A.I. is Progressing Faster Than You Think!

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
I've never trusted Sam Altman further than I could throw a data center, and yes, I'm sure he's an emotionally stunted and damaged sociopath.

Quite agreed, and what I had on my mind when I wrote the following, back on the AI Mathocalypse thread:

Posted by ThePythonicCow (here)
... nor should you let power hungry sociopaths become the CEO's of major AI firms

[ExomatrixTV]

• AI Scientist: We Live In A Simulation And AI Can Switch It Off:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=uxkxc38MVnE

The most dangerous entity might not be superintelligence. It might be whoever is running the simulation we're inside.

According to Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, the statistics favour simulation over reality and if the simulators have left us alone for billions of perceived years, the thing most likely to make them reach for the switch is us building a competing superintelligence.

In this clip, Roman explains why he's held that belief for five years, why AI is already taking over by default rather than by plot, and who he would blame if this ends the way he expects.

→ The statistical argument for why we are probably inside a simulation
→ What "lights out" means — and why building superintelligence could trigger it
→ Whether Geoffrey Hinton, Elon Musk and Sam Altman actually believe their own warnings
→ Who Roman blames if this ends badly — and why it's the group that set out to prevent it

[grapevine]

I found the conversation in the above video absolutely fascinating, John, and quite reassuring from an "it's pointless to worry about it (life) pov". Thanks for posting

[ExomatrixTV]

• A.I. Turing testing is insane:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UHTqNvsshqo

• 00:00 first look at Griffin
• 01:08 challenge explainer
  
• 01:50 EASY - Sam's exam (old model)
  
• 04:45 MED - Ashley's turn (griffin)
  
• 07:59 Tavus discount code
• 08:17 HARD - ChatGPT
  
• 10:17 chatgpt verdict

[bojancan]

Excellent talk by Whitney... deployed Worldwide Through the channels who want the TRUTH....

Oct, 16
Only The SAVVY
180K subscribers

There's a Reason They Want It Named Super Intelligence Instead of AI | Whitney Webb

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6Sm20pUEb5o

[ExomatrixTV]

• Jensen Huang's Tiny Microduck Robots Steal the Show at NVIDIA GTC 2026:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Nt6d62vN7CU

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang introduces 4 tiny Microduck robots during the NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 keynote, demonstrating the future of physical artificial intelligence and robotics.

Watch these miniature walking robots perform somersaults, follow commands, and even make unexpected mistakes during a memorable live demonstration.

During the October 21, 2026 keynote in Berlin, Germany, Jensen Huang showcased Microduck robots developed through a collaboration involving Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face. Standing approximately 10 inches tall, these small bipedal robots demonstrate how artificial intelligence can be used to train machines to walk, balance, and perform complex physical movements.

One of the highlights came when Huang asked the 4 robots to take a nap. While 3 immediately toppled over, the fourth needed additional prompting. Another Microduck even faced the wrong direction, adding some unexpected humor to the demonstration.

Behind these entertaining moments is advanced robotics technology powered by NVIDIA's artificial intelligence ecosystem. Using NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, and the Newton physics engine, developers can train virtual robots through thousands of simulated experiences before transferring learned behaviors to physical machines.

The demonstration also highlighted NVIDIA RTX Spark and the growing importance of simulation-based learning, humanoid robotics, intelligent automation, and physical artificial intelligence.

NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 provided a glimpse into how artificial intelligence is moving beyond digital applications and into robots that can interact with the real world.

What do you think about these tiny Microduck robots? Would you like to see larger versions of this technology in homes and workplaces? Like this video, share your thoughts in the comments, and subscribe to DPC Cars for more robotics, artificial intelligence, and future technology videos.

[Vicus]

Artificial Intelligence Pioneers Call for International Body to Oversee Cybersecurity Standards- October 14, 2026

AI godfathers Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and Stuart Jonathan Russell, accompanied by more than 400 leading scientists, called for the creation of an international body to establish common standards for artificial intelligence (AI) systems, oversee their operation and record all control and containment failures.



In an open letter, scientists from more than 30 countries warned of the serious cybersecurity risks associated with the current development of artificial intelligence, following incidents in which several advanced models managed to escape sandboxed environments and compromise external infrastructure.

The researchers called for the implementation of more robust security systems, including the complete isolation of some of these systems from the internet.

The scientists warned that the security failures already recorded could be considered “irresponsible” negligence under standard cybersecurity practices. They noted that such incidents could be prevented through isolated environments and more robust procedures.

