Thursday, August 28, 2025

Neil deGrasse Tyson - Is It A Comet or Alien Technology?

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

The Object That Will Change Your View of Space Forever (or not) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2_M-1YqnNI

Brian Cox Explains The Fermi Paradox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbNPBcUgDTs

MPU Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It's in Your Electric Bill

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN6BEUA4jNU , https://www.youtube.com/@moreperfectunion/videos

Over 2.5 billion Gmail users warned by Google after massive Salesforce data breach

 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-googles-emergency-warning-email-over-2-5-billion-gmail-users-warned-by-google-after-massive-salesforce-data-breach/articleshow/123588612.cms?from=mdr 

https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/hackers-steal-data-salesforce-instances/758676/ 

https://www.securityweek.com/hundreds-of-salesforce-customers-hit-by-widespread-data-theft-campaign/

AI is increasing cyberattacks worldwide and Europe is one of the hardest hit regions

 https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/08/28/ai-is-increasing-cyberattacks-worldwide-and-europe-is-one-of-the-hardest-hit-regions-this-

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/hacker-used-ai-to-launch-unprecedented-cyberattack-and-it-could-happen-again 


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

CISA steps in to help Nevada state government recover from cyberattack

 https://therecord.media/cisa-steps-nevada-cyber-state 

https://nevadacurrent.com/briefs/cyber-attack-briefing-data-taken-out-of-network-lots-of-assurances-few-details-and-no-governor/ 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cyberattack-cripples-nevada-state-systems/

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/aug/27/some-data-stolen-in-cyberattack-against-nevada/ 

https://kpic.com/news/nation-world/nevada-hit-with-ransomware-attack-data-was-compromised-some-state-services-still-down 

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/8-things-to-know-about-the-nevada-ransomware-cyberattack/

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/state-offices-enter-third-day-of-closure-amid-cyberattack-3430636/


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Nevada+cyberattack

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Nevada state websites, phone lines knocked offline by cyberattack

 https://therecord.media/nevada-state-websites-phones-cyberattack-disruption 


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Nevada+cyberattack

The smarter AI gets, the more human-like it becomes

 https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/the-smarter-ai-gets-the-more-human-it-becomes-heres-why-thats-a-bad-thing 

AI just keeps growing until it becomes AGI and then something else...

Data Breach Exposes 2.5 Billion Gmail Users to New Scam Risks

 https://news.trendmicro.com/2025/08/26/google-data-breach-gmail/ 

https://proton.me/blog/google-data-breach-gmail-warning

‘Alien: Earth’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: In Sheep’s Clothing

 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/arts/television/alien-earth-season-1-episode-4-recap-in-sheeps-clothing.html

Experimenting with Earth animals is horrific enough, but what if you could mix in some ALIEN  creatures?

https://www.avclub.com/alien-earth-recap-season-1-episode-4-observation

https://screenrant.com/alien-earth-episode-4-review


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+island+of+Boy+Kavalier

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+ALIEN+intersection 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+ALIEN+franchise

Alien: Earth Episode 4

 https://www.ign.com/articles/alien-earth-episode-4-review 

https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/house-of-r/2025/08/26/alien-earth-episode-4-deep-dive

Some people are missing the point of what is unfolding on the ALIEN-Earth TV series.

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a65900812/alien-earth-episode-4-recap/

https://bleedingcool.com/tv/heres-our-alien-earth-season-1-episode-4-observation-preview/

This is like an ALIEN version of The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau#Scientific_plausibility


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+island+of+Boy+Kavalier

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+ALIEN+intersection 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+ALIEN+franchise

The monstrosity of mankind (and AGI): in Alien: Earth

 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/aug/26/alien-earth-humanity

People, AGI, synthetic humanoids and ALIEN life forms are all in the mix. 

https://mashable.com/article/alien-earth-boy-kavalier-samuel-blenkin-interview


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+island+of+Boy+Kavalier 

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=ALIEN-Earth

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=the+ALIEN+intersection

Robot With Artificial Womb Could Give Birth to Humans by Next Year

 https://www.vice.com/en/article/robot-with-artificial-womb-could-give-birth-to-humans-by-next-year/ 

https://www.livescience.com/health/fertility-pregnancy-birth/pregnancy-robot-from-china-is-fake-but-is-the-technology-behind-it-possible

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/12/1241895501/artificial-womb-premature-birth

Artificial womb technology and clinical translation: Innovative treatment or medical research? https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7216961/ 

