All over the internet are clips from China’s World Robot Games. On one hand, the music industry doesn’t want fully AI music and songs, and Hollywood refuses to consider AI actors for participation, let alone awards. Why, then, are people passionate about Robots playing Olympics-like contests?
Competition makes it possible to stand firm on improvements. Competition gives a path to improve further in the domain. By blocking AI actors from Hollywood awards, the Hollywood industry has pruned AI’s path to the top. This was done to protect Hollywood industry jobs, culture, and artists’ space. But AI has not stopped; yes, it was a setback, but people are still pursuing it, though without recognition. That’s story differs in China, would AI artists apply for Chinese awards then?
Same with AI music; in Australia, they have banned songs that are made fully by AI from the music charts. Again, a setback for those working in AI in the music industry. However, this was done to protect human artists from AI hype.
But now, in the World Robot Games, China is demonstrating its robotics capacity. China is showing what all its robots can do in the world. However, showing that robots can run marathons and play basketball or tennis in no way shows that they are superior at other tasks. A robot can excel at indoor work while struggling at athletics. Winning a medal at China’s World Robot Games does not certify that a robot is good at tasks it has been assigned.
We still want to watch human athletes. We still want to see human sporting competitions. But no one banned China from presenting medals to robots. China allows AI actors, and China allows AI in music. Whether China gives AI actors and singers awards is another question! Yes, the Hundred Flowers Awards: China recognizes AI-generated content (AIGC). Specialized AI Galas give awards to humans behind the AI winners.
Today I am writing a small story about new robots, with Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face launching their mini robots and sales and demand peaking.
What do you think? To buy one?
Or since the robots by Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face are open source, they can be used to make small robots of all kinds.
To be very frank, I found the Pollen Robotics and Hugging Face robots very cute; Microduck reminds me of Donald Duck, which I used to watch as a kid. It is so cute and beautifully chirping.
I don’t mean to say you need to buy one-No. All I want to say is that the world is moving fast, and competition in AI and robotics is steep.
So what if China wants to compete here? What can Europe-US competitors or China make next- something like teddy bear robots? Look here,
Or something like doll robots? Are these dolls below nice micro robots? What would you call them? Mini Cinderella?
At competitive prices, many people in the middle and upper-middle classes could buy them for kids at home; alas, safety is taken care of.
So, let’s see who takes which character from childhood fantasies to make a robot from it.
What about a Moguli robot form Jungle Book? But beware if the Moguli robot climbs up to shelves and does mischief. So precautions must be taken in implementation to avoid harming anyone.
Here is the SherKhan from Jungle Book; no one would buy this one, it looks so dangerous.
Or an Elsa Anna robot? Would you like a Cinderella robot?
Maybe children would demand their favorite childhood fantasy character!
But AI should be banned for children.
Dont keep that tiger robot near children unless its a small in size, this one below better?
No it should be smaller than this as well.
Time to come back to the present and wait and see, as these two bots just launched on the market are so amazing; they meet imagination and implementation.
You can have all these, but safety is a concern.
Let’s see if robotic companies will make these avatars with the same algorithm as a baseline at the time being safe.
In the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act case, TikTok must pay $400 million immediately. This is a just act. Children’s personal data must not be accessed off by any platform, AI or non-AI. This case has been running since 2024. The case was pursued in the U.S. District Court, California. The winning of this case over TikTok shows that AI and social media companies, however howsoever popular, are liable for wrongdoing. Private data must be respected, and if it belongs to a child, it must not even be touched. Since the case was filed, the TikTok has undergone a lot of changes in its policies, to even in its handling of children’s data. But it needed to be fined to make sure this doesn’t happen again.
The Question is, Meta has to pay $1 trillion while TikTok $400 million. However, Meta has agreed to some amount less than $1T. The lawsuit was filed in 2023. Why is is TikTok being asked for $400 million while Meta is agreeing to $18bn over a period of time? Meta has been accused of addiction to teens and bad influence on children. TikTok is even more addictive. Meta recommender system has been rightfully alleged to be causing harm to children. Meta needs to pay the 48 US states this amount. Apart from that, changes are required on its platforms for children to protect kids online. However, Meta denied wrong doing? Meta had confessed it tried to keep teens and children safe online. So if Meta was not responsible, who was responsible for the harms caused by their AI and recommender systems?
