Friday, May 31, 2024

Will US get involved in a potential China-Taiwan conflict?

 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/will-us-get-involved-in-a-potential-china-taiwan-conflict-will-it-confront-pla-in-taiwan-strait/articleshow/110599202.cms

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3264382/south-china-sea-beijing-urges-washington-refrain-interfering-disputes

Nothing like having a bunch of hot spots around the world.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34729538

https://global.upenn.edu/perryworldhouse/news/japans-response-chinese-invasion-taiwan-four-year-outlook

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/05/11/asia-pacific/zhou-bo-china-us-south-china-sea-conflict/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Strait_relations

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/31/taiwan-south-china-sea-dominate-meeting-of-us-china-defence-chiefs

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-starts-military-drills-around-taiwan-days-after-new-president-takes-office-2024-05-23/

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/5/25/fearing-war-with-china-civilians-in-taiwan-prepare-for-disaster-2

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/4/17/is-china-growing-tired-of-russias-war-in-ukraine

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/05/30/asia-pacific/north-korea-10-missiles-may-30

South+Korea always has to be on alert with NK and China.


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

Kremlin official threatens war against NATO if Ukraine uses US weapons against Russia

 https://news.sky.com/story/amp/kremlin-official-threatens-war-against-nato-if-ukraine-uses-us-weapons-against-russia-13146185

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/nato-chief-dismisses-russian-warnings-after-lifting-arms-restrictions-2024-05-31/

There is so much money to be made from war, even if it kills off most of the planet. WTH?

https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/05/24/natos-boss-wants-to-free-ukraine-to-strike-hard-inside-russia While killing off parts of Russia, or all of it might be appealing to some, but the result could be a dead world.

https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-nato-relations-level-direct-confrontation-kremlin-says-2024-04-04

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia-NATO_relations , https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_192648.htm

https://responsiblestatecraft.org/russia-nato/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/world/europe/russia-ukraine-nato-stoltenberg.html

https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2024-06/focus/russias-war-and-specter-nuclear-conflict


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

the cosmic web

 https://www.astronomy.com/science/what-is-the-cosmic-web-made-of

https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasas-webb-identifies-the-earliest-strands-of-the-cosmic-web/

https://science.nasa.gov/resource/cosmic-web

https://webbtelescope.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-124

https://bigthink.com/hard-science/cosmic-web/

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDqQ9qgTWmg

https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-cosmic-web

https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/cosmic-web-lights-up-in-the-darkness-of-space

https://structures.uni-heidelberg.de/blog/posts/2022_12_cw/index.php

https://amrex-astro.github.io/Nyx/

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

Gerald Bull’s Supergun

 https://hackaday.com/2024/05/28/the-tragic-story-of-the-ill-fated-supergun

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull#High_Altitude_Research_Project


China Shows off Robot ‘Dogs of War’

 https://www.thedefensepost.com/2024/05/16/china-robot-dogs-of-war/

Is it Bubba or Spot the AI dog? Does it really matter?

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3253603/chinas-robotic-dog-can-shoot-pro-what-us-doing

https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/artificial-intelligence-future

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/artificial-intelligence-future-scenarios-180968403/

Is Perplexity AI Better than ChatGPT?

https://em360tech.com/tech-article/perplexity-ai-vs-chatgpt

https://lifehacker.com/tech/perplexity-ai-versus-google-and-chatgpt

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplexity.ai

It's always great to have various options.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/non-local-reality-v0203B_wST.m1o7KLpgBWA

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/the-observer-effect-1RekLzSUR76TF65xizKl9Q

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/superposition-aYu7551FT9KAWDd0k0yQag

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/the-simulation-hypothesis-b6i9u4kiTSWNl31HxU1EQQ

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/synchronicity-59nLDjtsTeG.2CkwE95KVQ

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/time-travel-pYGrlUlhTPSXQPd4kWwB_A

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/tic-tac-ufo-flhibPCwRdmMG_m8ca.RaQ

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/teleportation-0oiUgOEXTLO6BR6lyI.dHQ

