The upside of the robot apocalypse

Something dawned on me yesterday. Something that launched a cascade of mental mastication. I was just enjoying my evening jog and thinking about the kinds’a things every normal human does during such excursions. Like, for instance, what life’s gonna be like when the brain-ternet gets here. Ya know? When we all have the web readily available since it’s gonna be an app embedded in our skulls? No screen tapping. No.. Read More

Eyeroll Sunday: trolled again.

I might start to make “Eyeroll Sunday” a thing. At least until I find a day of the week that it alliteratively pairs better with. Because I take getting trolled personally. When it involves my creative vanity. Really – you can compliment or mock my fitness, my boobs, my dazzling smile or even my obviously impeccable taste for fashion (obvious in my capacity to rock a uniform of running tights,.. Read More

Finally, my Beauty and the Beast furniture is on its way.

Thank god. Robotic furniture is finally here. Well, almost. Ever since I was a geeky little kid with a ten year plan of becoming a pretty princess who stole money from the people and stowed it away in an offshore account to later access when they stormed down my castle and I had to abscond to the islands to live out the rest of my life in secrecy, I wanted.. Read More

Google dude says robots will take our jobs.

Google dude Larry Page estimates 50% of American jobs will be replaced by robots. In the next decade or two. That’s like – a lot. And not in that much time. While the first humans to get shitcanned and supplanted by R2D2 will be tax preparers, librarians, and telemarketers, even jobs like mine might become obsolete (can you at least pretend to look surprised?). In fact some online articles from.. Read More