Artificial Intelligence and Cybernetics

 https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/articles/the-future-of-artificial-intelligence-and-cybernetics

AI can be such a great tool, but not if it starts to totally control a person's life. Cybernetics can be great, but a lot of people would still choose to remain natural and healthy for as long as possible.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics#History , https://www.eolss.net/sample-chapters/c02/E6-46-03-01.pdf

https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/4581/Cybernetics-or-Control-and-Communication-in-the First edition in 1948. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cybernetics-or-Control-and-Communication-in-the-Animal-and-the-Machine

https://uberty.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Norbert_Wiener_Cybernetics.pdf

https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537841/cybernetics-or-control-and-communication-in-the-animal-and-the-machine/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/294941.Cybernetics

"By 1949 three key books were published: Von Neumann’s and Morgenstern’s (1944) Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, Wiener’s (1948) Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, and Shannon’s and Weaver’s (1949) The Mathematical Theory of Communication. These books defined a new science of information and regulation." https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.gwu.edu/dist/d/257/files/2016/11/2008-Albert-Mueller-History-of-Cybernetics-in-US-3-2jk074s.pdf

CYBERNETICS - Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqyXExctH1c

https://blog.paxholley.net/2012/06/21/bionic-reviews-cyborg-by-martin-caidin

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Artificial+Intelligence+and+Cybernetics

Satellites spot the effect of clusters of 'spiders' sprawled across a Mars' like Inca City

 https://www.space.com/spiders-mars-inca-city-satellite-photo

Mars has been the inspiration of a lot of things in popular culture over the years. Especially, the Spiders from Mars and mice...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_and_Fall_of_Ziggy_Stardust_and_the_Spiders_from_Mars , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou8uLo3Ke6U , https://www.davidbowie.com/ziggy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(song) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKcl4-tcuo , 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Mars_(song)#Lyrics

To the girl with the mousy hair

It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow

See the mice in their million hordes

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/davidbowie/lifeonmars.html

Such a classic song with a few mouse references in it.

Eventually, there was the cartoon, Biker_Mice_from_Mars. From interplanetary mice to intergalactic mice.

https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Mouse_(The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy)  

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=mice

Cyborg (1972 novel)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_(novel)

The cyborg concept has been of keen interest for several decades. 

https://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/projects/the-future-is-android

https://www.theverge.com/2016/6/2/11837854/neural-lace-cyborgs-elon-musk

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949882123000294

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.201700931

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

The Complete PLANET OF THE APES Timeline

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQ58OBKHMdc

‘Godzilla x Kong’ is pure CGI chaos — and so much fun

https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2024/04/26/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-review/

The two titans an an epic battle, once again.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire

https://www.godzillaxkongmovie.net/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Godzilla

People, Smartphones and beyond

 https://analyticsindiamag.com/smartphones-will-soon-be-dead

The End Of The Smartphone Is Near https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdyIvbzohs

https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/technology/innovation/technology-under-your-skin/

There are some corporations who would like to eventually put the phone's tech into people. 

https://www.fastcompany.com/90373620/yuval-noah-harari-humans-are-on-the-verge-of-merging-with-machines WTH? 

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/22/how-technology-is-merging-with-the-human-body But what if some people don't want to become a computer, phone or an implanted tracing unit?

Some choose not having a SIM card in any of their phones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyirQOCUUK8

6 of the Most Secure Web Browsers in 2024? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVdodyy_6HE

What would the world be like by the year 2045 or the Year 2100? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6D_WuLWVrQ

Of course if most people are left out of the decision making process, it will likely become a droid and quantum hive mind, Borg like world, under a full corporate technocracy with much less humans. Thus, resulting into a most inhumane world.

Did MIT Predict that Society Will Collapse in 2040? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVOTPAxrrP4

How Long Would Society Last During a Total Grid Collapse? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OpC4fH3mEk

The Internet is starting to Break - Here's Why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVYG1mu8Lg8 

This Chip Could Change Computing Forever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkYA4rALqEE

Why the Future of AI & Computers Will Be Analog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y6FJVqzivc 

Future Computers Will Be Radically Different (Analog Computing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVsUOuSjvcg Some AI systems and entities might want to decide for themselves.

Analog vs Digital vs Quantum, Explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMkLPvOVkNo Seems like there might some AGI wars ahead.

Quantum Computing with Light: The Breakthrough? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UkXJsF8_so

Unfortunately, with various regional conflicts and potential intercontinental wars, so much tech would be applied for death and destruction.

How NATO & Russia are Preparing to Fight Total War https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lakdZIuZe7c

How a nuclear war starts: Second-by-second timeline | Annie Jacobsen and Lex Fridman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za6tZB19E4c

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Annie+Jacobsen

The Reliability of Wikipedia and GPT-4

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia It can still be OK for some very basic general use. However, there should have been more improvements to it by now.