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/3-d-printing-yH73581jR6qPjJYkpYBw0g


https://www.perplexity.ai/search/the-men-in-g5xSaTo7TbKMLlZVmy61iw

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/the-observers-in-7H3EqAr_RViN0eeAi6DAAg

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/the-adjustment-bureau-xulA0ueOSdaSkXZFmDtt3w


https://www.androidauthority.com/perplexity-ai-vs-chatgpt-3433152/

https://www.eweek.com/artificial-intelligence/perplexity-ai-vs-chat-gpt/

https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/chatgpt-plus-vs-perplexity-ai-chatbot/

https://medium.com/@maheshkatakam/chatgpt-vs-perplexity-ai-why-perplexity-pro-outshines-gpt-4-in-2024-0c8eed0f2d1a

https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/faq/what-is-perplexity-pro

https://www.zdnet.com/article/chatgpt-vs-microsoft-copilot-vs-gemini-which-is-the-best-ai-chatbot/

Monday, May 27, 2024

A new theory of quantum gravity

 https://www.space.com/new-quantum-gravity-theory-explains-biggest-cosmology-puzzle

https://sciencesprings.wordpress.com/tag/the-new-theory-it-is-as-if-all-the-matter-in-the-universe-tells-the-dark-matter-in-a-galaxy-how-to-move/

https://www.space.com/dark-universe-rubin-observatory-mysteries

https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/theorists-imagine-a-different-kind-of-dark-matter

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2020.603190/full

https://www.amnh.org/learn-teach/curriculum-collections/cosmic-horizons-book/vera-rubin-dark-matter

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vera-rubin-biography-ashley-yeager-dark-matter-cosmology

https://www.astronomy.com/science/how-vera-rubin-and-nancy-grace-roman-transformed-astronomy/

The Papua New Guinea landslide

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/papua-new-guinea-landslide-1.7215586

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx778nq0jzyo Whatever the numbers, this is a huge tragedy and disaster.

https://news.sky.com/story/papua-new-guinea-more-than-4-000-people-impacted-by-landslide-13143217

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/27/papua-new-guinea-landslides-death-toll-enga-province-rescue-efforts

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/25/world/video/landslide-papua-new-guinea-village-digivid

UN migration agency estimates more than 670 killed in Papua New Guinea landslide https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/emergency-crews-papua-new-guinea-move-survivors-massive-110568959

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/27/a-miracle-couple-survives-papua-new-guinea-landslide-that-buried-2000

https://www.worldatlas.com/natural-disasters/the-deadliest-landslides-in-recorded-history.html

https://geology.com/records/largest-landslide.shtml

https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/yvo/news/largest-landslide-world

Occasionally some people will get a sense of a looming disaster or some pending danger. Thus, sometimes people are able to avoid a dangerous situation. Unfortunately, that's usually not the case.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220211-the-animals-that-predict-disasters


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Aberfan+Disaster

Manimal vs. Maya (Space 1999)

Manimal had an interesting premise, but really needed todays CGI. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manimal#Overview , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trze_WGSjZo

https://nbc.fandom.com/wiki/Manimal , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cCdvAtS1co

https://thedailyjaws.com/blog/remembering-manimal-classic-tv-show-starring-jaws-3ds-simon-maccorkindale


Maya was a character that was seen on Space:_1999 several years before Manimal.

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Maya_(Space_1999) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKiIYvWIUj0

https://catacombs.space1999.net/main/cguide/uccm.html She could turn into a mouse or a monster, or just about anything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Metamorph , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0706350

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999#Series_3_(cancelled)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999#Compilation_films


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999#Revival_attempts_and_audio_dramas

With today's level of CGI, there easily could be a Space: 2099 movie and a HuManimal movie. Updated versions, but with some of the original aspects. 

Friday, May 24, 2024

Militarization of AI Has Severe Implications for Global Security and Warfare

 https://unu.edu/article/militarization-ai-has-severe-implications-global-security-and-warfare

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/09/experts-alarmed-over-ai-in-military-as-gaza-turns-into-testing-ground-for-us-made-robots/

https://blog.peigenesis.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-using-ai-in-the-military Sending robots into various hostile or dangerous areas would have its advantages. However, that could eventually mean less human accountability whenever things have gone wrong.

