elon Musk says Tesla won't be getting involved with cryptocurrency

SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON

https://www.wired.com/story/wired-guide-personal-data-collection/

Google says Nest microphone was 'never supposed to be a secret' - Business Insider

Amazon Reportedly Has Lord of the Rings Writers in a Locked Office With a Guard and Fingerprint Scanner