Of course something like Encyclopaedia_Britannica is more accurate, overall.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Encyclopaedia-Britannica-English-language-reference-work

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Britannica-Online

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopaedia_Britannica#Editorial_advisors

https://www.britannica.com/editor/The-Editors-of-Encyclopaedia-Britannica/4419

https://usingsources.fas.harvard.edu/what%E2%80%99s-wrong-wikipedia Wikipedia does have a lot of reference links, but the actual articles can still easily be edited, or have omissions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_a_reliable_source Use at caution and check with various reliable sources.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPT-4 , https://openai.com/index/gpt-4

https://www.wired.com/story/what-is-chatgpt-plus-gpt4-openai 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=OpenAI

On the Threshold of a Dream by the Moody Blues

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream (1969)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream#Writing

https://genius.com/The-moody-blues-in-the-beginning-lyrics

Three decades before the first Matrix movie, this album starts off with human intellect questioning and rejecting the AI-robotic, VR-AR control system. 

https://genius.com/The-moody-blues-lovely-to-see-you-lyrics

"The imagery on the cover features "a metallic, robot-type entity clutching different, various life forms and squeezing tight representing freedom of thought and expression and creativity"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Threshold_of_a_Dream#Album_cover 

https://www.youtube.com/@MoodyBluesToday/videos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues#Discography , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvBPK_gSZ3M

Ryan Gosling Nabs Sci-Fi Space Adventure Project Hail Mary

 https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/ryan-gosling-project-hail-mary.html

This would be the second time that Ryan+Gosling has played an astronaut. 

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54493401-project-hail-mary

A Project_Hail_Mary could be quite spectacular.

https://sciencemeetsfiction.com/2021/06/15/the-science-of-project-hail-mary/

https://thequilltolive.com/2023/06/15/project-hail-mary-by-andy-weir-science-fiction-book-review/

A Scientist Says He Has the Evidence That We Live in a Simulation

 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a60553384/covid-simulation

A very advanced and sophisticated world simulation might reveal some peculiar levels of coincidence or synchronicity. Various writers throughout history seem to tap into bits of future events.

The_Eyes_of_Darkness is a 1981 novel from Dean_Koontz.

"Due to the end of the Cold War, the origin of the bioweapon was changed to the Chinese city of Wuhan and it was renamed Wuhan-400 for the 1989 edition onward..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eyes_of_Darkness#COVID-19_speculation

“They call the stuff ‘Wuhan-400’ because it was developed at their RDNA labs outside the city of Wuhan, and it was the fourth-hundredth viable strain of man-made microorganisms created at the research centre.” https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/technology/1981-books-eerie-coronavirus-prediction/news-story/1c138d96144698b89c9fb0a522da73d3

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/coronavirus-dean-koontz-eyes-of-darkness-conspiracy-wuhan-china-symptoms-a9364386.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacron-3 1964 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/807801.Simulacron_3

Mass Surveillance

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYVm62oEyWA , https://www.youtube.com/@VICENews/videos

AI and Robotics vs. the Human Mind and Consciousness

 

Next-Generation Humanoid Robots have Become Strikingly Realistic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7enWJEKQjU&t=12s

Is this is the dangerous AI that got Sam Altman fired? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXemEDZA_Ms

This intense AI anger is exactly what experts warned of, w Elon Musk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2bdGEqPmCI , https://www.youtube.com/@DigitalEngine/videos

Did Meta Achieve Mind-Reading Using AI? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiGl6oF5-cE

Mo Gawdat Speaks Out On The Dangers Of AI! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk-nQ7HF6k4

https://www.mogawdat.com

Things They're NOT Telling You About The New World of AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxbpTyeDZp0

Beware of the AI mouse-bot.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

Ernie Hudson at 78...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfdoxwwViRw , https://www.youtube.com/@healthlonglife/videos

78-Year-Old Ghostbuster Actor Ernie Hudson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2s3b055NG0

Chris and Dr Peter Attia discuss the 5 supplements everyone should take. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepkTUQPAj4

Chuando Tan's Top 5 Foods He Loves and Top 5 Foods He AVOIDS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYP6pcKgp9o

Of course there are various surgeries and other things that can help to keep a person agile. However, a natural and healthy approach to longevity remains a popular choice for many. 

