TRISTAN JUTRAS

Managing Partner at Limestone Learning. Producer & Host at MOMENTOUS. Friend to robots. Follow @tristanjutras pretty much everywhere.

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Boston Dynamics turned its robot dog into a talking tour guide with ChatGPT

See Spot tour.

The hat and googly eyes really make it.

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This Cheetah Robot Taught Itself How to Sprint in a Weird Way

Researchers got the machine to run nearly 13 feet per second. It ain't graceful, but this powerful technique is preparing robots for the chaos of the world.

Sleep well, folks.

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Kawasaki's Rideable Robotic Goat Is the Electric Car for Wandering Cowpokes

Unlike Boston Dynamics' Spot, Kawasaki's robotic Ibex is ready for human passengers.

FINALLY.

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How Facebook and Google fund global misinformation

The tech giants are paying millions of dollars to the operators of clickbait pages, bankrolling the deterioration of information ecosystems around the world.

It's like they're playing Whac-A-Mole but the moles are on the payroll and are ruining the world.

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Algorithms control your online life. Here's how to reduce their influence.

Don't want to let Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter decide what you see? Try these simple tricks.

Essential reading to help you maintain your sanity — and grounding in reality.

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How Yahoo Became an Internet Villain

“Where good ideas go to die” — me, c. 2010.

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Watch a monkey equipped with Elon Musk’s Neuralink device play Pong with its brain – TechCrunch

Elon Musk’s Neuralink, one of his many companies and the only one currently focused on mind control (that we’re aware of), has released a new blog post and video detailing some of its recent updates — including using its hardware to make it possible for a monkey to play Pong with only i…

“Lois, get Twitch on the horn — I have an idea for a new esports league!”

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This is Boston Dynamics’ next commercial robot

Boston Dynamics’ transition from a decades-long research robotics firm to a company that productizes and sells hardware has been a fascinating one to watch. There have been some tough lessons along the way, including the very real lesson that at the end of the day, most robots in the world will be …

"Robotics are — more often than not — cool technology performing decidedly uncool tasks."

Sparing humans from punishing, repetitive physical labour seems like a win.

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Robot artist gets its first major exhibition — but is it truly creative?

Ai-Da the robot has produced a series of "self-portraits" that aim to challenge our ideas about creativity and identity.

I, for one, welcome our new robot artist overladies.

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Robots

Here's the WIRED guide to catch you up on everything you should know about robotics.

“Soft, hard, and nonmurderous.”

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Stop watching Netflix and tackle these 8 tech projects instead

From organizing digital photos to repurposing old tech, here’s some ideas on how to use your free time during the coronavirus lockdown.

You’ll be more organized and better prepared for whenever things return to a state of normalcy

Now’s your chance.

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Dolphins in the Venice canals? Nope, that didn't happen.

Sometimes there's a reason things feel unbelievable.

“A time of crisis like this can also be prime lying season for people who want attention.”

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What Are My Photos Revealing About Me? – The Markup

You may be accidentally sharing personal information in your photos

Share with care.

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Write a thing. Briefly celebrate that you brought this thing into the universe. Don’t celebrate by hitting publish. This done thing is only

Some quick, practical advice. Relevant to other creative work, too.

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Why your next TV needs ‘filmmaker mode’ via TechCrunch

...and to have motion smoothing turned off by default — before the film aesthetic is trashed forever.

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Dark patterns: Welcome to the dark side of a user-friendly industry

User experience designers mostly use their cognitive psychology knowledge and usability to design the best experience for you as possible…

Good to be aware of these gross tactics.

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Just imagine how good this will be in a year. Or five.

A deepfake is a video that is processed to overlay one person's face on top of another. One of the earlier deepfakes to go viral was this Co