Category: futurology
futurology
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The Human Cost of AI Slop
Late one evening, while scrolling through r/Futurology, I realized something felt off. Posts looked polished but strangely hollow—grand headlines about “new discoveries” that didn’t link to real studies, comment sections filled with generic praise or oddly phrased rebuttals. It was all surface. That’s when I stumbled upon a thread titled “AI Slop Is Ruining Reddit
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Are Short Videos Changing How We Think?
Late at night, millions of us find ourselves in the same loop—scrolling through clips that last barely longer than a breath. A dog skateboards across a plaza; a stranger explains an obscure fact; someone lip-syncs an old TV quote with impossible precision. It’s hypnotic, even comforting. But researchers are starting to ask a pressing question
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The Tiny Miners Changing How We Get Rare Earths
Every smartphone, wind turbine, and electric car depends on rare earth elements. They’re the quiet backbone of modern technology, yet the process of mining them is anything but quiet. Open-pit mines scar landscapes, chemical runoff poisons rivers, and entire communities are left breathing dust. The contradiction is hard to ignore: clean tech built on dirty