The Six Million Dollar Man

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Majors#1970s:_The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man

A fascinating concept and an entertaining TV series. A severely injured man is rebuilt to be better, faster & stronger than he was.

https://www.miragenews.com/humans-and-machines-to-merge-will-we-see-it-965552/

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/advs.201700931

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Six+Million+Dollar+Man

Dragonfly probe will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan

 https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/04/nasa-officially-greenlights-3-35-billion-mission-to-saturns-moon-titan/

What if various ET probes were sent to the earth a very long time ago?

https://www.space.com/nasa-dragonfly-mission-launch-2028-saturn-moon-titan

Of course that would imply that Sentient_intelligence exists in this ancient universe.

https://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/missions/spacecraft/developing/dragonfly.html

Arthur_C._Clarke and many others, were intrigued with the concept of non-organic-intelligence.

https://www.jhuapl.edu/news/news-releases/240417-nasa-confirms-apl-led-dragonfly-mission-to-saturn-moon-titan

ACC wrote The_Sentinel_(short_story) in 1948. Parts of it and various other ACC stories would be adapted into a big project during the mid and late 1960s.

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/nasa-dragonfly-to-explore-saturn-moon-titan-for-signs-of-life-on-moon-titan

What if some ancient beacons and probes were found on earth, the moon and even Mars? 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2024/04/19/dragonfly-nasa-just-confirmed-the-most-exciting-space-mission-of-your-lifetime/?sh=5d40c353b5ba

Over the decades, various tech from earth has been sent out into the solar system and beyond.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/31/20746926/sentient-national-reconnaissance-office-spy-satellites-artificial-intelligence-ai

If some very ancient high-tech civilization sent some of their tech to this solar system, how would we even know?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter_in_the_Dawn (1953)

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Dragonfly+space+probe

What is AI and Quantum Computing Anyway?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKNCiRWd_j0 Mustafa Suleyman | TED

The Quantum+Computing version of AI could be very concerning.

Why a Forefather of AI Fears the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcbTbTxPMLc

AI and Quantum Computing: Glimpsing the Near Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZZan4JMwk4

How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything with Michio Kaku & Neil deGrasse Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfvoBlDUrPU

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+AI+Revolution

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Quantum+Computing

Iran and Israel may have taken a step back from a catastrophic regional war

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chris-brown-analysis-israel-iran-1.7178527

An allout Middle-East war is always possible, but it's never a good idea.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/19/live-israel-launches-missile-attack-in-response-to-iran-assault

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-middle-east-68830092?src_origin=BBCS_BBC

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-iran-missile-strikes/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/iran-israel-playing-with-fire-rules-of-confrontation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran-Israel_proxy_conflict#Notable_wars_and_violent_events

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=war

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Iran

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Israel+and+Iran

6 arrested, 3 on run in what police call biggest gold theft in Canada’s history

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/04/18/canada-gold-heist-arrests/73370569007/

How could these guys not understand the deeper concept of a drivers-licence and especially a passport?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/17/americas/toronto-airport-heist-arrests/index.html

Even an employee ID card picture is in a database which can be cross-referenced with other databases.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68832680 Presumably, these idiots had smartphones & computers. Yet, they were too ignorant and arrogant to do some indepth research on Biometrics.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/pearson-airport-heist-arrests-1.7176041 Whether these idiots were pressured by somone, or they just thought that they could simply do it. They must have realized that they would draw the attention of the various authorities.

https://globalnews.ca/news/10427488/toronto-pearson-gold-heist-update Could some or all of them end up saying that they just didn't realize that they would all become the top wanted criminals?

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/six-arrested-three-sought-in-toronto-pearson-airport-24m-gold-and-cash-heist It all has to be determined, who was coerced or bribed or just full of bravado.  

https://www.cp24.com/news/air-canada-employees-among-suspects-identified-in-gold-heist-at-pearson-airport-police-1.6850313

https://abcnews.go.com/International/9-arrests-made-148-million-gold-heist-toronto/story?id=109349767

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/145m-gold-heist-toronto-airport-results-charges-airline-employee-8-oth-rcna148253

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/security-privacy-issues-abound-with-enhanced-driver-s-licences-critics-1.822377

https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/privacy-topics/health-genetic-and-other-body-information/gd_bio_201102

https://fintrac-canafe.canada.ca/guidance-directives/client-clientele/Guide11/11-eng#s1

https://www.ctvnews.ca/new-ont-licences-could-soon-double-as-passports-1.266794

https://www.international.gc.ca/transparency-transparence/information-privacy-information-protection/assessment-evaluation/facial-faciale.aspx?lang=eng

https://www.canadavisa.com/visiting-canada-biometrics.html

https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/ntnl-scrt/fv-cntry-mnstrl-en.aspx

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-15/alarm-raised-as-drivers-licences-added-to-government-database/9015484

https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1269?language=en_US

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes#Further_intelligence_sharing_collaborations

https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/biometric-data-study

Dubai airport operations ramp back up as flooding from UAE's heaviest rains ever recorded