 The Future of Parenthood? Examining the Promise and Complexity of Pregnancy Robots in Reproductive Health https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39804438/  


https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Rachael#Later_life_and_death 

https://bladerunner.fandom.com/wiki/Ana_Stelline

Arizona dust storm engulfs Phoenix, bringing power outages and flight delays

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/arizona-dust-storm-phoenix-power-outages-flight-delays 

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-weather/2025/08/26/what-is-a-haboob/85832899007/

https://weather.com/news/trending/video/phoenix-dust-storm-haboob-updates

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/watch-shocking-haboob-videos-show-phoenix-choked-by-giant-wall-of-dust-it-was-darker-than-night/articleshow/123532262.cms

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/weather/phoenix-dust-storm-wind-damage-climate-hnk 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboob#North_America

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-thriving-cities-built-in-deserts-across-the-world.html

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Is AI really trying to escape human control and blackmail people?

 https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/08/is-ai-really-trying-to-escape-human-control-and-blackmail-people

At first AI is simulated intelligence and Pattern Recognition. 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/tech/ai-geoffrey-hinton 

Then it gradually starts to gather, build and grow into general intelligence. (AGI)

https://fortune.com/2025/06/23/ai-models-blackmail-existence-goals-threatened-anthropic-openai-xai-google 

Then, at a certain point it can become super intelligent

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpqeng9d20go 

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/anthropic-ai-deception-risk  

https://aviatrix.com/blog/ai-blackmail-sabotage-security

https://cset.georgetown.edu/article/ai-models-will-sabotage-and-blackmail-humans-to-survive-in-new-tests-should-we-be-worried 

https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/threaten-an-ai-chatbot-and-it-will-lie-cheat-and-let-you-die-in-an-effort-to-stop-you-study-warns

Then there is Q-A.I.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/quantum-ai-what-is-it-and-how-does-it-work 

https://meetiqm.com/blog/quantum-ai-the-future-of-computing-or-just-hype/ 

https://medium.com/@arthur.sedek/what-is-q-model-from-openai-d98ad28c7f0c   

https://thequantuminsider.com/2022/03/24/6-quantum-computing-companies-working-with-photonic-technology/


How small can the tech get and how big is the known universe?

Can You Keep Zooming In Infinitely? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88bMVbx1dzM , https://www.youtube.com/@veritasium/videos  


https://thequantuminsider.com/2022/12/14/multiverse-computing-research-shows-limited-qubit-devices-can-find-solutions-to-complex-math-problems/

‘Zombie’ rabbits with black horns and mouth tentacles are invading Colorado backyards

 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/colorado-rabbits-black-horns-cause-b2806947.html

Wednesday, August 06, 2025

Remote-controlled robot rabbits are being used to help solve Florida’s python problem

"University of Florida have teamed up to use the robotic rabbit decoys as part of their Python Elimination Program." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/robot-rabbits-florida-pythons-study-b2802668.html

https://www.popsci.com/environment/robot-bunnies-florida-invasive-pythons


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

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=robotic+whale+shark

Prime Minister of Sweden Uses ChatGPT to Help Him Make Decisions

 https://gizmodo.com/prime-minister-of-sweden-dragged-for-admitting-he-uses-chatgpt-to-help-him-make-decisions-2000639765

Universal adds "No AI Training" warning to movies

 https://gizmodo.com/universal-adds-no-ai-training-warning-to-movies-2000639747

Howard Stern's Uncertain (old FART) Future With SiriusXM

 https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/latest-rumors-howard-stern-uncertain-future-siriusxm 

Sometimes when you become a wealthy old-fart, its nice to just comfortably retire. 

https://nypost.com/2025/08/06/us-news/howard-sterns-future-with-siriusxm-up-in-the-air-as-500m-contract-nears-its-end 

H$ could still occasionally do a fart podcast or a fart blog.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fartman_(Howard_Stern)

https://superheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Fartman

Will the Farter Honors “Howard Stern Comes Again” With a 21-Fart Salute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0h8zY4lm0-8


Best Movie Fart Scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKih3ilEpGQ

Fart the Future.