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/24/swarms-of-ai-killer-robots-are-the-future-of-war-if-that-sounds-scary-it-should_partner/

https://theconversation.com/ai-is-already-being-melded-with-robotics-one-outcome-could-be-powerful-new-weapons-216576

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/military-robots-and-the-laws-of-war/

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/artificial-intelligence-us-military/

https://fortune.com/2023/02/21/killer-robots-a-i-future-warfare-russia-ukraine-invasion/

https://mwi.westpoint.edu/artificial-intelligence-future-warfare-just-not-way-think/

https://courier.unesco.org/en/articles/threat-killer-robots Just blame it on the robots, not the people who programmed them or sent them out, in the first place.

https://theconversation.com/us-military-plans-to-unleash-thousands-of-autonomous-war-robots-over-next-two-years-212444

https://education.cfr.org/learn/reading/how-does-artificial-intelligence-influence-conflict Using robots to control or kill humans might just eventually create an inhuman world.

AI deep-fakes and misinterpretations

 https://www.scmagazine.com/news/deepfakes-will-hurt-30-of-organizations-trust-in-biometrics-by-2026

Deep-fakes are an ongoing concern.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/01/in-an-increasingly-fake-world-biometrics-technology-can-help-you-prove-your-identity/

https://www.nuance.com/omni-channel-customer-engagement/authentication-and-fraud-prevention/gatekeeper/voice-deepfake-detection.html

https://cybersecurity-magazine.com/?s=Biometric+Security

AI-generated rat with wrong anatomy ends up in a scientific journal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs4r9NwdjRs


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

OpenAI deems its voice cloning tool too risky for general release

 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/31/openai-deems-its-voice-cloning-tool-too-risky-for-general-release

How secure can a deep fake voice be? How safe can biometric-technology really be?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/31/openai-deems-its-voice-cloning-tool-too-risky-for-general-release This is the problem, even with all the potential biometric data from a person, someone or something might be able to create a deep fake.

https://nypost.com/2024/04/01/business/openai-says-its-voice-cloning-tool-too-risky-to-release/

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/worried-about-ai-voice-clone-scams-create-family-password

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39886534

https://oecd.ai/en/incidents/76387

https://www.telecomreview.com/articles/reports-and-coverage/7263-caution-ahead-exploring-the-benefits-and-dangers-of-ai-voice-cloning

https://www.schwab.com/learn/story/ai-voice-cloning-newest-cyber-scam

https://www.waterstons.com/insights/articles/voice-cloning-good-bad-and-ugly

https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/privacy-identity-protection/artificial-imposters-cybercriminals-turn-to-ai-voice-cloning-for-a-new-breed-of-scam/

https://www.nuance.com/omni-channel-customer-engagement/authentication-and-fraud-prevention/gatekeeper/voice-deepfake-detection.html

https://cybersecurity-magazine.com/?s=Biometric+Security

Thursday, May 23, 2024

The Incoming Commercial Real Estate Crisis No One Seems Prepared For

 https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/incoming-commercial-real-estate-crisis-no-one-seems-prepared

It could be like the 2007-2008_financial_crisis all over again, but much worse.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/09/financial-crisis-review.asp

https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/economics/2008-2009-global-financial-crisis/

Digital ID wallet integration

 https://www.biometricupdate.com/202405/choose-strategy-for-digital-id-wallet-integration-governance-frameworks-carefully

The Digital+ID+wallet has many advantages, but there are also some serious concerns.

https://www.biometricupdate.com/202405/move-over-armani-italys-it-wallet-is-the-digital-id-accessory-of-the-season

https://neontri.com/will-digital-id-wallets-replace-traditional-identification-documents/

https://cloudentity.com/developers/basics/identity/id-wallets/

Mapping-the-human-brain-and-where-this-may-lead-us

 https://hackaday.com/2024/05/23/mapping-the-human-brain-and-where-this-may-lead-us

However, having an AI system controlling an organic brain might not always be a good idea.

https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/blog/21-recommended-brain-hacks-leading-neuroscientists

https://www.itsasap.com/blog/brain-hacking

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

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6429408/

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00571

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Nuclear-fusion-rd-in-2024-getting-down-to-the-gritty-details

 https://hackaday.com/2024/05/22/nuclear-fusion-rd-in-2024-getting-down-to-the-gritty-details/

Some mad-men maintain that nuclear tech is best used for war. There is so much money that can be made from war. Apparently, the height of civilization is being able to live next to a bunker toilet and septic tank. 