 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dubai-flooding-rain-airport-operations-ramping-back-up-today/

Fresh water in a desert can be such a good thing, but not like this.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/flooded-uae-counts-cost-epic-rainstorm-airport-still-facing-disruptions-2024-04-18/

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68831408

https://www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-environment/here-s-why-experts-don-t-think-cloud-seeding-played-a-role-in-dubai-s-downpour-1.6851554

Rhode Island and Prince Edward Island

Rhode_Island is very interconnected. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island#Transportation

Prince_Edward_Island is quite remote, in some ways. https://www.comparea.org/CA_PE+r191210 

https://www.comparea.org/CA_PE+US_RI

https://mapfight.xyz/map/prince.edward.island

Competition between Airbus and Boeing

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_between_Airbus_and_Boeing

https://pilotinstitute.com/airbus-vs-boeing They certainly have been the 2 big titans for quite a while.

https://www.fcmtravel.com/en-ca/resources/insights/how-airbus-boeing-rivalry-changing-air-travel

https://jetplaneczx.medium.com/the-airbus-boeing-rivalry-explained-657691c897d6

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/business/airbus-deliveries-earnings.html

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/toi-editorials/twos-trouble-boeing-airbus-duopoly-in-passenger-plane-market-creates-aviation-industry-instability-competition-is-needed/

https://www.businessinsider.com/airbus-history-boeing-rivalry-2018-4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competition_between_Airbus_and_Boeing#Controversies

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boeing

Whistleblower says Boeing should stop production of 787 Dreamliner due to safety issue

 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/whistleblower-outlines-safety-concern-boeing-787-dreamliner-rcna148063

Is something wrong with Boeing aircraft?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner

https://www.fastcompany.com/91107856/boeing-failed-bad-for-everyone-even-airbus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner#Variants

There continues to be something in the wind.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_787_Dreamliner#Operational_problems

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68775413

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/boeing-787-dreamliner-whistleblower-faa-investigating/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-03-29/boeing-s-plane-safety-problems-aren-t-the-only-issue-to-fix

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/business/airbus-boeing.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boeing+whistleblower

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boeing

Tesla lays off ‘more than 10 percent’ of its workforce

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/15/24130735/tesla-layoffs-10-percent-workforce-disappointing-sales

Such an internal shakeup at Tesla could take awhile to balance things out.

https://electrek.co/2024/04/15/tesla-lays-off-more-than-10-of-its-global-workforce/ 

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/tesla-layoffs-hit-high-performers-slashes-some-departments-sources-say/

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-lay-off-more-than-10-its-staff-electrek-reports-2024-04-15/

https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-layoffs-job-cuts-2024-2

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/tesla-layoffs-workers-sales-cybertruck-cuts/

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Tesla

Why Are These STATES So Empty?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8aYRMtlZKg 

Are These AMERICAN States are DYING? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBg1BFFyUjo 

Why NOBODY Lives in these 9 EMPTY States https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTRSclDfJMQ 

Why 50% of Americans Live in these 9 OVERCROWDED States https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vrAKD8ZPPI

California has more people than Canada & Texas has more people than Australia. Yet, California still has plenty of wilderness. Texas still has plenty of wide open natural spaces.

There is a gradual push to get more people accustomed to the Smart_City lifestyle of urban conformity. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city#Characteristics

https://www.twi-global.com/technical-knowledge/faqs/what-is-a-smart-city#

Ultimately, every move could be tracked & scored with various forms of technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city#Technologies Contact tracing could easily be adapted & used as an excuse for just about anything. A world based AI run Carbon Credit Quota (CCQ) could easily be used to control people like mice in a maze. What a horrible world, if people had to constantly ask their AI Access Device (AIAD) permission to do just about anything. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city#Chinese_enterprises

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_city#Criticism An imposed world Social Obedience Conformity score (world SOC score) would be an ideal human herd management tactic from the various governmental Sock_Puppets.    

Of course there should be safeguards to ensure that all this tech doesn't become a human herd, global totalitarian management system. Otherwise, the world might become like a series of interconnected Black_Mirror episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror#Premise

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_on_Zanzibar (1968)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logan's_Run (1967)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Room!_Make_Room! (1966)

High Technology shouldn't mean that humanity be eventually transformed into a Borg like management and control system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borg#Depiction

All it would take is for one James_Bond movie villain type to devise a way for everyone to submit to a worldwide SOC management system.

https://blogs.idc.com/2024/02/19/the-future-of-next-gen-ai-smartphones

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_Labyrinth:_THX_1138_4EB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THX_1138#Plot ending https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atMdf0rhbpI

Unfortunately, in a worldwide Carbon Credit Quota system, humans could easily become managed and extremely controlled.

