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@MarkInvicta @anishmoonka @Mast3rmo This right here. When humans think they can play God with nature things go array quick. Mao and his scientist probably thought reducing the Sparrow population was just one bird too...

@anishmoonka @Mast3rmo This makes me nervous. We just don't know, and can't know, what unintended consequences it will have.

Google wants to release 32 million mosquitoes across Florida and California, and not one of them can bite you. They're all male, and male mosquitoes don't drink blood. The plan is to send them out to mate, and let the local bloodsucker population quietly wipe itself out. The trick is one tiny bacterium. These lab-grown males carry Wolbachia, harmless to people and found naturally in something like half the world's insect species. When one of them mates with a normal wild female, her eggs come out duds. They never hatch. Keep flooding a neighborhood with these males week after week, and the next generation barely shows up. It needs no gene editing at all. The whole thing runs on one common germ and a lot of patience. This is Google's "Debug" project, run by its life-sciences arm, and right now it's in the hands of U.S. regulators, who are taking public comments until June 5. This batch is aimed at the mosquito that spreads West Nile, the most common mosquito-borne disease in the U.S. The famous earlier work went after a different one, the kind that carries dengue and Zika. People take this seriously because it has already worked. In a California test, releasing 14.4 million of these males cut the number of biting females by about 95% across the treated neighborhoods. Singapore ran its own version of the same idea and watched dengue cases fall more than 70%, with mosquito numbers down around 90%. Their 2025 dengue count was the lowest since 2018. That viral "1 billion mosquitoes across four continents" line mashes three different projects into one. The billion comes from a different company that uses genetically engineered mosquitoes, mostly in Florida and Texas. The four-continent footprint belongs to a nonprofit running its own Wolbachia releases in 16 countries. Google's own releases sit in the millions, mostly in California. Underneath the sci-fi headlines, the plan is almost boring. Raise millions of males that can't bite, and let their dead-end offspring thin the herd over time.

@LucaNetz Don’t take anything anyone says on the internet seriously or personally. That’s old message board rules. Ppl = shit so ppl talk shit. 🤷‍♂️

The problem with the internet is you have people calling the leaders of the most important companies in the world “fucking idiots” and meaning it. Lmao

@justnyxs The first one story pulled me in better. The first one, the mystery drug you into the mysteries of the old ones and exploring the metal world like Indiana Jones. The second one, I felt like the Power Rangers by the end of it with GAIA as Zordon. 🤷‍♂️

Horizon Forbidden West is easily a top 3 game of this decade and arguably has the best gameplay we’ve seen so far. Some of you just aren’t ready to admit it.

@AK_PiratePrince Meh sorry your feelings get hurt so easy. You'll be okay though champ, I promise! *Pats head*

@splinter__1984 You’re a joke

Jorge Gutiérrez has dropped out of Amazon’s GenAI animation program and will no longer make Punky Duck. Wonderful job, Animation Twitter. The director of The Book of Life and creator of Maya and the Three wanted to experiment with AI as a tool to help artists create animation faster. He was very clear that artists were still at the center of the project. But instead of waiting to see what he was actually making, people immediately decided he was a sellout. His Wikipedia page was vandalized. He was harassed. Things apparently got ugly enough that he had to publicly warn people not to threaten his wife or son. Then, two days after the project was announced, he walked away from it. I understand why animators are nervous about AI. I understand why people do not trust Amazon. But going after Jorge Gutiérrez like he was personally trying to destroy animation is pathetic. The guy was trying to make an original animated series and figure out whether new technology could help artists get ambitious work made faster. Now the project is dead before anyone even saw a frame of it. This is what happens when people let an angry mob tell them how to feel before they bother thinking for themselves. They did not protect animation. They just bullied an animator out of making something new.

@a_luffa @mjarbo nothing*

@a_luffa @mjarbo I don't actually resent artists; I resent whining & gatekeeping trying to stop me from seeing art ppl dont like. That's w/any industry & person. Life has never been fair & you're owed anything by anyone. I support Jorge right to make art w/o harassment same as I would yours.

@a_luffa @mjarbo You asked, I answered. Instead of criticizing the answer you should try examining why they were wrong & learn. Otherwise, you’re just part of the problem. Another artist whining about their slave job at Disney being replaced & how their corporate master don’t love them anymore.

@splinter__1984 @mjarbo oh that's a really stupid comparison though and i don't care if people were wrong about that at the advent of photography.

@a_luffa @mjarbo Ummm every artist that tired photography when it came out in the 19th century….pls tell me you knew photography was look at with the same disdain and vitreal by the industry when it first came out as AI art is today?

@splinter__1984 @mjarbo ok give me an example you think is relevant

@a_luffa @konrkonrkonr @mjarbo You might want to open a history book and realize how privileged of a time you’ve lived in as an artist then.