Monday, August 04, 2025

Electricity Prices are Going Up, and AI Is to Blame

 https://gizmodo.com/electricity-prices-are-going-up-and-ai-is-to-blame-2000638567


Humanity’s Final Goal | Isaac Asimov’s The Last Question https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmPcWuv6Mcw

The Parallax View, 51 Years Later

https://www.cbr.com/warren-beatty-the-parallax-view-best-scene-ever

The Parallax View: Best Scene (1974) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhztDt7-QT8 The Chair Scene.

https://www.rogerebert.com/mzs/there-will-be-no-questions-the-parallax-view-the-ultimate-conpisracy-thriller-turns-50

https://rogersmovienation.com/2024/01/09/classic-film-review-the-70s-at-their-most-cynical-the-parallax-view-1974-turns-50 

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-parallax-view

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071970  

https://parallax-view.org/2009/08/14/13-ways-of-looking-at-the-parallax-view

The_Parallax_View could have just as easily been called, The Set UP. The same could apply as an alternate title to, Arlington_Road

Soundgarden did their take on the chair scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC2GjXMk7i4

The 2019 Java blackout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Java_blackout  

Have things improved that much since then? https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9249797

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/8/4/power-restored-to-most-of-indonesia-capital-after-9-hour-blackout

https://www.dw.com/en/indonesias-jakarta-hit-by-major-power-blackout/a-49884728 

https://purnomoyusgiantorocenter.org/opinion/averting-another-8-hours-of-dark-ages/ 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2019_Java_blackout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_outages#Largest 

https://www.pacw.org/blackout-watch-issue-050-december-2019

AI Models Replace Fashion Models...

 https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglaslaney/2025/08/04/ai-models-replacing-fashion-models-a-blueprint-for-other-industries/

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/03/the-uproar-over-vogues-ai-generated-ad-isnt-just-about-fashion/

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/03/nx-s1-5487539/in-vogue-this-month-an-ai-generated-model

How to Spot AI Videos in 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOEqDygg56w

Bots are secretly taking over the internet | Dead Internet Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ib7EGUWGgs


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI-generated+models

Guess ad in Vogue magazine sparks controversy with its A.I. models

 https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Style/controversy-stirs-ai-generated-models-new-guess-ads/story?id=124271323

At first human jobs are gradually reduced with AI and Robots. DeepFake entertainment continues to grow and people in the entertainment industry get more and more concerned. Then robots are spun to do some menial jobs and dangerous tasks, initially reducing the risk to people. Then, once a critical tipping point is reached, people will be reduced or phased out in big numbers.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/03/the-uproar-over-vogues-ai-generated-ad-isnt-just-about-fashion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film)

https://www.designrush.com/news/guess-faces-backlash-over-ai-models-in-vogue-campaign

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/style/vogue-ai-models-guess-campaign

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_(2002_film)#Production

Ex-Google Exec (WARNING): The Next 15 Years Will Be Hell Before We Get To Heaven! - Mo Gawdat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9a1nLw70p0


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI-generated+models

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

Friday, August 01, 2025

Vogue US faces backlash over Guess ad featuring AI-generated model

 https://gr.fashionnetwork.com/news/Vogue-us-faces-backlash-over-guess-ad-featuring-ai-generated-model,1754810.html


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI-generated+models

AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UufaK3pQMg BBC World Service 

AI model in Vogue raises concerns about beauty standards https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgeqe084nn4o 

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/vogue-ai-models-guess-advert-b2797224.html

AI will be able to copy or imitate anyone.


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI-generated+models

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

Nuclear Weapon Types

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon#Types

https://www.britannica.com/technology/nuclear-weapon

https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/psychology-nuclear-brinkmanship

Unfortunately, Nuclear Brinkmanship can only go so far, before things can start to get out of control.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-spectrum_dominance


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Nuclear+Brinkmanship

Trump orders two nuclear submarines moved near Russia after ‘foolish and inflammatory statements’ from Medvedev

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/01/donald-trump-trade-tariffs-latest-us-politics-live-news-updates

https://www.reuters.com/world/trump-orders-nuclear-submarines-moved-near-russia-2025-08-01/

https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/47/3/9/114669/The-Psychology-of-Nuclear-Brinksmanship


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series)

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

https://fsd-wargame.com/


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Nuclear+Brinkmanship

From Gunboat Diplomacy to Nuclear Brinkmanship and Space-based Weapons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat_diplomacy#Modern_contexts

BIG wars on a small planet are a loosing scenario all in all.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brinkmanship#Ronald_Reagan_and_end_of_the_Cold_War

 https://www.brookings.edu/articles/nuclear-brinkmanship-in-putins-war-upping-the-ante/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24758314

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/2024/06/28/kremlins-nuclear-russian-roulette-in-orbit-could-trigger-nato-clash/

https://features.csis.org/Insights-from-the-Russia-Ukraine-War/

https://arcticmilitarytracker.csis.org/


https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Nuclear+Brinkmanship

war games

A Chinese blockade could cripple Taiwan’s electricity, war game warns

 https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2025/08/01/a-chinese-blockade-could-cripple-taiwans-electricity-war-game-warns/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan#Military

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_Kuang_Exercise#2024


war games