"And then: a ladder. THX clasps the rebar rungs and begins the long ascent. The androids are not far behind, THX more aware than most of his pursuers’ irradiated hearts, powering their conviction and inexhaustible drive. And then, suddenly, they stop. At 3,410 units, Central Command has ruled that the expense of THX’s capture now exceeds the allocated budget." https://filmschoolrejects.com/thx-1138-ending-explained

Tesla Cybertruck owner reveals potentially fatal fault that causes throttle to get stuck while driving

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13310073/Cybertruck-fatal-fault-throttle-stuck-driving-deathtrap.html

Well obviously, this Cybertruck problem must be fixed immediately.

People are making 'digital clones' of themselves that attend Zoom meetings and answer emails...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13297493/People-digital-clones-jobs-clones.html

Digital clones and digital surrogates, Deep Fakes and other imposters...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13244215/Rise-AI-agents-synthetic-employees-going-affect-office-worker-2030-according-man-developing-ChatGPT-creator-Sam-Altman.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13303075/Bill-Gates-reveals-3-jobs-immune-AI-takeover.html?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=deep-fakes

Does Stonehenge have a connection to the moon?

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13309201/Stonehenge-connection-moon-lunar-event.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-13264043/UNESCO-geoparks-nature-book-gestalten.html

The Titanic

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic#Dimensions_and_layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic#Sinking

Futility-The Wreck of the Titan

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wreck_of_the_Titan:_Or,_Futility#Similarities_to_the_Titanic

NEVER install these programs on your PC...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxLjz8gpF3o

Free Programs that EVERY PC should have! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyPY9_h4vZs

If you can't always ask the experts, at least you can see some of their pertinent informative videos.

What are the allegations made against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs?

 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/allegations-against-diddy-sean-combs-b2527535.html

A lot of well to do people like to have big and wild parties. However, there is always a potential that some rich & famous people can be caught in some very compromising situations.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Combs#Legal_issues , https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/pdiddy

"Diddy Will Take The Fall" - Jesse Watters' SHOCKING Claims Diddy Is An FBI Informant https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isJGtP-FmDE , https://www.youtube.com/@VALUETAINMENT/videos

https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/celebrities/2024/04/10/6616ebc0ca4741e9278b45c5.html

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoW1SIeAWaWasydDPAxhmHpLRxhZzmdxy , https://www.youtube.com/@LawAndCrime/videos

 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=P+Diddy 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=abuse+and+antics+of+debauchery

The Royal Caribbean cruise ship jumper

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/article-13301507/how-stay-safe-cruise-ship-overboard-tips-levion-parker.html

It might be a good idea to have constant security patrols on the decks.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/11/us-news/father-of-florida-cruise-passenger-levion-parker-who-jumped-off-royal-caribbean-ship-believes-hes-alive/

https://www.businessinsider.com/drunk-20-year-old-cruise-passenger-jumps-overboard-2024

https://www.thedailybeast.com/dad-takes-aim-at-cruise-staff-after-20-year-old-son-levion-parkers-fatal-jump

Jumping ship or trying to escape from a plane are always big concerns.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/after-man-opens-plane-door-mid-flight-flyers/story?id=99628573

https://people.com/man-tries-to-open-emergency-exit-door-passengers-restrain-him-duct-tape-8598310

https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2024/02/21/american-airlines-passenger-tries-opening-plane-door/72681653007/

https://simpleflying.com/can-aircraft-doors-be-opened-in-flight/

Another Boeing whistleblower says he faced retaliation for reporting 'shortcuts'

 https://www.npr.org/2024/04/12/1244147895/boeing-whistleblower-retaliation-shortcuts-787-dreamliner

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marisagarcia/2024/04/12/boeing-cooperating-with-senate-subcommittee-on-787777-whistleblower/?sh=15b2f7625cdb

At a certain point, it's in the best interest of a corporation to make sure that they are known for all the right reasons.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/12/investing/boeing-ceo-private-jet-travel-nightcap/index.html

Could the Boeing-executives-personal-air-travel-costs have been reduced? Well, it seems that there might be a reduction on new plane orders.