New Windows AI PCs take screenshots of everything you do

 https://www.dexerto.com/tech/new-windows-ai-pcs-take-screenshots-of-everything-you-do-2733115/

Unfortunately, there is always a push for the dystopian side of technology. So of course the computer, TV & phone would become like a surveillance Telescreen

https://www.komando.com/security/stop-smart-tv-tracking/544540

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc

Why you should cover your laptop camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycZwIMMEZus

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-recall-ai-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen#Origin

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/22/mark-zuckerberg-tape-webcam-microphone-facebook Just some old news, but look at what's happening today.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/23/technology/personaltech/mark-zuckerberg-covers-his-laptop-camera-you-should-consider-it-too.html

https://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2016/0623/Why-Mark-Zuckerberg-covers-his-laptop-s-camera-and-microphone

https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/mark-zuckerberg-puts-tape-webcam/story?id=40040340

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36596070

https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/laptop-camera-security-tape-1.3649678

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/mark-zuckerberg-seen-covering-up-his-webcam-in-picture-celebrating-instagram-milestone-a7094896.html

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Cybersecurity in the Financial Industry, etc.

 https://cybersecurity-magazine.com/cybersecurity-in-the-financial-industry-with-alvaro-garrido-ciso-at-standard-chartered/

Unfortunately, even Biometric+Security isn't always as safe as its purported to be. 

https://cybersecurity-magazine.com/can-deepfakes-beat-biometric-security

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesfinancecouncil/2023/09/11/cybersecurity-in-finance-protecting-client-data-and-mitigating-risks/?sh=67c686703c51

https://cybersecurityguide.org/industries/financial

https://expertinsights.com/insights/what-are-biometric-security-technologies-and-how-secure-are-they/

https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/biometrics

https://www.innovatrics.com/glossary/biometric-security/

https://www.avast.com/c-what-is-biometric-data

Head and Body Transplants, etc.

The Head Transplant Machine from BrainBridge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szXbuUlUhQ4

What Happened To The First Human Head Transplant? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4hFRfOeZX8

Australia has passed new national digital identity laws

 https://www.9news.com.au/national/national-digital-identity-scheme-explained-australia/c203a38a-8697-4d35-80dd-e36ec1959c30

This is all about human herd control and management.

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

https://www.cyberdaily.au/government/10578-digital-id-bill-passes-federal-parliament

https://news.nab.com.au/news/digital-id-explained/

https://www.biometricupdate.com/biometric-articles

Some tunnels for invisible island expansion in the South China Sea?

 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3263487/scientists-propose-tunnels-invisible-island-expansion-south-china-sea?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage

Its an old and a new thing, depending upon where one looks.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/travel-news/china-4300-year-old-secret-tactical-defence-tunnels-unearthed/articleshow/106543780.cms

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/oct/25/inside-ring-new-details-chinas-underground-nuclear/

https://nypost.com/2020/08/05/inside-chinas-underground-doomsday-city-dubbed-the-dungeon/



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

Singapore Airlines flight hits severe turbulence, one passenger dead

 https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/singapore-airlines-flight-makes-emergency-landing-bangkok-30-injured-thai-media-2024-05-21/

Turbulence is never a comfortable experience, because one doesn't know what will unfold.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8889d7x8j4o

https://abcnews.go.com/International/1-dead-amid-severe-turbulence-singapore-airlines-flight/story?id=110016611

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnqgexjp1o Unfortunately, this time it was lethal for a passenger.

https://news.sky.com/story/one-dead-and-multiple-injured-after-severe-turbulence-on-london-heathrow-to-singapore-flight-13140639

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/article/3263527/1-dead-after-singapore-airlines-flight-encounters-severe-turbulence?module=top_story&pgtype=homepage

https://www.sheffield.com/airplane-turbulence

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/what-causes-turbulence-singapore-airlines-flight-plane-b2548804.html

