Is Richard Dawkins right about AI?
By Alan Kohler
Is AI conscious? Richard Dawkins is asking the wrong question.
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Italian PM says deepfake depicting her in lingerie is a political attack
Giorgia Meloni shares an AI-generated photo of her posing on a bed and says her political opponents have been using such images to try to undermine her.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-06/italian-pm-giorgia-meloni-deepfake-warning/106646316
Los Angeles Times: ‘Speed running’ Scientology: TikTok trend causes havoc, church alleges ‘hate crimes’. “For weeks, groups of people have barged into two of the church’s Hollywood properties, racing through hallways and tussling with security guards, trying to see how far they can get before they are forced to leave by church staff. They call it ‘speed running,’ slang for trying to beat a […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/speed-running-scientology-tiktok-trend-causes-havoc-church-alleges-hate-crimes-los-angeles-times/Geeks Are Sexy: Cat Gatekeeper: This Chrome Extension Sends a Cat to End Your Doomscrolling . “Here’s how it works: you set your scrolling limit and your forced break, and when the timer runs out, BOOM, a giant and very fat cat appears on your screen and refuses to move. You are now legally required to stare at the cat until the ‘forced break’ timer runs out.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/cat-gatekeeper-this-chrome-extension-sends-a-cat-to-end-your-doomscrolling-geeks-are-sexy/
Geeks Are Sexy: Cat Gatekeeper: This Chrome Extension Sends a Cat to End Your Doomscrolling . “Here’s how it works: you set your scrolling limit and your forced break, and when the timer runs…
Tubefilter: ‘The Guild’ was an iconic web series. Nearly 20 years later, Felicia Day is reviving it as a movie.. “19 years ago (has it really been that long?), Felicia Day created and starred in a show that poked fun at the gameplay and interpersonal dynamics of World of Warcraft clans…. Flash forward to 2026, and the same cultural climate that propelled The Guild to the forefront of the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/tubefilter-the-guild-was-an-iconic-web-series-nearly-20-years-later-felicia-day-is-reviving-it-as-a-movie/
Tubefilter: ‘The Guild’ was an iconic web series. Nearly 20 years later, Felicia Day is reviving it as a movie.. “19 years ago (has it really been that long?), Felicia Day created and starred…
Dazed: The internet made us archive our lives – now we want out. “The shift points to a newer (and almost ironic) conundrum: part of the internet’s original appeal was that it offered us a way to document our lives and imagine that some piece of us might live on forever. But somewhere along the way, between the rise of curated feeds, influencer culture and the resurfacing of old celebrity […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/29/dazed-the-internet-made-us-archive-our-lives-now-we-want-out/
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