21 Random Bits of Digital Media, Tech and A.I. That (Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em) Have Completely Changed the World Around Us

After this list, the phrase ‘look what we’ve done’ can be read two different ways
21 Random Bits of Digital Media, Tech and A.I. That (Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em) Have Completely Changed the World Around Us

While collecting this batch of facts, we went through some serious highs and lows. One minute we were like, “Wow, we can’t believe what amazing technological advancements we’ve made,” but the next minute, we were more like, “Good lord, we’re doomed.” 

That’s just us, though. We can’t tell you how to feel. Our A.I. overlords might be able to, but we never will.

Facial Recognition

Face recognition can now be used as an authentication method to pay for your goods and it has already been adopted in many applications and businesses in china. CRACKED.COM

Kuri

Meet Kuri This little robot will wake you in time for work, greet you when you come home, patrol while you're away, and even send a notice to your phone if the dog is on the couch. Не responds to touch, sight, and sound. He's yours for $699 and is coming this year. CRACKED.COM

The GoSun Stove

CRACKED COM The GoSun Stove allows you to cook with the power of the sun, which means you won't be using any fuels. The stove contains a solar-powered tube that can heat up to 550 degrees, even in winter!

Captcha

X KILL capton Type the two words: САРТСНА ? The squiggly word technique has already been deemed obsolete by both advanced bots and captcha farmers. Why is your site still using the most annoying form of not protecting itself? GRACKED.COM

Hololens

21 Random Bits of Digital Media, Tech and A.I. That (Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em) Have Completely Changed the World Around Us

EchoPixel

21 Random Bits of Digital Media, Tech and A.I. That (Love ‘Em or Hate ‘Em) Have Completely Changed the World Around Us

Quantum Computing

CRACKED.COM Quantum computers are close to being a reality. QUANT Traditional computers work on one calculation at a time, but because of an amazing ability to work in more than one state at once, quantum computers will be capable of working on MILLIONS of calculations simultaneously. It is thought that quantum computing will help solve the most difficult scientific problems, and explore mysteries of the universe.

Fridge Screens

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Disney

GRAGKED.COM Thanks to Disney, wireless power transfer is closer than ever. Researchers at Disney found a way to wirelessly charge up to 320 devices in a room. The method currently requires metal walls, but refinements could lower that to a layer of conductive paint.

CancerLocator

CancerLocator can detect cancer AND determine where in the body the cancer is located with just a blood test Developed by UCLA researchers, the computer program can detect early stage cancers with 80 percent accuracy! GRACKED.COM

Automation

AW ADAPTING TO NEW TECH AUTOMATE EVERYTHING USING Al. In 2019, a court in Beijing set up an online litigation center that uses Al technology. It can record people's testimony using voice recognition, look at case materials, and check information from databases quickly. CRACKED

Bitcoin

AW ADAPTING TO NEW TECH GIVING BACK SEIZED DRUG MONEY In Sweden, the government gave back over €1.3 million in Bitcoin to three drug dealers. It seized their ВТС, but valued them in Swedish Krona at that point, and Bitcoin price skyrocketed soon after - so very little of their BTC had to be sold. B CRACKED

Urban Dictionary

CRACKED AW ADAPTING TO NEW TECH RELYING ON URBAN DICTIONARY In recent years, Urban Dictionary has been used in a lot of court cases to explain slang words and phrases that regular dictionaries don't have. This is, of course, because traditional dictionaries don't usually keep up with the way people talk. UR ban DICTIONARY

ATMs

THE INVENTOR OF THE ATM WAS INSPIRED BY CHOCOLATE BAR DISPENSERS. ATM AND THE ATM COULD 4-DIGIT NOT PIN WAS CHOSEN MEMORIZE BECAUSE 6 NUMBERS, HIS WIFE GRAGKED.COM

Zoom

AW ADAPTING TO NEW TECH MAKING YOUR WILL OVER ZOOM The UK government has made it legal to make a will using video chat. This new law came into effect in September 2020 and was announced to be retroactively valid starting zoom January 31, 2020. CRACKED

Emoji Defamation

AW ADAPTING TO NEW TECH RECOGNIZING EMOJI AS DEFAMATORY SPEECH In Australia, the court decided in Burrows V Houda that using a zipper- face emoji in a particular situation amounted to saying something defamatory. This was the first case of its kind in Australia and, uh, it says a lot about the law getting weird. CRACKED

USB-C

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Emojis

CRACKED AW ADAPTING TO NEW TECH CONVICTING BASED ON... EMOJI? In Israel, a court case used an emoji-filled text message as proof that someone had agreed to rent an apartment, and they had to pay $2,200 for it even though they never moved in.

Texts

AW ADAPTING TO NEW TECH CONVICTING BASED ON TEXTS In Queensland, if you offer or agree to give someone illegal drugs via text message, even if you don't actually hand them over, you can still get in trouble. The same goes for all other parts of Australia. CRACKED

ChatGPT Judges

CRACKED ChatGPT AW ADAPTING TO NEW TECH CHATGPT JUDGING CASES A judge in Colombia caused a stir by using ChatGPT to decide if an autistic child's insurance should cover all of their medical expenses. This sparked a debate about using Al in court, with some (some!) of the judge's colleagues voicing their disapproval.

A.I. Judges

CRACKED AW ADAPTING TO NEW TECH AI JUDGING CASES Estonia is planning to use a form of artificial intelligence to make decisions in some small court cases. This will be the first time a country has given a robot the power to decide legal matters.

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