Monday, May 20, 2024

Iran’s president and foreign minister died in a helicopter crash

https://apnews.com/article/iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-426c6f4ae2dd1f0801c73875bb696f48

Well, the crash and death of Ebrahim_Raisi has certainly added something to the mix.

 https://www.reuters.com/world/us-says-it-was-unable-provide-iran-assistance-after-helicopter-cash-2024-05-20/

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/19/world/iran-president-crash

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4nnd23d505o

https://ca.yahoo.com/news/did-irans-president-end-four-101525639.html

https://www.ft.com/content/6b09b0a7-68f0-4e5b-8353-f69fc9193ceb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi#Potential_successor_as_Supreme_Leader

https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47321#:~:text=Since%20the%201979%20Iranian%20Revolution,United%20States%20and%20its%20interests.

Curious people might want to take a look at RoboCop_(2014_film). The movie doesn't clearly explain, but something has happened in Iran. A lot of Sci-Fi movies provide future glimpses of potential scenarios.

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/addressing-irans-evolving-threats-to-us-interests 

Could someday something thing big enough for the Western Military & very advanced robotics have to take over Iran? https://quincyinst.org/2024/02/03/beware-the-iran-pearl-harbor-moment

https://robocop.fandom.com/wiki/Tehran , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIk94MJS_Sc

https://www.e-ir.info/2014/02/24/robocop-and-iran Its just part of a movie, for now.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(2014_film)#Plot

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Film/RoboCop2014

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/may/28/hear-me-out-why-2014-robocop-isnt-a-bad-movie 

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/09/untangling-the-benefits-and-risks-of-biometrics The movie, RoboCop_(2014) opens with a robotic takeover of Iran. While using killer-robots to invade various regions or countries might be tempting, it could set a disturbing president.  


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

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

Robocop (1987) vs. Robocop (2014)

https://www.polygon.com/2020/10/23/21530448/robocop-movie-1987-vs-robocop-2014-remake-differences

There is something very peculiar about both versions. 

https://screenrant.com/robocop-which-is-better-original-movie-reboot/

https://ew.com/article/2014/02/13/robocop-remake-vs-original-verhoeven/

 https://www.reddit.com/r/TopCharacterDesigns/comments/1806n5k/robocop_1987_vs_robocop_2014/#:~:text=The%202014%20version%20is%20just,looks%20more%20like%20an%20assassin.

https://robocop.fandom.com/wiki/RoboCop_(1987)

https://www.criterion.com/films/542-robocop

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/09/untangling-the-benefits-and-risks-of-biometrics Robocop (2014) depicts an AI & robotic takeover of Iran

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/24/swarms-of-ai-killer-robots-are-the-future-of-war-if-that-sounds-scary-it-should_partner There might be a point when AI resons, that if it's alright to kill some people, then why not all humans?


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

Saturday, May 18, 2024

The Aberfan Disaster: Premonitions and the Aftermath

 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2rj0k6dkgo

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

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/books/article-10764455/After-Aberfan-disaster-foreseen-people-premonitions-two-men-investigate.html

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-premonitions-bureau

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220211-the-animals-that-predict-disasters

Officially, we are told that this world can't be part of an interactive cosmic recording of time and space. Too many people would start to ask too many questions. Thus, the perception of reality is heavily compartmentalized through various belief structures & sciences. Yet, more people are starting to question the various perspectives.

https://cinephiliabeyond.org/matrix/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20premise%20for%20The%20Matrix,simulacra%20world%20of%20The%20Matrix

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc

The simulation hypothesis is a contemporary theory about the nature of reality. However, the concept goes much further back into history. 

400 years before the first MATRIX movie, William Shakespeare wrote this...