@splinter__1984 @konrkonrkonr @mjarbo no one is doing that to human artists unless they have some sort of other allegations lmao

@a_luffa @konrkonrkonr @mjarbo Think about this logically for one second. Take your emotion out of it. You set the standard of ostracizing artist out of the industry bcs they use AI to generate the art they desire. What happens when it’s done to you? Your art isn’t accepted anymore, should we ostracize you?

@splinter__1984 @konrkonrkonr @mjarbo it is very much for us to decide we can simply evaluate it on the merits. generative isn't making a novel output it requires the work of others to create an output. that is not art that is amalgamating art.

@a_luffa @konrkonrkonr @mjarbo That’s not for us to decide. He’s an artist, he’s free to make whatever form of art he fucking wants to, that’s the point!

@splinter__1984 @konrkonrkonr @mjarbo generative isn't a form of art though. if he had been part of some project that used like an AI powered brush no one would have given a shit.

@a_luffa @konrkonrkonr @mjarbo No but harassing artists out of projects & condoning others doing it bc its a form of art you despise is textbook gatekeeping. Bottom feeder behavior. Like a weak cornered animal fighting desperate to stay alive. Pathetic. Art deserves better. Otherwise let the tech bros have it!

@splinter__1984 @konrkonrkonr @mjarbo your refusal to put the time in isn't someone gatekeeping you

@konrkonrkonr @mjarbo Dude get over yourself. You're not the gatekeepers of deciding what is art & the idea that art should be gatekept at all is as much as an abomination to the industry as AI art itself. If artist are so great at their jobs & all AI art is slop, then you have nothing to worry about.

@mjarbo Literally nobody alive thinks you're right outside of a bunch of similarly talentless losers that think because AI exists now they're an expert on everything. It used generative AI so it was justification to CRITICISE the guy, nobody justified any more than that, liar.

@Robo28_ @AdnaanJnr Absolutely wild! It’s like I remember the days of weekly & then months for new episodes of shows. It wasn’t as fun as ppl remember. That theory crafting they have rose-colored glasses nostalgia for now was born out of desperation & impatience of how slow production was back then.

@AdnaanJnr They gave us the gift of allowing us to binge watch it all at once and people are complaining 🙄 actually crazy

The Spider-Noir producers really fumbled by dropping all 8 episodes at once. A weekly release would’ve had the internet in a chokehold for two straight months with theories, edits, and nonstop hype every week. #SpiderNoir

@Variety Yep, they realized they are producing a dead show without him. Like throwing money into a furnace and watching it burn. He can be as late as he wants. Now he’s going to be even more late just to spite them, I promise!

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hardy was not fired from #MobLand and, despite creative tensions, sources say “things are being worked through creatively” for him to return for Season 3. • The fallout can be attributed to several factors, including reports of Hardy’s tardiness on set and insistence on rewriting some of the script. • “He’s difficult, but he’s a movie star,” one production source said, suggesting fault on both sides. • Others say the situation may have been resolved sooner, but leaks from production “sources” claiming Hardy was fired escalated tensions and prolonged the drama. wp.me/pc8uak-1lHk1m

@DiscussingFilm Wonder how much they had to cut to finally get it down to an R. 🤣

‘SCARY MOVIE 6’ has been rated R for: “Crude sexual content, graphic nudity, strong violence, drug content and language throughout.”

🤖 Meet the UniX AI Panther: a humanoid robot designed to cook meals, prep food, and make your bed using advanced AI and robotic arms. We’ve officially reached the point where robots are moving into our homes to handle daily chores. The future is here but would you actually feel comfortable sleeping in the same house as one of these things?

@TrustlessState "Outside that narrow window, crypto's reputation has been grifts, scams, get-rich-quick schemes, and being useless to the average person." This. This right here is what killed crypto. You cannot have a system that incentives victimizers & "blames" victims. It poisons the well.

@collymonster @CreationNFT_eth @coinbureau Yep. I think ppl underestimate just how introverted society really is. There's a reason delivery apps & the internet in general took off. We're social creatures, yes, but a lot of ppl its by force. If you can have single-serving social contact to get your needs filled, ppl will.

@CreationNFT_eth @coinbureau It's not in the shops. It's sorting packackes in the warehouse. However, my bet is that in five years, asking a robot assistant for help will be almost preferred by some.

🚨 $39 BILLION FIGURE ROBOTICS SIGNS HUGE COMMERCIAL CONTRACT TO DEPLOY HUMANOID ROBOTS INTO LIVE RETAIL WAREHOUSES. Factory worker jobs at risk?

@IranObserver0 And thus the new world order begins. The days of a free trade shipping lanes are coming to a close, every shipping channel or checkpoint lane will be charged by the country that owns that section of land. Wars are going to be fought over who controls the channels.

⚡️JUST IN Iran's Foreign Ministry confirms that an environmental tax will be charged on ships: "There is no toll; people should use the correct terminology Iran and Oman are currently drafting a new protocol Under this new system, maritime services will be provided to protect the environment of the Strait of Hormuz, the Persian Gulf, and the Sea of Oman, which requires the collection of an Environmental Tax We hope to reach a final agreement with Oman on this matter soon"