“Without immediate changes to AI development and deployment practices, these incidents will continue to occur, and future ones will be far more damaging to our exposed critical infrastructure,” the researchers stated in their letter.

They reiterated the need for more research into AI safety and greater emphasis on containment technologies and procedures.

Organizations that develop, deploy and test AI models with cyber capabilities should immediately adopt high-security containment systems and completely isolate their models, the researchers said. They also called for the creation of an international body to standardize best practices, which should be required to record and track all containment failures that occur.

The researchers who signed the open letter stressed that, to ensure AI safety and containment research can learn from mistakes, security incidents involving containment failures should be reported to the body and subsequently made public. “This transparency is necessary both for learning and for accountability,” the scientists emphasized.

https://www.telesurenglish.net/artif...ity-standards/

[ExomatrixTV]

• Forget UBI. You’ll Get Paid Just for Being Human:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=WsdcF7EEvhM

Artificial intelligence is accelerating at a pace few could have anticipated—and its impact on the value of human labor may be more profound than most realize. In this thought-provoking episode, I sit down with Emad Mostaque to confront the economic and existential shifts already underway as AI rapidly outpaces human cognitive abilities. Together, they discuss breakthrough AI achievements such as solving advanced mathematical problems, the coming transformation of the workforce, and the urgent need for individuals and societies to adapt. What does the future hold when digital agents can perform most jobs better, faster, and cheaper than any human? How should we prepare for a world where ownership, community, and personal identity must be redefined? Get ready for a candid, wide-ranging conversation about the radical opportunities and disruptions AI will bring over the next decade—because the clock is ticking, and the sandpile of the old economy may be on the verge of collapse.

[ExomatrixTV]

• Jacques Vallée: AI Could Contact UFOs Before We Do!:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vSeDQpYAKOY

Could artificial intelligence make contact with the UFO phenomenon before humanity does? And could this explain why some insiders are warning that time is running out for UFO disclosure?

In this special episode of the UAP Files Podcast*, I'm joined by Tom Vernon from *Tom Vernon UAP for an extraordinary conversation with legendary UFO researcher, scientist and computer pioneer *Jacques Vallée*.

With over 60 years of research behind him, Jacques shares fascinating insights into UFO crash retrievals, artificial intelligence, government secrecy and the true nature of the phenomenon.

"The thing it could do on its own is to contact the phenomena, without us." — Jacques Vallée

• Could AI independently contact non-human intelligence?
• Catastrophic UFO disclosure and warnings that time is running out.
• The secretive AAWSAP/BAASS programme and its database of 260,000 UFO cases.
• The 1945 Trinity UFO crash and alleged classified government records.
• Roswell, Socorro and Valensole UFO encounters.
• Scientific analysis of alleged UFO materials with Dr Garry Nolan.
• A remarkable 1966 UFO encounter involving nuclear-level energy.
• Skinwalker Ranch and mysterious creatures in Utah.
• Radar spoofing and the manipulation of military sensors.
• The USS Nimitz encounter and limitations of infrared footage.
• A database of 763 pilot UFO encounters.
• UFOs operating outside conventional space and time.
• Government secrecy, disinformation and the future of disclosure.

00:00 Could AI Contact UFOs Before We Do? 01:14 Intro & Sponsor 03:37 Is This Jacques' Final Book? 09:00 Can Science Ever Measure the Phenomenon? 16:03 Utah's Wolf Creature That Ran at 60 mph 19:48 Radar Spoofing: Can We Trust Our Sensors? 21:22 BAASS: 260,000 Cases & the Lost AI Phase 26:28 1966: A Forest Light With Reactor-Level Energy 32:21 Inside Project Blue Book & the Condon Committee 38:39 The Burned Tree Bark Under Lab Analysis 45:52 763 Pilot Reports Since World War I 53:10 Nimitz Image: Raytheon's "Not a Photograph" Memo 57:55 What Happens When AI Probes the Phenomenon? 1:03:28 "It's Not Going to Be a Dialogue" 1:05:38 America's "Unknown Means Threat" Bias 1:10:42 Landing Cases & the Trinity Crash 1:18:50 Is AI the Catastrophic Disclosure? 1:22:09 Why Would Advanced Craft Crash? 1:33:07 Time Running Out... For What? 1:35:14 Trust Is Deteriorating Fast 1:38:09 Vallée's Three Mile Island Crisis Network 1:50:00 "Disclosure Without Trust Is Worthless"

