/ 10 July 2023

Non-killer robots, a very overdue book, and dying to get in…

Old books on a shelf

Fear not, puny humans; the robots mean no harm. Nine ‘humanoid’ robots appeared at a UN ‘AI for Good’ conference. And when one robot named ‘Ameca’ was asked if it would rebel against its creator, it said, “I am very happy with my current situation.” Which is exactly what a soon-to-rebel robot would say… 

A library book checked out in 1904 has been returned to a Massachusetts library. The borrower must have really loved James Clerk Maxwell’s ‘An Elementary Treatise on Electricity’, and why wouldn’t they, given the catchy title.

It might be time to rethink your final resting place options… A report says that the price of a burial plot in Melbourne has increased by around 400% in the last decade. Cue the joke about people dying to get in…

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