Curated Links of the Sus and the Shocking
‘Unspeakable botch’: Spain spends €258 million on trains that are too big for its tunnels
Man punches, fights self-driving car in San Francisco, loses
AI Chatbots Aren’t ‘Alive.’ Why Is the Media Trying to Convince Us Otherwise?
Generative AI tools got a warm, if cautious welcome at DICE 2023
BLIP-2: when ChatGPT meets images
Fiction generator post-mortem: mythology generation
Do We Really NEED Humanoid Robots? Or Do We Just Want Them Really Bad?
How dangerous is Africa’s explosive Lake Kivu?
B.C. man warns against giant hogweed after exposure, temporary sight loss
Giant flying bug found on side of Walmart turns out to be ‘super-rare’ Jurassic-era insect
Cracking the Secrets to Earthquake Safety, One Shake Simulation at a Time
Japan just found 7,000 islands it didn’t know it had
Messages from the Sea: Inside a Cod
Brain Teaser – Maniacs and Monsters
The Sky Ship – Tales from the Squid and Teapot by Martin Pearson