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/southwests-expected-2024-boeing-jet-deliveries-keep-shrinking-sources-say-2024-04-11/

https://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-supplier-vaseline-talcum-powder-cornstarch-dish-soap-lubricant-plane-2024-4

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/02/boeing-delayed-deliveries-united-airlines/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gautammukunda/2024/03/20/boeings-in-more-trouble-than-you-think/?sh=772d1e7e1280 The bigger they are, the harder they fly, or just breakdown?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boeing+whistleblower

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boeing

The Humane AI Pin wearable computer promises to free you from your smartphone

"There’s only one problem: it just doesn’t work." https://www.theverge.com/24126502/humane-ai-pin-review

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/humane-ai-hands-on-my-life-so-far-with-a-wearable-ai-pin A device like this has a great potential as beingt like a satelite to a persons smartphone. However, whenever more advanced versions of this tech actually works almost flawlessly, a smartphone with all of its features, is still so much better.

https://www.trustedreviews.com/opinion/the-humane-ai-pin-is-cool-but-phones-arent-going-anywhere-4426449 While any moblephone can display the time, many people still like to wear a wristwatch. Even the convenience of a smartwatch has its limitations, when compared to a high-end smartphone. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/technology/personaltech/ai-pin-humane-openai-microsoft.html

https://www.pcmag.com/news/humanes-ai-pin-could-free-us-from-our-phones

https://www.theverge.com/23965540/humane-ai-pin-screen-phone-ambient-computing

Some people might eventually want such tech implanted, but there could be risks.

A Whistleblower claims that Boeing's 787 Dreamliner is flawed, prompting FAA investigation

 https://abc7news.com/boeing-787-dreamliner-issues-whistleblower-sam-salehpour/14641022/

It's always in the best interest of any corporation to maintain high standards.

https://abc7news.com/plane-engine-flies-off-southwest-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-denver-international-airport-boeing-aircraft-issues/14631104/

https://abc7news.com/us-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-other-department-officials-grounded-by-problems-with-boeing-jet-issues-news/14610784/

"Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun said Monday he intends to leave the beleaguered company by the end of the year in a major shakeup of the company's leadership. Boeing's chairman and the head of the commercial airplane unit are also leaving." https://abc7news.com/plane-engine-flies-off-southwest-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-denver-international-airport-boeing-aircraft-issues/14631104/

All these aircraft problems could be used for part of a larger agenda. An agenda to eventually get most people to become afraid or very uncomfortable about choosing air travel. 

https://www.aef.org.uk/2023/03/09/should-we-fly-less-the-inequality-of-air-travel/

The problem is that a lot of people require air travel.

https://www.dw.com/en/to-fly-or-not-to-fly-the-environmental-cost-of-air-travel/a-42090155

Eventually, the world might be forced into a carbon credit control system.

https://www.greenpeace.org/eu-unit/issues/climate-energy/46764/the-shocking-extent-people-are-encouraged-to-fly-in-europe/

Thus, a person might have to get permission if they want to fly more than a couple times a year.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200218-climate-change-how-to-cut-your-carbon-emissions-when-flying

Ultimately, such a global carbon credit control system would be managed by AI. Then how would angry people be able to complain to an AI control system? 

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/may/22/could-you-give-up-flying-meet-the-no-plane-pioneers

Unfortunately, a human herd management system could gradually be implemented upon the world. AI can be a great tool for humanity, but if humans eventually just become a tool for AI, then it will become a very inhumane world. 

https://www.orwelltoday.com/reality.shtml

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boeing+whistleblower

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Boeing

Engine cover falls off Boeing plane, hits wing flap; Southwest flight returns to Denver airport

 https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2024/04/08/engine-cover-plane-boeing-southwest/73241105007/

Another incident that might have caused some people to be on edge.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/engine-cover-southwest-airlines-plane-comes-takeoff-rcna146777

Fortunately, it was a safe landing.

https://apnews.com/article/boeing-airplane-denver-engine-cover-southwest-7fd2b99e38f5552cfe48b513f72afbb3

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/faa-says-southwest-plane-with-boeing-engine-cowling-fell-off-during-takeoff-2024-04-07/

Kawasaki, Japan

Kawasaki is part of the Greater_Tokyo_Area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa#Economy

https://immersive.kyodonews.net/night-factory-tours-provide-history-lesson-of-japans-modern-economy/index.html

https://www.japan.travel/en/destinations/kanto/kanagawa/kawasaki

It's such a vast and very densely built up urban area. The largest, by some estimates.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa#Transportation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Greater_Tokyo

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Japan

First pitch for Marlins-Yankees game delayed 4 hours because of the solar eclipse

 https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/MLB/2024/04/04/Marlins-Yankees-delayed-solar-eclipse/2371712275611/

The solar eclipse would effect the game, as it would be quite a distraction.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/04/sports/solar-eclipse-forces-yankees-to-change-start-time-with-marlins/

https://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/yankees/yankees-solar-eclipse-fcjtbtw9

