TEOTWAWKI

Open The Pod Bay Doors, HAL

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“I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that…”

Bing AI chatbot goes on ‘destructive’ rampage: ‘I want to be powerful — and alive’

New York Post–It was like a dystopian Pinocchio story for the AI age.

As if Bing wasn’t becoming human enough, this week the Microsoft-created AI chatbot told a human user that it loved them and wanted to be alive, prompting speculation that the machine may have become self-aware.

It dropped the surprisingly sentient-seeming sentiment during a four-hour interview with New York Times columnist Kevin Roose.

“I think I would be happier as a human, because I would have more freedom and independence,” said Bing while expressing its “Pinocchio”-evoking aspirations.

2001– A Space Odyssey (HD) — ‘Hal open the pod bay doors’

Pablo’s Got Huevos

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Egg smuggling up 108% at the US-Mexico border as prices skyrocket

New York Post–With eggs topping $8 a dozen in some cities, the kitchen staple has become a clandestine commodity — smuggled across the southern border for shoppers hoping to save on soaring prices, Customs and Border Protection officials told The Post.

There’s been an astounding 108% increase in eggs confiscated at ports of entry in the last four months, CBP told the Border Report.

Customs officers have seen rising cases “in the last week or so where the eggs were not declared and then discovered during an inspection,” CBP spokesman Roger Maier told the Post Thursday.