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@longluck.bsky.social

Robotic meerkat offers emotional support: Sharp presents the Poketomo
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#news #robots #labor #mentalhealth #blacksky

Robotic meerkat offers emotional support: Sharp presents the Poketomo

Sharp's small meerkat robot is equipped with a camera, speakers, microphones, an integrated AI assistant and is designed to be the perfect everyday companion. Conversations with Poketomo can also be h...

www.notebookcheck.net

August 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Japan researchers harness quantum entanglement to boost robot posture control
Using quantum power, the researchers managed to cut robot errors by 43%.
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#robots #news #blacksky #ai #labor #jobs

Quantum breakthrough promises real-time humanoid robot control

Explore how researchers are using quantum computing to enhance the movement of robots, making them more efficient and smooth.

interestingengineering.com

August 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Robot With Artificial Womb Could Give Birth to Humans by Next Year
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#news #robots #blacksky #bluesky #women

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

A tech company is building a robot that can get pregnant and give birth. It has a synthetic uterus, amniotic fluid, and umbilical cord.

www.vice.com

August 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

AI Revolution Could Require Us to Re-Think Money Entirely
www.sciencealert.com/ai-revolutio...
#news #AI #economy

AI Revolution Could Require Us to Re-Think Money Entirely

It's the defining technology of an era.

www.sciencealert.com

August 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

How America’s AI boom is squeezing the rest of the economy
Beware the data-centre takeover
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
#news #ai #economy

How America’s AI boom is squeezing the rest of the economy

Beware the data-centre takeover

www.economist.com

August 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Research suggests doctors might quickly become dependent on AI
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
#news #AI #jobs #future

Research suggests doctors might quickly become dependent on AI

A study in Poland found that doctors appeared less likely to detect abnormalities during colonoscopies on their own after they'd grown used to help from an AI tool.

www.npr.org

August 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Computer Science Grads Are Being Forced to Work Fast Food Jobs as AI Tanks Their Career
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Computer Science Grads Are Being Forced to Work Fast Food Jobs as AI Tanks Their Career

Computer science majors once met a red-hot job market graduation. Now, the reality couldn't be more different.

futurism.com

August 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Bitcoin just surpassed Google and now is the 5th largest assets in the world

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August 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Chipped population , total surveillance smart cities ,fascistic technocracy,Ai and robots will crash the labor market , you will be trapped in universal basic income, social credit scores..Comply or off to the camps or wastelands..The prep work has already begun.

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media.tenor.com

August 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

USA IS COOKED>>White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision
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Exclusive | White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision

Top White House officials will scrutinize exhibitions, internal processes, collections and artist grants ahead of America’s 250th anniversary.

www.wsj.com

August 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Crypto Fam right now

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August 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

As Moravec predicted, AI is taking your office jobs but will let you live if you do the dishes and laundry… for now
#news #ai #jobs #blacksky
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As Moravec predicted, AI is taking your office jobs but will let you live if you do the dishes and laundry… for now

The conversation about AI replacing human jobs is no longer entirely hypothetical. We are well past the era of speculative think pieces about whether machines might someday take over our work. That…

roboticsandautomationnews.com

August 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs
Ford chief predicts AI will replace ‘literally half of all white-collar workers’
#news #ai #blacksky #jobs
www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-w...

CEOs Start Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud: AI Will Wipe Out Jobs

Ford chief predicts AI will replace “literally half of all white-collar workers.”

www.wsj.com

August 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

news.sky.com/story/bp-rai...

BP raises prospect of more job losses as AI drives efficiency

The company had only revealed in January that it was shedding thousands of staff as it pivots back towards core oil and gas operations.

news.sky.com

August 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM

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Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Chipped population , total surveillance smart cities ,fascistic technocracy,Ai and robots will crash the labor market , you will be trapped in universal basic income, social credit scores..Comply or off to the camps or wastelands..The prep work has already begun..

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August 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.
Lyndon B. Johnson

August 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

If you don't understand white supremacy/racism, what it is and how it works everything that you do understand will only confuse you…Neely Fuller Jr

August 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Well Shit !! Grok has a stronger spine than most of the #Democratic party.

August 12, 2025 at 5:55 AM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Chipped population , total surveillance smart cities ,fascistic technocracy,Ai and robots will crash the labor market , you will be trapped in universal basic income, social credit scores..Comply or off to the camps or wastelands..The prep work has already begun..

a man in an orange shirt stands in front of a whiteboard that says " you know i 'm right "

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media.tenor.com

August 12, 2025 at 5:45 AM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

You can’t reason with , play nice with , reach across the isle to , or go high when they go low. These people have 0 morality..Do you understand #liberals, #Democrats and #leftist ?

August 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM

Loose Leaf

@longluck.bsky.social

Social media will be requiring ID verification. Military will be patrolling the streets of major US cities.. Palantir Ai system will have access to all individual information and government databases.. DO YOU SEE IT YET?
#politics #Blacksky #Democracy