Scary Cool Tech Thread
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- detritus1
File under scary.
https://sobernation.com/deadly-c…
I'd vaguely heard about some Fentanyl-thrashing synthetic opioid but I'm not much interested in such things these days (esoterically.. I've never dared try heroin) so reading up on this shit finally was quite scary. My first thought was that it'll end up being used to kill people, intentionally.
And lo, a first page google result from the ever shitty Independent states that it's listed under the chemical weapons convention.
The future scares the shit out of me sometimes.
So many potential Great Filters...
- why did I write 'esoterically' in there?
that's not what i meant.detritus - Man, I remembered when people used to get fucked on horse tranqs. Now it's elephants? Nowhere else to go apart from blue whale jellies, I guess.face_melter
- deadly doses can be quickly absorbed through the skin.imbecile
- why did I write 'esoterically' in there?
- uan0
- detritus0
Close encounters of the classified kind
—On June 3, 2017, a mysterious US spy satellite did a close flyby of the International Space Station
- dasmeteor0
- the japanese are going to do horrible things with this.sarahfailin
- ^Gnash
- develop crazy high end robot technology, films demo on a VHS tape cameraautoflavour
- imbecile0
U.S. scientists fix disease genes in human embryos for 1st time
https://www.usatoday.com/story/n…Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos
http://www.nature.com/nature/jou…
- uan0
A.I. Destroys Champion Gamer
scary part, the bot trained for just 2 weeks to master the game
- It's DotA - all the AI had to do was put a picture of a vagina on the screen and the other player would instantly become scared and confused.face_melter
- face you would be surprised how many chicks play dotasted
- My point stands.face_melter
- lol, faceGnash
- lol********
- hans_glib0
not up to date, obvs...
- it took a pic with each bullet fired? coolGnash
- scary AND coolsarahfailin
- hans_glib0
Artificial Intelligence service is offering beta testing to create a digital copy of your own voice
- finally. they should brand it
MaxHeadroom2.0™uan - Adobe are working on something similar, coupled with their Character Animator software.face_melter
- finally. they should brand it
- detritus0
TETRIS. ON A SOLDERING IRON.
- detritus0
/Cool.. til they become too popular and we vaporise our atmosphere*.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy…
* yes, I appreciate that apparently couldn't happen here. but that's what we always think.
- detritus0
/Scary
first we had CCTV, then we had facial recognition, then we signed up to facebook and othersuch CIA-backed 'social' networks,then we all (idiots) happily paid for Big Brother tracking and blanket surveillance gadgets into our pockets and hand bags (smartphones), then we had AU gait analysis, and now...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/201…
No point running, you can't hide. Just go live in the woods.
