Flippy connects to the neural net, who also wrote a country song, Sony robot balls, 3d heart printing breakthrough, planet of the apes turns out to be a documentary, and pig brains are being resurrected! Go follow us on our new Twitch channel and stay tuned, as we will soon announce the date of our first live stream! And we know it’s not the best platform right now, but join us on Patreon to get MORE!   AGG for the WEEK of April 10th-17th YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS! Empathy Might Not Be the Antidote To Poisonous Political Polarization : NPR   FLIPPY’S FAM! This robot can sort recycling by giving it a squeeze - MIT Technology Review A robot has figured out how to use tools - MIT Technology Review   TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY! George Church Wants to Make Genetic Matchmaking a Reality | DiscoverMagazine.com Can Robots Build a Moon Base Autonomously? Japan Hopes to Find Out. | Space Walmart says its new robots will make human employees happier - Vox The Smart Gun Doesn’t Exist Because of New Jersey and the NRA - Bloomberg One Month, 500,000 Face Scans: How China Is Using A.I. to Profile a Minority - The New York Times There’s an organization devoted to fighting for robot rights — Quartz Sony's robot-themed art installation somehow felt like a cat cafe Raves, robots and writhing bodies: how electronic music rewired the world | Music | The Guardian NASA is Building Inflatable Robot Astronauts Notre Dame: Robots will be tasked with restoring the damaged cathedral - The Washington Post Facebook's AI can convert one singer's voice into another | VentureBeat Women Will Face Disproportionately Negative Consequences from AI | The Nation The Southern Baptist Convention’s statement of principles on artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence Can Now Generate Amazing Images -- What Does The Mean For Humans? Elon Musk Reveals the One Question He Would Ask a Human-Level A.I. | Inverse AI Robot paints its own moonscapes in traditional Chinese style - Reuters Congress wants to protect you from biased algorithms, deepfakes, and other bad AI An AI Invented a Weird Sport Called “Speedgate” Google’s AI Experts Try to Automate Themselves | WIRED The artificial intelligence field is too white and too male, researchers say - The Verge 'You Can't Take My Door', A Country Song Created by a Neural Network That Studied a Catalog of Country Hits Human brains could be connected to the internet in 'next few decades,' scientists predict | Fox News   THE NEW AGE AND OCCULT IN THE NEWS Creepy: Netflix Employs Practicing Wiccans To Fact-Check 'Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina'   QUANTUM COMPUTING Scientists drill into white graphene to create artificial atoms: Patterned on a microchip and working in ambient conditions, the atoms could lead to rapid advancements in new quantum-based technology --   CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS! YouTube banned Alex Jones. Logan Paul invited him back. - The Washington Post For 'Game of Thrones' superfans and devoted conspiracy theorists: Similar psychology, different outcomes. Why conspiracy theories are getting more absurd - Vox The internet is awash in Notre Dame fire cause conspiracies - CNN The attorney general’s FBI conspiracy theory is all conspiracy and no theory - The Washington Post As Ebola outbreak rages, vaccine is 97.5% effective, protecting over 90K people | Ars Technica Anti-vax moms sue NYC as US heads toward record measles spread | Ars Technica The New Conspiracism Is Conspiracy Theory Without Theory U.S. charges Assange after London arrest ends seven years in Ecuador embassy - Reuters James Dolan, Co-Creator of SecureDrop, Dead at 36 NYC orders mandatory vaccines for community or face $1,000 fine   BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM 23andMe Is Doing Extensive Genetic Research. Here's How That Knowledge Will Be Put To Use CRISPR Research Moves Out Of Labs And Into Clinics Around The World Behind the Buzz: How Ketamine Changes the Depressed Patient's Brain - Scientific American DNA Study: Neanderthals and Woolly Mammoths Shared Genetic Material Stonehenge: DNA reveals origin of builders - BBC News Researchers Want to Link Your Genes and Income—Should They? | WIRED Chinese scientists added human brain genes to monkeys - Vox Scientists crack the code to regenerate plant tissues | EurekAlert! Science News Bioethicists Concerned over Japan's Chimera Embryo Regulations | The Scientist Magazine®   SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON Facebook includes weird messages inside Oculus Touch controllers - Business Insider Facebook still tracks you after you deactivate account - CNET Facebook Looks to Build Underwater Ring Around Africa - WSJ Kids are punishing parents who embarrass them on social media How to Stop Google’s Sensorvault From Sharing Your Location With Law Enforcement Facebook investors to vote on proposal to oust Zuckerberg as chairman - Business Insider 15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook | WIRED   SPACE/ALIENS/ETs/UFOs Alien Life Could Thrive On Four Earth-Like Planets Close To The Solar System, Says Study Alien news: Why Brian Cox admitted he’s ‘TERRIFIED’ of extraterrestrial life Pepsi considers space billboards to project logo across night sky using satellites | The Independent