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fliptop [soylentnews.org] writes:

Technology is advancing at an exponential rate, but we have very little ability to control it if something goes horribly wrong. Many experts are warning that some of the new technologies that are being developed right now represent very serious existential threats to humanity. In other words, they believe that we could literally be creating technology that could wipe us out someday. Unfortunately, the scientific community is not showing any restraint at all. It something is possible, they want to try to do it. All over the globe, hordes of mad scientists are feverishly rushing into the unknown, and it is quite likely that the consequences will be horrific. The following are 5 super creepy new technologies that should chill all of us to the core [endoftheamericandream.com]:

#1 Scientists in China have been able to get AI models to create “functioning replicas of themselves [livescience.com]”…

[...] #2 Do you remember Operation Warp Speed? That was a public-private partnership that was initiated during the first Trump administration, and we all know how that turned out.

Now another public-private partnership that has been dubbed “Stargate” [cnn.com] is supposed to greatly accelerate the development of AI in the United States…

[...] #3 Does creating an “artificial sun” sound like a good idea? Unfortunately, the Chinese have actually created such a thing, and they just set a new record by running it for 1,066 seconds… [msn.com]

[...] #4 Anyone that has watched Jurassic Park knows that bringing back ancient species that have gone extinct is a really bad idea. But now a company called Colossal BioSciences plans to do exactly that… [venturebeat.com]

[...] #5 A whistleblower has told Joe Rogan that the U.S. military has mastered anti-gravity propulsion [dailymail.co.uk] that is based on recovered alien technology…

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