wilbert kraan

@Wilmz
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Skipping over the mind boggling Petri dish interface details, how on earth do you code brain cell to Doom inputs and outputs? đŸ€Ż

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/mar/16/petri-dish-brain-cells-playing-doom-cortical-labs

A petri dish of human brain cells is currently playing Doom. Should we be worried?

Scientists in the US have uploaded a fruit fly to a computer simulation, while an Australian lab has taught neurons on a glass chip to play a 90s video game. How long before we are all living in a sci-fi movie?

The Guardian
Above a basic level, I’m not musical enough to tell whether one artist’s version of a piece of music is really better than another. But Yuja Wang’s rendition of Adams’‘China Gates’ is so special; precise, clear yet ethereal. https://open.qobuz.com/track/91318772
Open Qobuz

German satirical artist Jacques Tilly has been sued in Russia by Vladimir Putin for defaming the Russian state by making carnival sculptures in Germany — outside Putin's dystopian jurisdiction — so it would be a real shame, if that made us share his artworks and embarrass Putin even further.

Source: https://youtu.be/hGzaU6eAsVI?si=SoMPHdut3MlEhx4v

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I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington
Pluralistic: The Reverse-Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (05 Dec 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for November 30, 2025 | GoComics

Read Calvin and Hobbes—a comic strip by creator Bill Watterson—for today, November 30, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!