Meta Reportingly Firing a Vast Percentage of Its Staff in Zuckerberg’s Move to AI

The company is looking to spend up to $135 billion on AI this year alone. https://futurism.com/future-society/meta-firing-percentage-staff-zuckerberg

The tech giant has struggled to deliver on its ambitious plans for the Avocado AI model, AI-powered smart glasses and other next-generation projects. https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meta-reportedly-slashing-workforce-ai-spending 

https://businesschief.com/news/meta-may-consider-workforce-cuts-amid-ai-push

https://www.barrons.com/articles/meta-platforms-stock-job-cuts-report-jpmorgan-bebee1b0  

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount

 https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/meta-planning-sweeping-layoffs-ai-costs-mount-2026-03-14 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=Meta

Scientists Put a Fruit Fly’s Brain Into a Computer Simulation — What It Did Next Shocked Everyone...

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvL5NlpYauk 

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/01/what-are-digital-entities-and-how-can-they-help-us-in-the-ai-age 

https://medium.com/ais-ancestors/what-frankensteins-monster-warns-us-about-super-intelligent-ai-f2a0de329bef

Matter over mind? How the acceptance of digital entities depends on their appearance, mental prowess, and the interaction between both https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1071581920300653

https://online.citysys.space/2023/01/19/definition-of-digital-entities 

https://www.beyondtrust.com/resources/glossary/digital-identity

https://dictionary.archivists.org/entry/digital-entity.html 

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/digital-identity 

https://airights.net/digital-entity

The digital fly and the A.I. fly.  

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

The Digital Fly

 https://www.reddit.com/r/matrix/comments/1rqz5lb/scientists_recreated_a_fruit_flys_brain_neuron_by/ 

https://www.xrom.in/post/the-first-digital-brain-just-walked-fruit-fly-emulation-signals-human-copy-paste-consciousness 

https://mezha.ua/en/news/the-first-fly-brain-emulation-309245/

https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/10/02/researchers-simulate-an-entire-fly-brain-on-a-laptop-is-a-human-brain-next/ 

https://phys.org/news/2024-03-artificial-intelligence-virtual-fly-life.html

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Bug  

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+AI+Fly

Lockheed Martin, Air Force project tests missile evasion with AI-piloted fighters

 https://aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/lockheed-martin-air-force-project-tests-missile-evasion-with-ai-piloted-fighters/  

A.I. can be put into any vehicle, even a bug.

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+A.I.+Fly

The Flies in Westworld

 https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1rqa9xn/the_flies_guys_theyre_already_doing_the_flies/ 

https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a40627249/what-are-the-flies-in-westworld/

https://www.reddit.com/r/westworld/comments/1bspatm/anyone_know_what_was_the_significance_of_all_the/ 

https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/westworld-season-4-how-charlotte-hales-flies-work/ 

https://screenrant.com/westworld-season-4-flies-human-control-explained/https://screenrant.com/westworld-season-4-flies-human-control-explained/

https://www.theringer.com/2022/06/27/westworld/westworld-season-4-premiere-flies-insects-michael-crichton 

https://www.romper.com/entertainment/what-do-the-flies-mean-on-westworld-they-seemed-significant-in-the-pilot-19753  

https://phys.org/news/2024-03-artificial-intelligence-virtual-fly-life.html

https://westworld.fandom.com/wiki/Host 

https://therabbitportal.blogspot.com/search?q=The+AI+Fly

Why Some Are Going Back to Optical Storage

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_JK3bYk5e8

Apartments with less than 400 sq. ft. (WTH?)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPOLhfBpy8 This is like a hotel room, a college dorm or a damn hamster cage!

While this might be OK for a single person, there should still be extra space for a separate bedroom. A kitchen-dining area as well as a proper living room. Thus, anything under 600 sq. ft. just isn't a proper 1 bedroom apartment. 2 and 3 bedroom apartments are essential for families. 4 and 5 bedroom apartments for larger families, but that gets more costly in several ways.

https://www.omlet.co.uk/guide/rabbits/should_i_get_rabbits/how_many_live_together 

https://www.greatfieldsmallanimalrescue.co.uk/how-many-mice-should-you-keep-a-guide-to-happy-mouse-companionship/ 

https://www.chewy.com/education/small-pet/rat-and-mouse/how-many-mice-can-live-together  

https://www.inc.com/associated-press/scientists-had-a-mouse-watch-parts-of-the-matrix-heres-what-they-found/91173867

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-a-mouse-watching-the-matrix-helped-scientists-create-the-largest-map-of-a-brain-to-date 

https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/scientists-built-largest-brain-connectome-to-date-by-having-a-lab-mouse-watch-the-matrix-and-star-wars

https://medium.com/enrique-dans/the-metaverse-and-the-matrix-c7609196eddd 

https://matrix.fandom.com/wiki/Pod Yes, you can live in your own excremental pee-pod. WTF? 

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/science-behind-the-fiction-humans-as-batteries-as-in-the-matrix-probably-not-gonna-happen This would be a totally inhumane prison setup, but its not run by people in the first place. 

As AI gradually removes more jobs from people, some control-freaks might resort to implementing draconian social control measures over the disgruntled masses.

Some favorite smartphones since 2012

 https://www.howtogeek.com/ive-reviewed-smartphones-since-2012-here-are-5-of-my-favorites/ 

A ‘Body internet’ may eliminate the need for smartphones by changing how we use technology

One day, humans might be able to use their touch and thoughts instead of screens to interact with the digital world https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/2023/Q4/body-internet-may-eliminate-the-need-for-smartphones-by-changing-how-we-use-technology/  

https://newsroom.uw.edu/news-releases/scientists-manipulate-brain-cells-using-smartphone/

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The Truman Show (1998)

20 Hidden Details You Completely Missed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P8gacefBSs

The Rise and Fall of CDs (And Why They’re Coming Back)

 https://www.howtogeek.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-cds-and-why-theyre-coming-back/

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Tomorrow

Source Code (2011)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_Code

Groundhog Day (1993 film)

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(film) 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_time_loops

This-day-in-history-on-February-2

 https://www.riverbender.com/news/details/this-day-in-history-on-february-2-first-groundhog-day-celebrated-in-pennsylvania-90371.cfm

this-day-in-history 2-2

 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/february-2

February 2 in history

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_2

Carl Jung’s Concept of Synchronicity: The Mysterious Web of Numinous Coincidences

 https://thisjungianlife.com/jungandsynchronicity/