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Factory robot with advanced motor skills leverages AI to problem solve as it works
Multiple CEOs getting booed for telling new graduates the future is AI
The Untouchables - Al Capone baseball bat reference
In D’oh-in’ in the Wind (S10E06), flashback of Abe at music festival references famous Woodstock photograph in 1969
Billy Beer was a real beer created by President Jimmy Carter's brother (Billy Carter)
In The Otto Show, Homer finds a can of Billy Beer in his concert jacket and exclaims, "We elected the wrong Carter," after drinking it.
Billy Beer was a real brand of beer introduced in 1977, promoted by Billy Carter. It was produced by Falls City Brewing Company and was short-lived, ceasing production in 1978 due to poor sales and Billy Carter famously admitting he preferred Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Founder of Claude AI believes corporate profits and unemployment will skyrocket - 10x job losses than ever before
Dario Amodei, the co-founder of Anthropic, discusses how AI is going to bring a world with a very high GDP rate and very high unemployment and inequality, never seen before.
He goes on to acknowledge that, usually, a high GDP means high employment, but AI will strip jobs.
Expensive Mega-cruise Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas
Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas costs $2,052/person to sail wealthy families from Florida to Texas for 9 days with excessive amenities - many require additional fees:
- Cirque Du Soleil-type water show
- Theater production of The Wizard of Oz
- 28 different restaurants
- 19 different bars
- Second Theatre for a dedicated superhero musical
- Ice skating rinks
- Basketball court
- Minigolf course
- Laser tag
- Teen lounge center
- Arcade
- Escape rooms
- Casino
- Numerous Waterparks and slides
- Flowrider, which is a boogie boarding
- Surfing wave generator
- Rock climbing walls
- Many pools
- Roller coaster, Ferris wheel, and carnival
- Separate stage show theatre with comedy shows and game shows playing out
- restaurants
- Full daycare
- Multiple disco/clubs
- Daily Disney-style parades across the length of the ship
The Godfather shot-for-shot scene in S14E09 - The Strong Arms of the Ma
Marge confronts a robber who had previously stolen from her in this shot-for-shot remake of the infamous Godfather scene, where Sonny confronts his abusive brother-in-law on the streets of New York.
Delivery robot in Los Angeles makes noises to get humans to help it deliver when it get stuck
"Sky Police" - Drones being used to guide traffic and police city streets from above
Helix-02 robot can work +8 hours fully automated in an attempt to replace human workers
A live stream of autonomous robots working for a consecutive 8-hour shift sorting through packages - as a bid to replace human workers.
Gen Alpha (2010-2025) increasingly addicted to screen time
- 28% of parents of Gen Alpha give into screen time to avoid a meltdown or tantrum multiple times a week
- Gen Alpha spends roughly 4 hours 44 minutes a day on screens by age 8-12, and over 7.5 hours as a teen
Streamer solicits gifts and money from men, filter turns off mid-stream revealing her real older self and she loses 140K followers in minutes
A Chinese livestreamer allegedly lost thousands of followers after a beauty filter malfunction revealed her true image, according to viral social media posts on Weibo and Bilbao.
Artificial robotic mouth can replicate human voice by contorting parts, similar to a human vs. using software
Chinese worker reveals the insane quality difference between worker helmets (yellow) and boss helmets (red)
Yellow for workers, Red for bosses
China unveils Police robots in Shenzhen that will initially serve on patrol duties
China is testing police robots as part of its larger mandate to use more robotics for public safety, policing and military operations.
New dress tech created that can change the design/pattern and color in real-time
Company releases robot "girlfriend" that will let you chat with it in the cloud and then transfer the conciousness to its animatronic robots.
The store leverages a sophisticated combination of artificial intelligence, computer vision, and biometric technology to deliver a seamless, frictionless shopping experience from entry to exit.
How It Works
The store operates through a tightly integrated stack of technologies:
- AI-powered cameras monitor customer movement and behavior in real time
- Smart shelves detect items are picked up or returned for inventory management
- Facial recognition technology identifies customers in event of vandalism
- Customers pay first before items are dispensed all done cashless, with electronic payments
They've fully removed the human labor from this.