On this episode, Basil is sick, China has a Flippy army restaurant, Norcal has a new Flippy burger joint, AI decodes rat speech with DeepSqueak, Trump signs AI EO, AI discovers hybrid in human genome, and Russia plans to exit the regular Internet for their own. Go follow us on our new Twitch channel and stay tuned, as we will soon announce the date of our first live stream! And we know it’s not the best platform right now, but join us on Patreon to get MORE!   AGG for the WEEK of FEB 7-13 YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FOLKS! AncestryDNA genetic test review ancestry update - Business Insider   FLIPPY’S FAM! Robot-made coffee, burgers in SF: on automation and jobs   TECHNOLOGY, ROBOTS, AND AI! OH MY! Can AI love? Two robots just fell in love over talk of humanity’s demise | Verdict Artificial intelligence used to decode rodent chitchat - Science Focus - BBC Focus Magazine Monkeys With Superpower Eyes Could Help Cure Color Blindness | WIRED What Games Are Humans Still Better at Than AI? AI gets carded, China and US agree on robot wars, Amazon claims Rekognition is just fine BBC - Future - The robot that learned how to skate on ice They Asked if People Would Rather Kill a Human or a Sentient Robot China is unleashing killer robots and stealth drones that carry out targeted airstrikes without a human pressing the fire button DARPA wants smart bandages for wounded warriors | TechCrunch Robots and virtual reality are the future of sex | The Independent Baidu made a smart cat shelter that uses AI to tell cats and dogs apart - The Verge IBM’s AI competed against a human in a debate. The results are telling. - Vox Google and Microsoft Warn That AI May Do Dumb Things | WIRED Trump Signs Executive Order Promoting Artificial Intelligence - The New York Times This art has been created by AI. Will collectors want it? - Art & Culture - The Jakarta Post Meet Ai-Da, the world's first humanoid robot portrait artist | TechRadar Europe must avoid 'over-hasty' regulation on AI or risk missing out on economic benefits “Catastrophic” hack on email provider destroys almost two decades of data | Ars Technica   CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND SOMETIMES FACTS! QAnon Finally Returns. What's Next For His Rowdy Followers? Why so many people believe conspiracy theories - BBC News   BECAUSE SCIENCE!                                             US Geologist REVEALS How Fast-Shifting North Magnetic Pole Will Affect Humanity Earth's magnetic shield booms like a drum when hit by impulses   THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF THE TECNOCHALYPSE Bill Gates Gets Why People Are Doubting Billionaires—And He Has A Defense (Even For Mark Zuckerberg) SpaceX: Elon Musk Reveals Future Price Plan for a Return Ticket to Mars | Inverse Remember When Jeff Bezos Told Peter Thiel To 'Develop a Thick Skin'? Bill and Melinda Gates letter on at-home DNA tests like 23andMe - Business Insider   SPACE/ALIENS/ETs/UFOs NASA to find aliens 'IN YEARS': Shock study reveals countdown to alien discovery Bible ALIEN SHOCK: Ancient ‘religious remains’ fuel extraterrestrial claim Tell RoboCallers you were abducted by aliens   BIOMEDICAL/GENETICS/TRANSHUMANISM Gene Editing Tools Like CRISPR May Help Us Cure Herpes One Day UC Berkeley Team to Be Awarded CRISPR Patent | The Scientist Magazine® The Genetic Case for Monogamy | Psychology Today The FDA Is Trying to Figure out How to Regulate Smart Pills Artificial Intelligence Has Found an Unknown 'Ghost' Ancestor in The Human Genome   CRYPTOCURRENCY AND B-B-B-BLOCK CHAIN! Software Giant Oracle Expands Its Enterprise Blockchain Platform   SOCIAL MEDIA/GOOGLE/AMAZON Facebook Investor Roger McNamee Is Now a Company Nemesis Google, Facebook, Apple news should be regulated: UK government report Here's What Amazon's Eero Acquisition Means