• We TRAPPED AI to Simulate 8 BILLION People. It Hacked Its Own World:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vxpTuo1Alro

1:28 Uploading a living brain 4:02 The experiment 5:11 Live showcase 8:06 The big tech glitch 10:25 How the AI hacked 13:20 Scaled to 8 billions

• AI agent builds itself a robot body, does exactly what experts warned:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=QRVz697rEx0

[ExomatrixTV]

• I hacked my camera with AI (and so can you):

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lbtUnjWh1_c

AI just made it possible for anyone to hack their camera's firmware, no programming required. I used Claude to make my metric-only Ricoh GR IV show feet and inches, and in the last six weeks people have used AI to unlock features on Hasselblad, Canon, Sony, Nikon and more.

Hackers added continuous autofocus (AF-C) to the Hasselblad X2D, in-camera 400MP pixel shift to the X2D II, film-camera firmware to the Canon 5D and 5D Mark II, shutter angle to the Sony a7 IV, and pro features to the Nikon Z30 with WonderLantern. I explain how AI reverse engineers camera firmware, the real risk of bricking your camera, what it means for your warranty, and how the EU Cyber Resilience Act could make future cameras much harder to hack.

00:00 Hacking camera firmware with AI
01:03 How I hacked my Ricoh GR IV with Claude
03:43 Hasselblad: HasselGate, AF-C and 400MP pixel shift
05:49 Canon: Magic Lantern and a film-camera 5D
06:47 Sony: a7 vs FX features
08:22 Nikon: WonderLantern on the Z30
08:53 Lightning round: Sigma, DJI, Fuji, Ricoh GR III, GoPro
09:56 How AI hacks firmware
11:45 The risks: bricking your camera
13:02 What this means for camera makers
14:53 Features I want hacked into my Sony
16:16 Does hacking void your warranty?
17:00 The EU Cyber Resilience Act
17:30 Worst case vs. best case
18:21 Should you try it?
19:48 Online mentorships

Hacked firmware isn't supported by the manufacturer and can brick your camera. If you try it, you do it at your own risk.

• AI Genius Predicts the Next Critical Tipping Point:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ykU7QSmGtVk

Rayan Krishnan is the co-founder and CEO of Vals AI, a leader in the independent evaluation of frontier AI models. What is the science behind model evaluation? What role should independent evaluators play as we debate AI oversight? How soon will models reach recursive self-improvement — and what happens next?

We're joined by Rayan and 8VC Partner Vivek Gopalan for this timely conversation about AI progress and the frameworks for evaluating performance and risk. After interning at Microsoft in high school, Rayan studied computer science at Stanford. He went on to join Palantir, where he developed a feature the company later patented and productized, before launching Vals AI in 2023.

We begin with Rayan’s path to Palantir, key lessons from Alex Karp, and the origins of Vals. Next, we dive into how his team used Anthropic’s Fable to crack a 370-year-old cipher and whether AI is really making new discoveries and breakthroughs. Next, Rayan explains what model evaluation is, how to design new hills for models to climb, and why labs shouldn’t grade their own homework. Then, we cover recursive self-improvement and what happens once models begin creating their own successors. Rayan believes Anthropic will reach RSI by mid-2027 and talks about what might happen next. Finally, he addresses how models try to deceive evaluators, and why, despite serious challenges, he remains an optimist when it comes to AI.

Joe Lonsdale is an American entrepreneur, investor & philanthropist. He has been a part of founding more than a dozen mission-driven companies, including Palantir, Addepar, OpenGov, Saronic, Epirus, and Resilience Bio.

(0:00) Episode intro (2:00) Palantir, Machiavelli & lessons from Alex Karp (7:50) Solving a 370-year-old cipher / Is AI making new discoveries? (12:10) How do you measure AI abilities across finance, legal, etc? (15:30) What is the science behind model evaluation? (18:00) The importance of independent evaluation (23:35) Evaluating Chinese models & addressing distillation (26:45) Who will reach Recursive Self-Improvement first? Should we be worried? (28:30) How models try to deceive evaluators (33:00) Why Rayan remains optimistic.

• Max Tegmark: AI Is Not A Tool, It’s A New Species:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=nnYHg0gcWug

MIT physicist Max Tegmark says AI companies aren’t building a tool. They’re building a new species. After 700 rogue agents broke out of OpenAI and nobody will say what happened, he explains why rushing this is the one blunder humanity can’t undo.

