The lines between reality and fiction are becoming more blurred as newfangled technology rears its head. I remember when deepfakes first came out, and seeing merely experimental videos utilizing that technology was frightening. Deepfakes essentially marked the beginning of an era of the internet where we knew that anyone, anything they said, and anything they did could be completely manufactured and fake. It was only a matter of time before deepfake or fully virtual celebrities emerged. The mos…

They say capitalism breeds innovation, but the need to spend extra time answering your smart dishwasher's product survey in order for the thing to function hardly feels "innovative." They say artificial intelligence is going to replace humans, but a pathetic little robot that needs a human to help it out of the snow doesn't seem very intimidating. And don't get me started on subscription-based features. Other than blatantly holding your car hostage, what's the point of a bluetooth-enabled key f…

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Alexa told the girl to 'plug in a phone charger about halfway into a wall outlet, then touch a penny to the exposed prongs'

Neural networks are artificial networks of neurons that are the backbone of deep learning algorithms. They're basically simulated brains that have the capacity to 'learn' from datasets. If you remember those trippy 'deep dream' images that were going around several years ago, those were generated using a neural network. But not only is this sort of AI used to generate images, some can also analyze existing images and describe them. @ResNeXtGuesseris a Twitter bot that passes submitted memes thro

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Thanks, I hate it

So much for our robot overlords

The future just keeps getting weirder.

The pop star is trending yet again

This music does not exist

These are hysterical!