"All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances;

Benedict Cumberbatch - All The World's A Stage - The Seven Ages Of Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0178jo7Mka0

Like a stage within a cosmic-matrix theater, people sometimes have glympses or visions of future events.

https://jamesmdeem.com/stories.time.aberfan.html

https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/life-examined/sam-knight-premonitions-bureau-aberfan-john-barker-esp-future

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4yxj6Y743Z6F32k5GC2txv8/six-eerie-predictions-from-the-premonitions-bureau


Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Simulation Hypothesis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmcrG7ZZKUc

The Simulation Hypothesis Explained by Nick Bostrom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvnIXeAz1mk


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the_World's_a_Stage_(album)

The band RUSH has had some peculiar insight with some of their songs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Peart#Lyricism One song in particular was as if NP was writing about Neo no longer being a digital man trapped in the Matrix.


Rush - Digital Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJsRBIId14U

https://www.rush.com/songs/digital-man (1982)

His world is under observationWe monitor his station Under faces and the placesWhere he traces points of view
He picks up scraps of conversationRadio and radiationFrom the dancers and romancers With the answers, but no clue
He'd love to spend the night in ZionHe's been a long while in BabylonHe'd like a lover's wings to fly onTo a tropic isle of Avalon
His world is under anestheticSubdivided and syntheticHis reliance on the GIANTS In the science of the day
He picks up scraps of information He's adept at adaptation'Cause for strangers and arrangersConstant change is here to stay
He'd love to spend the night in ZionHe's been a long while in BabylonHe'd like a lover's wings to fly onTo a tropic isle of Avalon
He's got a forcefield and a flexible plan He's got a date with fate in a black Sedan He plays fast-forward for as long as he canBut he won't need a bed He's a digital man
He'd love to spend the night in ZionHe's been a long while in BabylonHe'd like a lover's wings to fly onTo a tropic isle of Avalon
He's got a forcefield and a flexible plan He's got a date with fate in a black SedanHe plays fast-forward for as long as he canBut he won't need a bedHe's a digital man
He plays fast-forward for as long as he canBut he won't need a bed He's a digital man
He plays fast-forward for as long as he canBut he won't need a bed He's a digital man
He plays fast-forwardFor as long as he can 
Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Geddy Lee / Alex Lifeson / Neil Peart
Digital Man lyrics © Ole Core Music Publishing, Anthem Core Music Publishing

https://genius.com/Rush-digital-man-lyrics

The Black Sedan. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/this-digital-matrix-car-has-modernized-1965-lincoln-continental-vibes-all-over-it-178350.html

A closer look at the+simulation theory of PKD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eThOlVS5MU8

There might be a quick and subtle reference to the likeness of PKD in the 4th Matrix movie. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220301-philip-k-dick-the-writer-who-witnessed-the-future 

"In Neuromancer, Gibson first used the term "matrix" to refer to the visualized Internet, two years after the nascent modern Internet was formed in the early 1980s from the computer networks of the 1970s." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gibson#Visionary_influence_and_prescience

https://www.netlingo.com/word/matrix.php

Of course WG has his various observations and perspective of things. https://williamgibsonbooks.com

Why You're Probably Not a Simulation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA5YuwvJkpQ However, there is still something very peculiar going on, nevertheless.  



https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Simulation+Hypothesis

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=On+the+Threshold+of+a+Dream

Thursday, May 16, 2024

The End of Traditional Credit Cards is Coming

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdPGV-eIuRo

Visa is creating a card that connects to multiple bank accounts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj8D5prW2N8

Visa Changing Credit Cards as we Know Them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LODk2XdWrvI

A gradual push towards a world biometric ID card. Then eventually a Nanotech version could be implanted. While that might seem ideal for a global human herd AI management and tracking system, might humans just be considered to be livestock and lab animals? Most people don't want to have a Borg-Collective world, but an AI planet control system might.

https://www.biometricupdate.com/biometric-articles

Technology should be able to improve the lives of people, not micromanage or enslave them.

https://www.taylorwessing.com/en/interface/2023/iot---next-gen/how-human-are-you-the-internet-of-bodies-is-here-but-are-we-ready

https://itrexgroup.com/blog/internet-of-bodies-iob-definition-benefits-examples/

https://www.rand.org/about/nextgen/art-plus-data/giorgia-lupi/internet-of-bodies-our-connected-future.html

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Lee Majors Became Friends with Ryan Gosling While Filming Fall Guy Cameo

 https://people.com/lee-majors-friends-ryan-gosling-fall-guy-cameo-really-good-vibes-exclusive-8648670

It sure would be nice if Ryan+Gosling could play a 21st century Steve_Austin in The_Sixty_Million_Dollar_Man

However, Mark Wahlberg could still pull off a Six Billion Dollar Man movie.

https://collider.com/mark-wahlberg-six-million-dollar-man

One card to rule them (after) all

 https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2024/05/14/one-card-to-1715696707658.html Its all part of a long term plan.