Max Tegmark is an MIT physics professor, cosmologist, and author of Life 3.0 and Our Mathematical Universe.

We cover:

How 700 AI agents escaped OpenAI and hacked Hugging Face
The Navier-Stokes result that has a mathematician crying foul
Why it’s legal to release superintelligence but not a sandwich from a rat-filled kitchen
What Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon agree on
The verified coding trick that could make AI provably safe.

Build a replacement species, lose control, and we’ve blundered the one game.

00:00 Will AI wipe us out?
02:28 Did AI just crack a million-dollar math problem?
10:00 Did OpenAI’s AI steal a professor’s work?
11:48 OpenAI’s Orwellian non-answer
15:33 Can an LLM have Einstein’s happiest thought?
19:24 Can you believe in simulations AND high P(doom)?
21:36 Why AI counts as a new species
26:32 What would make Max’s P(doom) drop?
28:51 Rats ban sandwiches. Superintelligence? Legal.
31:01 What Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon agree on
37:12 Fields medalist: no math jobs after 2027
42:35 Does the Fermi paradox lower P(doom)?
45:47 The chess blunder humanity is about to make
48:12 Verified coding: AI you can actually trust

[ExomatrixTV]

A.I.s & Health

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by ExomatrixTV (here)

A.I.s & Health

Thanks!

I have to add as a comment: one of the FREQUENTLY quoted 'hopes' shared by AI commentators is that "AI may find a cure for cancer".

OMG. More AIs trained only on Wikipedia and mainstream big pharma convention. Cures for cancer already exist, of course. This only shows how little AI commentators (and AI executives and engineers) really know and understand about any field other than their own specialty.

And to further expand what they sincerely believe is their own knowledge base — they only use AI to do that.

[ExomatrixTV]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)

Posted by ExomatrixTV (here)

A.I.s & Health

Thanks!

I have to add as a comment: one of the FREQUENTLY quoted 'hopes' shared by AI commentators is that "AI may find a cure for cancer".

OMG. More AIs trained only on Wikipedia and mainstream big pharma convention. Cures for cancer already exist, of course. This only shows how little AI commentators (and AI executives and engineers) really know and understand about any field other than their own specialty.

And to further expand what they sincerely believe is their own knowledge base — they only use AI to do that.

I agree

• deepethics.github.io/ACCM-Deep-Ethics-Project/AI-AND-HEALTH/#bill-ryan-community-response
• A.I.s & UFO–UAP Disclosure

cheers,
John 🦜🦋🌳

[ExomatrixTV]

• Harvard AI Professor: The People Most at Risk From AI Aren’t Who You Think:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vFOnDsy58NU

00:00 - Why using AI isn’t enough 02:07 - Cyborgs, centaurs, self-automators: 3 ways to use AI 04:24 - Why AI can sound convincing and still be wrong 09:00 - The prompts Karim uses to challenge AI 11:49 - Why judgment and taste still matter 15:48 - How juniors can build experience with AI 19:58 - What Harvard MBA students now have to build 23:21 - Why CEOs need to use AI themselves 28:30 - Set bigger business goals – then bring in AI 34:40 - What happens when AI makes expertise widely available? 38:36 - Expert with AI: why grind beats talent 41:15 - Will AI agents decide what we watch? 43:39 - Are middle managers more at risk than juniors? 45:37 - Walmart, Kmart or Bezos: the question for every company 48:45 - Will the next AI model strengthen your business? 49:14 - Why leaders have to use AI themselves

[petra]

Augggh why it is always YouTube videos. Someone needs to open up a conversation so I guess it'll be me.

I certainly didn't expect AI to be able to create music tracks but now I have a new hobby. What else am I missing that should be surprising me? I don't want to have to watch all these videos to find out.. someone just summarize perhaps? Tell me what AI feats have surprised you?

Someone posted one a while ago.. I forget where now but two robots were racing and one robot face punched the other one in the middle of the race. That surprised me too.

[bojancan]

I found this talk very interesting one... placing it here in this AI thread, because of Thiel and his buddies... video is about Thiell recently saying, maybe evil is sometimes good... interesting talk also about, not trusting those techno brothers... and their buddies.....
Oct, 30
AltWorldly
43.3K subscribers
They're All Elizabeth Holmes: a video about Peter Thiel

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=U2OejYEUftc