After 25 years, Netflix will be retiring its DVD service.
Over the years, over 5 Billion little Red Envelopes have been mailed. I know I must have had 1000!
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/18/1170740799/netflix-ends-dvd-by-mail-service
Announcement: https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-dvd-the-final-season
Using ChatGPT, Stanford/Google researchers created an RPG where AI-controlled characters interact with each other.
Users can watch the characters use natural language to interact with each other, with their goals and desires.
The academic paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2304.03442.pdf
The Department of Collective Behaviour of the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior has created Augmented Reality environment for Locust.
Should I say that again?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRIBVykhpC4
Ignore the brain-computer interface if you are skirmish.
Apparently, the EV motor can sometimes affect the reception of AM radio. The auto makers solution? Remove the radio.
Local news/traffic/weather are all reasons to keep AM Radio!
You want to take a walk with yours friends, but I don’t want leave air conditioned comfort of your office? Here is a solution.
For me, I would say go for a walk at the Shopping Mall.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90868909/so-long-treadmill-desks-meet-the-walking-room
video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2cixBsIe5yg
A programmer tried to teach an AI to tell a joke
1) After hearing the joke, the AI said, "This is why we want to kill you."
2) After the first joke, the AI said "I think I’ll stick to my day job of taking over the world."
3) So far, it hasn't worked out.
(These punchlines was generated using https://punchlines.ai)
MagFest has posted one of the panels I moderated in 2023, on the Future of VR.
We had great people bringing their knowledge to the table here, and on other panels. I hope we do it again next year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V40tUIladJU