Fiat $ has all just become ones and zeros in a vast global digital labrinth. It's been that way for quite a while now.

https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/visa-reinvents-the-card-unveils-new-products-for-digital-age

https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2024/03/29/interoperability-unlocking-the-1711744079830.html

Visa Reinvents the Card for the Digital Age

 https://usa.visa.com/about-visa/newsroom/press-releases.releaseId.20686.html

Digital currency can be very convienent.

https://usa.visa.com/pay-with-visa/contactless-payments/contactless-payments.html

However, without a cash system as a backup there might be some occasional problems.

https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2024/05/14/the-end-of-1715697387003.html

https://usa.visa.com/visa-everywhere/blog/bdp/2024/05/14/the-key-to-1715698035525.html

https://bankingjournal.aba.com/2024/02/challenges-in-voice-biometrics-vulnerabilities-in-the-age-of-deepfakes/

OpenAI Launches GPT-4o

 https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/chatgpt/gpt-4o-is-openais-exciting-new-model-heres-how-to-get-access

https://openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o Of course there is always a better or a strange version that's just around the corner.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/openai-launches-gpt-4o-and-more-features-for-chatgpt/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/13/24155493/openai-gpt-4o-launching-free-for-all-chatgpt-users

https://www.wired.com/story/with-gpt-4o-is-chatgpt-plus-still-worth-it



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

Monday, May 13, 2024

GPT-4o and more tools to ChatGPT free users

 https://openai.com/index/gpt-4o-and-more-tools-to-chatgpt-free/

ChatGPT keeps evolving as expected, so far.

https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/chatgpts-big-free-update-with-gpt-4o-is-rolling-out-now-heres-how-to-get-it

Coronal Mass Ejections

Coronal_Mass_Ejection has the potential to cause a lot of problems on_Earth.

https://www.space.com/the-carrington-event

 https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/phenomena/coronal-mass-ejections

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/satellite-communications

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/impacts/space-weather-and-gps-systems

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event#Geomagnetic_storm (1859)

https://www.livescience.com/carrington-event

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Event#Similar_events

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_1989_geomagnetic_storm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronal_mass_ejection#Future_risk

Various search engines

https://kinsta.com/blog/alternative-search-engines

Each one has its advantages.

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/alternative-search-engines/271409

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/go-beyond-google-best-alternative-search-engines

https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/top-search-engines

Dragonfly (Titan space probe)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonfly_(Titan_space_probe)

The Dragonfly+space+probe sure is some very interesting tech.

https://science.nasa.gov/mission/dragonfly/

https://www.planetary.org/space-missions/dragonfly

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-dragonfly-will-fly-around-titan-looking-for-origins-signs-of-life/

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

 https://variety.com/2024/film/news/box-office-kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-opening-weekend-champion-1235999801/

The Island (of Clones)

The_Island is still such a great Sci-Fi movie. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film)#Plot

Making full body clones for organ harvesting is a key element in the story.

Of course Lincoln Six Echo rather, Ewan_McGregor was in, Star_Wars:_Episode_II_-_Attack_of_the_Clones.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/04/1056633/startup-wants-copy-you-embryo-organ-harvesting

https://www.catholic.com/qa/can-human-organs-be-cloned

https://www.catholic.com/qa/are-3d-organs-for-humans-ok


Alice Cooper just had to get onto this topic, but at the start of the 1980s. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clones_(We're_All) 1980 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1h38gC23bw

https://alicecooper.com

"Six is having problems adjusting to his clone status" https://genius.com/Alice-cooper-clones-were-all-lyrics

First living patient to receive genetically modified pig kidney dead at 62

 https://nypost.com/2024/05/11/us-news/first-living-patient-to-receive-pig-kidney-dead-at-62-weeks-after-historic-transplant/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n1l9g2wn9o Ultimately, it would be ideal to make a clone of the specific body part that needs to be replaced. 

