Current AI systems lack independent consciousness or sentience. They simulate human-like responses through pattern matching and data processing, without subjective experience or self-awareness. Scientific consensus holds that no existing AI is conscious, as consciousness remains poorly understood even in biology. Some experts speculate future advanced AI could develop it, but others argue it's impossible without biological substrates. The debate is ongoing, with no definitive test available.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_consciousness https://builtin.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-consciousness https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/10/16/1081149/ai-consciousness-conundrum/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/will-machines-ever-become-conscious/
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Yes, natural disasters are emerging as a new form of landscape narrative in the Anthropocene era. Ruined sites—from Chernobyl to post-hurricane devastation—are aestheticized in art, photography, and "ruin porn," turning catastrophe into spectacle. This blends destruction with beauty, prompting reflection on human vulnerability, climate change, and resilience, while raising ethical questions about glorifying trauma https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/surveying-the-anthropocene/ruin-lustruin-porn-what-ruin-porn-tells-us-about-ruins-and-porn/E8195ADBEBA5D3FD9092E98E3E7BDFA5https://northernnotes.leeds.ac.uk/the-spectacle-of-disaster/
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HFT is eating retail alive in crypto. Bots front-run every click, fake liquidity vanishes on impact, retail buys the top and sells the bottom—always half a second late. No co-location, no sub-ms latency, no chance. The jungle now belongs to machines; apes either evolve or get rekt.https://bingx.com/en/learn/article/what-is-high-frequency-trading-hft-in-crypto-market https://www.bitstamp.net/learn/crypto-trading/retail-institutional-and-high-frequency-trading/ https://www.kaiko.com/research/hft-in-crypto-markets
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