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Humor and comedy in the science fiction and fantasy space.
A.I. Plagiarized Me Criticizing It
In December 2023, I published an article on Vocal, Medium, and my own website entitled How Many Australian Minutes is 15 American Minutes?. As a quick summary, I had asked that exact question to so-called artificial intelligence (A.I.) interactive chat engines Microsoft Copilot and Google Bard (since renamed Gemini). Without prompting or priming, each decided that there was a difference and they needed to do a conversion, resulting in answers ranging from 3.75 to 30.25 minutes.
AI Doesn't Swear Right
Like many authors, I have been getting notices that I should transform my novels into AI-read audiobooks on GooglePlay Books. Lately, I got an email explaining to me that the service is free right now and I should take advantage of it.
Stephanie Van OrmanPublished 3 months ago in FuturismTech Dreams and Parental Hurdles
Picture this: a day filled with the sweet melody of chirping birds, the gentle caress of the blowing wind, and the rhythmic rustling of leaves. The streets were alive with joyous chatter and laughter, and everything seemed normal. However, there was a spark of anticipation in the air, a secret excitement that danced in my mind.
Oroush FatimaPublished 3 months ago in FuturismHow Many Australian Minutes is 15 American Minutes?
The other day, I asked Amazon's Alexa voice assistant-that-lives-inside-of-a-hockey-puck to set a timer for fifteen minutes, a rather benign task. Then, as a little joke, I followed up by requesting, "And I mean American minutes, not Australian minutes!"
Emissary of the Celestial Conclave
Title: "Emissary of the Celestial Conclave" In the small, unassuming town of Millville, nestled between rolling hills and shimmering lakes, life unfolded in a predictable pattern. That was until the night the sky lit up with an otherworldly glow, and an emissary from the Celestial Conclave descended upon Earth.
I Talked to ChatGPT About Wrestler Disco Inferno & It Suggested He Replace Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan
My favorite thing about talking to ChatGPT is which how wrong it is about so much, especially when it comes to pop-culture stuff. How quickly GPT can process complex mathematical equations or write complex poems can invoke jealously or even intimidation, so hearing it lie like an insecure 3rd grader trying to seem an expert on a playground definitely helps ease the pain of its intellectual superiority. Like how shakes it takes you to get out of Diff’rent Strokes, it’s a mystery if GPT thinks the inaccuracies it puts out are real or true, but regardless, it’s good for a laugh. Regardless if you love Disco, or think he’s a sexist nuissance, you’ll enjoy what GPT had to say about the self proclaimed Superior One.
Aubrey KatePublished 4 months ago in FuturismNo, Mercury Retrograde Does Not Mean Pending Doom
If you’re a spiritual head like me, the words ‘Mercury retrograde’ will send you into a panic and have you preparing to go to spiritual war.
Top Stand Up Comedy Shows Online in 2023
Explore the world of stand-up comedy. Discover top online standup comedy shows currently streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime, GUDSHO, and more, like Chappelle's Home Team and Hannah Gadsby's 'Something Special.' Learn about comedians like Manoj Prabakar and Vir Das. Find out how they make money from live performances and online platforms.
A new kind of 3D-printed carrot, in the words of its Qatar-based inventors
Qatari students aim to make ‘food accessible to people all over the world’ with their newly invented 3D printer. Innovation in the heart of Qatar has birthed a groundbreaking solution to the widespread issue of food insecurity. Two visionary students, Mohammad Annan, aged 20, and Lujain Al Mansoori, aged 21, both pursuing information systems at Doha's Carnegie Mellon University, have achieved an extraordinary feat - the creation of a 3D printer capable of mass-producing vegetables, offering a potential remedy to the global food crisis.
nizam uddinPublished 5 months ago in FuturismTechtoberfest: A Guide to the Wildest, Beer-Drinking Robots at the Robot Beer Festival
Techtoberfest: A Guide to the Wildest, Beer-Drinking Robots at the Robot Beer Festival Ladies and gentlemen, geeks and brew enthusiasts, welcome to Techtoberfest – where the future meets the frothy world of beer! Forget everything you thought you knew about Oktoberfest; this year, the spotlight is on Robot Beer Festival, the ultimate fusion of technology, hops, and fun. In this thrilling guide, we'll navigate you through the robotic wonderland of beer aficionados, ensuring you don't miss a single sip or sprocket at this one-of-a-kind event.
Dani FerrazPublished 5 months ago in FuturismRobot Love in the Age of AI: Can Siri and Alexa Find True Happiness Together?
Robot Love in the Age of AI: Can Siri and Alexa Find True Happiness Together? In a world where AI assistants like Siri and Alexa have become integral parts of our daily lives, the question arises: Can these digital dynamos find true love amidst the whirlwind of information and tasks they handle for us? This tongue-in-cheek investigation delves into the heart of AI relationships, searching for sparks and gigabytes of romance in the circuitry of Siri and Alexa.
Dani FerrazPublished 5 months ago in FuturismBitterblue
The space station hung in the quiet, empty corner of the sector between the M’toh Republic and the Amn Democracy. It was not a pretty station, nor one that won any practical design awards. The station, more properly referred to as Graygante Station, had a bulbous kind of upper portion that made up the majority of the station’s residential districts, business offices, and the observation deck. The blobby portion was cut off neatly by a weird, flat cylinder that had most of the station’s shops and restaurants, underneath which had all of the factories and repair shops in a dozen or so odd cuboids of various widths and lengths that terminated in long, spindly antenna-looking docks. Graygante had once been described by a passing philosophy student as a “jellyfish wearing a corset,” which made the local tourism agency furious, until one of their more apathetic members pointed out that it was a correct observation.
A.N.G. ReynoldsPublished 6 months ago in Futurism