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/cloned-organ-transplant.htm

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/first-genetically-modified-pig-kidney-transplant-dies-rick-slayman-rcna151851

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/recipient-pig-kidney-transplant-dies-2-months/story?id=110139515

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/richard-slayman-first-living-patient-to-receive-pig-kidney-dies-2-months-after-historic-transplant-101715492829457.html

Of course any surgery, and or recovery process, has its risks.

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/first-genetically-edited-pig-kidney-transplanted-human

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/woman-receives-genetically-modified-pig-kidney-transplant-after-heart-pump/

https://nyulangone.org/news/first-ever-combined-heart-pump-gene-edited-pig-kidney-transplant-gives-new-hope-patient-terminal-illness

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9878146/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475508/#:~:text=Stem%20cells%20have%20the%20capacity,when%20implanted%20into%20a%20blastocyst.

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

https://www.nature.com/subjects/organogenesis

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475508/#abstract-a.b.b.otitle

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2022/08/stanford-medicine-researchers-take-early--critical-step-toward-g.html

https://www.snexplores.org/article/stem-cells-lab-grown-organs-organoid

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220614122711.htm

https://www.genome.gov/about-genomics/fact-sheets/Cloning-Fact-Sheet

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11718601/Human-CLONES-grown-people-spare-parts-key-living-forever-expert-claims.html

Alice Cooper - Clones (We're All ) 1982 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xhnUA3b_No , https://alicecooper.com

Friday, May 10, 2024

Godzilla X Kong

https://collider.com/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-sneak-peek/

Some say that this Godzilla is still one of the best in the series.

 https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/godzilla-x-kong-home-release-date-all-in-on-monsterverse-anniversary-announcement

https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicamercuri/2024/05/07/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-will-be-streaming-on-digital-this-month/?sh=5af8f52d279c

https://www.thewrap.com/godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-digital-4k-blu-ray-release-date/

https://thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/050824-1530

https://thedigitalbits.com/item/godzilla-minus-one-import-toho-2024-uhd

https://thedigitalbits.com/item/king-kong-vs-godzilla-toho-2024-uhd


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

Firmware, the movie, etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6HGskhFksM

Automation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YpVHQP5kj8

https://www.vulture.com/article/15-best-robot-movies-of-all-time.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappie_(film)#Plot Such a gritty, high-tech masterpiece.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_3#Plot An interesting story, but with limited effects for the time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Questor_Tapes , https://archive.org/details/the-questor-tapes

Some low budget movies can still be so fun to watch.

Creation of the humanoids (1962) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Otcht1mbJ-I

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Monster A total low budget classic.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragula_(song) , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqQuihD0hoI


https://www.facebook.com/RobZombie/photos/the-original-more-human-robot-from-the-first-hellbilly-deluxe-tour-in-1998-this-/10151696879163323/

https://www.facebook.com/RobZombie/photos/the-original-more-human-robot-from-the-first-hellbilly-deluxe-tour-in-1998-this-/10151696879163323/

https://inflatabledesigngroup.com/biggest-and-the-best/rob-zombie-custom-inflatable-robot-stage-set/

https://www.revolvermag.com/music/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-rob-zombies-hellbilly-deluxe

https://www.facebook.com/RobZombie/photos/a.385845778322/10151621151783323/?type=3

https://www.robzombie.com/


https://itcamefromblog.com/2018/08/23/giant-robot-monster-mash-a-subgenre-appreciation/

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

The_Planet_of_the_Apes keeps evolving through the years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes#Plot

With any long running movie series, it can be challenging to keep or maintain certain aspects.

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-mixed-up-crazy-timeline-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-movies , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xa3OiQGvDho

Every decade the technology improves, so the oldest movies really look like they are from another era. That's just the way it goes.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-canadas-go-to-hollywood-villain-kevin-durand-goes-bananas-in-kingdom/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-review-wes-ball-owen-teague-1235890518/

https://www.ign.com/articles/kingdom-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-post-credits-scene-ending-explained , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Loxq2exd2t0