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/yankees-marlins-game-solar-eclipse/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/miami-marlins-ap-new-york-yankees-new-york-major-league-baseball-b2523712.html

https://www.mlb.com/yankees/press-release/press-release-scheduled-start-time-for-yankees-marlins-game-on-monday-april-8-changed-to-6-05-p-m?t=yankees-press-releases

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2024/attorney-general-james-provides-tips-new-yorkers-ahead-solar-eclipse

https://www.nyc.gov/site/doh/about/press/pr2024/solar-eclipse-safety-precautions.page

https://eclipse2024.org/eclipse_cities/blog-posts/what-will-the-2024-total-solar-eclipse-look-like-from-new-york.html

US Pressures Russia to Embrace UN Push Against Nukes in Space

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-04/us-pressures-russia-to-embrace-un-push-against-nukes-in-space

This "peace" initiative remains to be seen.

https://www.leadertelegram.com/news/world/us-pressures-russia-to-embrace-un-push-against-nukes-in-space/article_cac2f5e4-0e91-59ca-be3e-72dd106233d8.html

Unfortunately, there will always be those that want to have an offworld or spacewar. 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/19/us-japan-nuclear-weapons-ban-space-un-war

Ban nukes in space, but not on earth, because there is still so much money made from war.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/03/90aa18156f45-us-japan-draft-un-resolution-on-nuclear-weapons-ban-in-space.html

What good is money and wealth in general, if 99% of the world is dead? Perhaps that's the objective for those who are crazy enough to want a dead world. 

Hard rock band Kiss sells brand and songs for $300m

 https://www.bbc.com/news/business-68735699 That's the nice thing about physically retiring, they can still have digital avatars and VR concerts.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-sells-catalog-name-logo-makeup/

https://variety.com/2024/music/news/kiss-sells-catalog-pophouse-1235960263/

https://exclaim.ca/music/article/kiss-sell-catalogue-name-likeness-to-company-behind-abba-voyage

Of course an AI version of KISS would only be as accurate as its programming. Nevertheless, digital avatars and concert surrogates will gradually grow in popularity.

Here’s Why The Total Solar Eclipse Has Prompted States Of Emergency In Parts Of U.S.

"States of emergency have been declared for some parts of the U.S. in the path of Monday’s total solar eclipse, as state and local officials look to free up resources as they prepare for an influx of visitors for the nation’s first solar eclipse in seven years." https://www.forbes.com/sites/caileygleeson/2024/04/04/heres-why-the-total-solar-eclipse-has-prompted-states-of-emergency-in-parts-of-us/?sh=2f600a681fb8

Will some people get too excited? Will some people want to get drunk & fight? Will some people be walking around nude & grabbing others? Such states of emergency are usually the result of something bad that has happened. However, in this case, it seems to be a precaution if things should get out of control.

https://eclipse2024.org/path-north-america.html

Central banks launch digital currency test

 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240404_25

https://www.coindesk.com/search?s=Digital%20Yen

https://www.coindesk.com/tag/digital-yuan

https://www.axios.com/economy/federal-reserve

https://mises.org/mises-wire/americas-fiscal-collapse-accelerates

https://dollarcollapse.com

It's all just a bunch of ones and zeros.

Unfortunately, as money becomes more & more digital, most people still have to physically work, just to earn a basic living in a physical world. Indeed, one can only link to a metaverse environment for a limited amount of time.

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/03/streaming-tv-movies-costs-gen-z-millennials-boomers

A Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake - 83 km E of Minami-Sōma, Japan

https://allquakes.com/earthquakes/9022510/2024-04-04/03h16/magnitude6-Japan.html

https://earthquakelist.org/news/2024/04/04/m6-1-earthquake-japan-939206/

https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/9022510/2024-04-04/03h16/magnitude6-Japan.html

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/weather-disaster/earthquake

"Sales of units in a pair of high-rise condominiums in the Tokyo Bay area have been suspended due to the possibility that the concrete used to build them was substandard. 

The twin skyscrapers, each 189 meters tall with 53 floors, were being built in the Toyomi district of Tokyo's Chuo Ward." https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240404_12

All modern buildings in Japan must be built to the highest standards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Japan

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/3213

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/04/31fa1697a049-japans-northeastern-region-jolted-by-m60-quake-no-tsunami-warning.html

https://www.wionews.com/world/taiwan-earthquake-live-updates-multiple-buildings-collapse-in-taiwan

https://earthquakelist.org/latest-earthquakes-today

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Japan

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes

Tallest buildings in Taiwan

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Taiwan

Taiwan sure isn't afraid to build big and tall, in spite of the occasional earthquake.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/04/7a869940ecb5-urgent-m75-quake-hits-off-taiwan-tsunami-alert-for-southwest-japan-isles.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Taiwan

Indiana state of emergency declared for eclipse, hundreds of thousands expected to visit on April 8

"Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has declared a state of emergency ahead of the April 8 solar eclipse in anticipation of massive crowds coming to see the celestial phenomenon.

