A summary collection of videos used in this site, gathered in one place. Useful for quickly grasping concepts.
Understand the threats from robot bodies, by seeing what physical robots can do.
The threat from robot minds is greater, but harder to understand.
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REAL vs Hollywood SPECIAL EFFECTS are marked. Most of the Hollywood versions are now doable, or will be doable quite soon.
Boston Dynamics parkour demonstration. This one is REAL.
"Boss Town" parody. Hollywood SPECIAL EFFECTS. Software is doable, but is not yet known to have become real, as of 2021.
Slaughterbots. Excellent thought-provoking short. Hollywood SPECIAL EFFECTS, but all technology is doable. Software is doable, but is not yet known to have become real, as of 2021.
Sniperdog Killbot with 6.5mm rounds, telescopic night vision, can shoot accurately 3/4 mile (1.2km). Perfect for anonymous remote assassinations. REAL. Concept prototype model announced at U.S. weapons expo, Oct 2021.
Autonomous killbots. Hollywood SPECIAL EFFECTS. Software is doable; parts of this have been implemented and tested. But army not rolled out yet, as of 2021.
"Chappie" trailer: Autonomous human-level humanoid SWAT killbots. Hollywood SPECIAL EFFECTS. Software will be doable by 2029.
Crowd control scene from "I, Robot": Autonomous humanoid riot police. Hollywood SPECIAL EFFECTS. Software will be doable by 2027.
U.S. LAWS Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: Robot fighter jets, battleships, drones. This is REAL. Software already working 2021; not widely deployed yet.
How fast can a robot built for superhuman speed move? Fast enough to dribble a ping-pong ball like a basketball, or snatch a spinning cell-phone out of mid-air. This high-speed film is REAL. Hardware/software already working 2009; not widely deployed yet.
Petty godling computer, and resulting difficulties. SPECIAL EFFECTS. Software will be doable by 2029.
Chinese social scoring system. REAL. Software being regionally tested, 2019.
The Rapture is real. Remaining interesting people will get uploaded into the Cloud. However, so is Hell. Here's how this works:
Why rulers turn evil. It's more complicated than you think. Outstanding animated explanation:
Professional demolitions expert comments on clean building implosion:
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More robot weapons. REAL. Software already working 2021; not widely deployed yet.
"Chappie" SWAT team scene: Autonomous humanoid SWAT killbots. Hollywood SPECIAL EFFECTS. Software will be doable by 2028.
Musk says the Tesla humanoid will be built at a scrawny 5'8" so it will be safe. What harm can a single scrawny 5'8" humanoid do? Here's a reminder:
How the economic system works, by Ray Dalio, genius, founder/president of Bridgewater, the world's largest private hedge fund. Long but invaluable.
How Taxes and the Fed work
This excellent animated video is highly useful for understanding how taxes actually work, which has to do directly with poverty, and why debt is created as money is printed. Medium long.
Ezekiel's extraterrestial "wheels within wheels, that go sideways without turning". A spooky, advanced design that our most modern technology has just discovered. Requires advanced computer control:
Rome vs. USA. "Currency debasement", i.e. MMT or infinite money printing, and what happens next. Medium long.
Keynes vs. Hayek
Amusing edutainment rap on two of the main economic theories. Should the government steer markets, or set them free?