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Aug 14, 2019

In this episode, Flippy fulfilling a stoners dream, DARPA unleashes drones like LOCUST, CRISPR is getting a crackdown in California, and facial recognition AI “mistakenly” identifies lawmakers as criminals. Go follow us on our new Twitch channel and stay tuned, as we will soon announce the date of our first live stream! Also, join us on Patreon to get MORE! Visit Hear the Watchman to learn about the West Coast Prophecy Conference! Use discount code "Gonz20" to get $20 your purchase!

 

AGG for the WEEK of Aug 8th-13th

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS.

Video: Hong Kong protesters shine lasers at facial-recognition cameras - Business Insider 

Elon Musk’s Neuralink: Both an evolution and a plan for radical change | Ars Technica 

 

FLIPPY AND FAM!

Greenbox Robotics' CBD-Dispensing Robot Makes Its New York City Debut on Cheddar 

 

TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY!

Scientists invent ‘self-healing’ robots that can feel pain, repair damage 

NASA will pay you $1M to design a robot to work on the moon - TechRepublic 

Watch NASA's 'Lemur' Robot Climb a Cliff in Death Valley as Practice for Mars | Space 

Facial recognition test mistakes California lawmakers for crooks - Los Angeles Times 

 

CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS!

El Paso shooting: Fox & Friends continues to push “invasion” conspiracy theory - Vox 

Mueller Revealed the Conspiracy-Theory-Driven State of American Politics | The New Yorker 

Italians decided to fight a conspiracy theory. Here’s what happened next. - The Washington Post 

Democrats blast Donald Trump over Epstein/Clinton conspiracy theory 

Opinion | Epstein Suicide Conspiracies Show How Our Information System Is Poisoned

CNN anchor Ana Cabrera lists the 'baseless' conspiracies Trump has pushed - CNN Video 

Washington Post editor responds to Bernie Sanders: Your 'conspiracy theory' is wrong - CNNPolitics 

Opinion | Jeffrey Epstein and When to Take Conspiracies Seriously - The New York Times 

DARPA! And THE MILITARY!

DARPA drones surround mock city hall as part of autonomous swarming demonstration 

BAE wins DARPA contract to develop machine learning technology for space operations   -

 Turkey uses laser weapon technology to shoot down Chinese UAV Wing Loong II in Libya

How State Politics Is Playing a Huge Role in Artificial Intelligence: Eye on A.I. | Fortune 

 

SPACE/ALIENS/ETs/UFOs

Alienstock? The guy behind the 'Storm Area 51' Facebook event is hosting an alien-themed festival Bernie Sanders pledges to reveal info on aliens if he wins in 2020 | Fox News 

If space aliens are out there, why haven't we found them? 

Milky Way Alert --"Sagittarius A* Our Galaxy's Black Hole Suddenly Flashing 75-Times Brighter"

UFO sightings: The top 5 states where the aliens are flying through 

Weird Star Slows Down Before 'Glitching,' and No One Knows Why | Space 

 

BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM

New Law Requires “Not for Humans” Label Added to DIY CRISPR Kits 

Scientists Call for Do-Over for Rules on Creating "CRISPR Babies" - Scientific American 

Despite Controversy, Human Studies of CRISPR Move Forward in the U.S. - Scientific American Ebola Is Now Curable. Here’s How the New Treatments Work | WIRED 

California law targets biohacking and DIY CRISPR kits - Vox 

Why this attempt to cure an inherited form of blindness with CRISPR is so important

 

THE NEW AGE AND OCCULT IN THE NEWS

Meet the 'Witch Queen of New York,' Who Fights to Help Others 'Out of the Broom Closet' 

Swaziland Bans Witchcraft And Magic Competition | The African Exponent 

We hung out with a professional witch who charges £120 a spell | JOE.co.uk 

'Waking The Witch' Author Pam Grossman On Why Witches Are Having Such A Huge Cultural Moment 

From Baba Yaga to Hermione Granger: why we're spellbound by 'witcherature' | Books | The Guardian 

Monsters, men and magic: why feminists turned to witchcraft to oppose Trump | Life and style |

 

SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON

Google’s Hate Speech-Detecting AI is Biased Against Black People 

Facebook (FB) Paid Contractors to Transcribe User Audio Files - Bloomberg 

 

CRYPTOCURRENCY & THE B-B-B-BLOCKCHAIN

Blockchain Startup Bitfury Launches Artificial Intelligence Unit