# science
People want to save the planet, but only if they feel like they can.
# oddities
From the "what in the cyberpunk dystopia am I reading files" comes a new Silicon Valley stroke of lunacy...
# oddities
Across media, both social and legacy, commentators bemoan nihilism as the force that got us into today's mess. It's not.
# health
The same terrible people who made COVID worse for all of us are already railing against a hantavirus pandemic that isn’t happening.
More and more people are asking AI about candidates in upcoming elections and trusting whatever the chatbot says.
# science
"What's the worst that can happen?" is a common refrain in the West. It's also based on unjustified optimism.
# tech
Some people are volunteering to hand over all their thinking to AI with serious implications for society.
# tech
The dirty open secret behind why so many companies are trusting so much of their code to chatbots.
# health
While medical AI is flourishing in labs, chatbots being used for medical help and advice are stumbling, and badly.
# health
We played a very stupid game. Now it's time to collect the very stupid prizes.
# tech
Magic internet money is quietly racing an existential threat from quantum computing, as is all encryption used today.
# sci-fi
MAGA rage farmers are trying to make a new hit game with many classic sci-fi beats a culture war meme.
# tech
Bots have either just overtaken humans as the majority users of the web, or are just about to. And it's only going to get worse.
# tech
With a new look and feel and years of posts back together under one roof, this update has been a long time coming...
# sci-fi
Hail Mary was a badly mismanaged, rushed death trap driven by groupthink and politics, and Ryland Grace was right to balk at the idea.
