1937

The lady who got the $254 of McNuggets on her order should sue the AI for attempted murder, that many nuggets has got to be deadly.

1938

I don’t know why, but I can’t stop giggling to this LOL.

1939

Ford says they have no plans to use it but they did file for the patent.

1940

So it could just lock you in and drive you to the Ford “financial councilor” internment center.

1941

The Mcdonald’s thing doesn’t even seem like AI, it’s just a voice recognition IVR. They always suck, I call insurance companies a lot.

1942

“It sounded like you said, initiate global thermonuclear war, is that correct?”

1943

Siri, tell me about life on a pirate ship.

1944

One quarter of the Northern hemisphere is underlain by permanently frozen ground, referred to as permafrost. Due to climate warming, irreversibly thawing permafrost is releasing organic matter frozen for up to a million years, most of which decomposes into carbon dioxide and methane, further enhancing the greenhouse effect. Part of this organic matter also consists of revived cellular microbes (prokaryotes, unicellular eukaryotes) as well as viruses that have remained dormant since prehistorical times. While the literature abounds on descriptions of the rich and diverse prokaryotic microbiomes found in permafrost, no additional report about “live” viruses have been published since the two original studies describing pithovirus (in 2014) and mollivirus (in 2015). This wrongly suggests that such occurrences are rare and that “zombie viruses” are not a public health threat. To restore an appreciation closer to reality, we report the preliminary characterizations of 13 new viruses isolated from seven different ancient Siberian permafrost samples, one from the Lena river and one from Kamchatka cryosol. As expected from the host specificity imposed by our protocol, these viruses belong to five different clades infecting Acanthamoeba spp. but not previously revived from permafrost: Pandoravirus, Cedratvirus, Megavirus, and Pacmanvirus, in addition to a new Pithovirus strain.

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1945

this study confirms the capacity of large DNA viruses infecting Acanthamoeba to remain infectious after more than 48,500 years spent in deep permafrost.

we believe our results…can be extrapolated to many other DNA viruses capable of infecting humans or animals.

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1946

So now the script writers are folding The Thing into the plot? Oy.

1947

I’m pretty sure that at this stage we just have to take off and nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

1948

On the bright side, the two or three people left will have the best immune system ever.

1949

At least the zombies created by the Pacmanvirus should be easy enough to hear coming, “wakka wakka wakka”, and make a satisfying noise when dispatched.

1950

Indeed, it would be a great idea to take our power pills, vaccines, and whatever other medicine is available, as directed. And we should probably keep our energy up by munching on cherries, pretzels, bananas, and other foods while watching out for those zombies.

1951
1952

Google Maps still already confidently guide you “through” dead ends and people’s houses, why they need Supremely Confident White DudeAI?

1953

Because “Self-doubting and Indecisive Underachieving White DudeAI” kept having to call home to mother for instructions, obviously.

1954

ChatGPT™️ – brought to you by Weyland Industries. Perfection.

1955

I can’t wait for the day in-car ChatGPT and my wife are arguing over how I should be driving.

1956

Is the answer, no matter how you are driving, “not like that”?