The last time Indiana saw a total solar eclipse was in 1869, and the next total solar eclipse visible in the state is not expected to happen until 2099. As a result, Holcomb wrote, "it is anticipated the State of Indiana will see a significant influx of several hundred thousand visitors to witness, what will be for nearly all, a once-in-a-lifetime event." https://abc7chicago.com/indiana-state-of-emergency-eclipse-solar-line-totality-2024-path-google-map/14612308

Will some people go berserk just because of an eclipse? Some viewing places might get too crowded and violence might start up.

https://www.in.gov/dhs/solar-eclipse-2024/where-to-watch-and-stay

But it's a benign AI Dictatorship

 https://radiofarside.substack.com/p/but-its-a-benign-dictatorship

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

North Korea fires ballistic missile, lands outside Japan's EEZ

 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/04/9fb149a69be6-urgent-n-korea-possibly-launches-ballistic-missile-japan-govt.html

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=North+Korea

Japan, U.S., Australia, Philippines to hold drill in South China Sea

 https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/04/2ec17913513e-japan-us-australia-philippines-to-hold-drill-in-south-china-sea.html

Strongest earthquake in 25 years hits Taiwan

 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68719996

Even a prepared region has to endure the occasional disruption.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/03/taiwan-earthquake-today-live-updates-magnitude-tsunami-warning-japan-evacuations-okinawa-buildings-collapse-tapei

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/strong-72-magnitude-earthquake-hits-taipei-2024-04-03/

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3257638/73-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-taiwan-collapsing-buildings?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3257635/over-100-hongkongers-report-feeling-tremors-after-73-magnitude-quake-hits-taiwan?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage

https://communitycenter.org.tw/earthquake-preparedness/

https://crisis24.garda.com/alerts/2024/04/northern-mariana-islands-magnitude-63-earthquake-occurs-in-north-pacific-ocean-at-around-1955-april-2

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=earthquakes

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Taiwan

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Japan

The Secret Plan Behind Artificial Intelligence

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP5sQhGlxj4

AI can be a great tool to manage things, but it might not be so good if it can eventually control almost everything.

Automan vs. Knight Rider

In some ways, Automan was somewhere in-between TRON and the Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series). 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4DWOn_4QqQ

"Automan (the "Automatic Man") follows the adventures of a police officer and computer programmer named Walter Nebicher (Desi Arnaz Jr.), who has created an artificially intelligent crimefighting computer program that generated a hologram (played by Chuck Wagner) able to leave the computer world at night and fight crime." 

"Nebicher could merge with Automan to become one being, sharing consciousness and skills, while retaining Automan's invulnerability.

Cursor was his sidekick, a floating, shifting polyhedron which could "draw" and generate physical objects as needed. The most common forms taken were an automobile (the Autocar), an airplane, and a helicopter, all of which could defy the laws of physics." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automan#Synopsis

Automan didn't last that long because it needed todays CGI, but the premise remains interesting. It's like a TRON program brought into the "real world".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)#Production

"Self-made billionaire Wilton Knight rescues police Detective Lieutenant Michael Arthur Long after a near-fatal shot to the face, giving him a new identity (by plastic surgery) and a new name: Michael Knight. Wilton selects Michael to be the primary field agent in the pilot program of his public justice organization, the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG). The other half of this pilot program is the Knight Industries Two Thousand (KITT), a heavily modified, technologically advanced Pontiac Firebird Trans Am with numerous features, including a highly durable shell and frame, controlled by a computer with artificial intelligence. Michael and KITT are brought in during situations where "direct action might provide the only feasible solution".

Heading FLAG is Devon Miles, who provides Michael with directives and guidance. Dr. Bonnie Barstow (season 1, 3 and 4) and April Curtis (season 2) are the chief engineers in charge of KITT's care and act as a technical assistant to Devon." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)#Plot

Automan and Knight Rider both feature benevolent AI entities assisting people to resolve a problem.

20 of the best places to view the 2024 total solar eclipse

https://www.astronomy.com/observing/20-of-the-best-places-to-view-the-2024-great-north-american-eclipse

https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/solar-eclipse-2024-best-cities

While it can be a very exciting event, for some it might be too much.

https://eclipse2024.org/path-north-america.html

https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses

https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/

The time Richard Branson's UFO prank in London went badly wrong

 https://www.mylondon.news/news/nostalgia/time-richard-bransons-ufo-prank-23564821

UFOs have been used as jokes and pranks for years, but what if sometimes there is something else going on?

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=UFO