AI can harm children a lot. Their brains are delicate and need care. Children must be protected from online harms, wrong learning and AI can expedite the bad effects on children. Social media must be responsible for its addictive products. Even TikTok is addictive, and I think TikTok is more addictive than Meta. So why is TikTok is not being fined for $1 trillion. Why only Meta? Are they all the same when it comes to children safety? Children get addicted to the flashy side of AI on social media. Meta has taken many steps towards improving the platforms, including maintaining two-hour use of social media, to limiting likes, creating a school time off zone, to mention a few.
But the harm that has been done can’t be compensated by just money. It’s a loss to the sensitive young child and influence on their lives. Why not join hands to protect the younger generations, not just by educating teachers in schools but also by taking measure that children are safe online. Lets protect our children, the future of Earth.
There are so many robotics companies now: Unitree, Apptronik, Tesla, Figure, Boston Dynamics, and many more. On top of that, companies are building robust intelligence that lets robots handle real-time, challenging multimodal inputs. So soon robots with brains would land up in human space. But do we need robots here? Exactly not! Not even with safety considerations. So why, and where, would these minimum 50,000 robots produced by the end of 2026 go?
Are we training robots well? Or would robots fill up job portals for unemployment around the world?
We humans can run, so Chinese robots excelling in marathons- we don’t need you actually on Earth, but on Mars.
We humans can fill the shopping bags faster on Earth. Can you improve for Space jobs?
We humans can put things in the fridge better. Can you do better for Space works?
But we can’t do construction on the Moon and Mars as of now because there is no breathable oxygen there. So we need robots on for construction anywhere in space.
What robots do we need on the Moon and Space, then?
Well, we need construction robots as of now.
So, why not train these 50,000 robots, which will be produced soon, for construction work?
Train robots on the construction of buildings, utilities, and more.
Yes, we can do the kitchen things.
Yes, we can make coffee.
You are training robots on things which we can do, even if we visit the Moon/Mars/Asteroids in the future.
It’s time to train robots “on digging rickety lands”, and “placing bricks with cement”.
There are bots on the Moon, and Mars for analysis, but no construction robots! No utility makers!
We need robots that can be packed into a space rocket, assemble themselves, and then we’re ready to go! To build up utilities on Mars, all made by robots.
So here is the first Construction Robot on the Moon. I named her Tyrika!
How they would go to the Moon/Mars/Asteroids is a different question altogether.
This research [1] projects that Europe’s population will decline by 11.7%, or 53.0 million people, in few years time. While the working population will decline, the working-age population is expected to fall to 50% by 2100. Europe’s current population stands at 744 million people, while the EU population stands at 452 million people. China is also facing a 17% population decline. So, is this a global trend? However, China’s population is 1.41 billion, and India’s is around 1.4 billion. Africa’s population is 1.59 billion and is not declining. North America’s population is 617 million and is not currently declining. South America’s population is 441 million and is not declining. The UAE’s population is 11.57 million and is not declining. The Middle East’s population is 515 million and is not declining. Note these numbers are estimates, not exact statistics.
Why is the population declining in some regions of the world? What are the exact global statistics? Let’s wait for that too! The above statistics are tentative; Europe just published its stats; we need the whole world’s exact stats now.
What is the reason? Do today’s youth feel pressured by competition? There are issues that youth face. There is a world to look up to, and everyone wants to be like what’s shown in the media and what seniors do. Parenting is no longer the same; it’s now a policy-change topic, a task that needs to be shared. NO, it’s not a task; parenting is a feeling to be explored, a life to be lived, and a journey to be covered. Does today’s media portray parenting that way? But some EU leaders treat this as a policy-change topic, arguing that parenting time must be divided equally. But all this comes into focus when you consider it a load. It’s not a load; it’s a life to be lived. It’s a beautiful flower in our garden. See the smile on a child’s face when you feed them, and see the joy on your face then. Maybe the media is to blame! This is a feeling to be explored. Does the media show such things? It shows successful couples, but not successful parents who can work as well as raise children. When you can do so much at the office, you can raise a beautiful flower in your life, just one? The media needs to look at what it is making and teaching younger generations, subconsciously, without even saying it.
In earlier eras, parenting was about selfless love, and now youth don’t compare parenting to what their parents used to think. Previous generation’s ancestors used to have babies as if they were flowers in a garden; the more, the better. Something has happened now. The youth today do not think this way.
Today’s youth must face the fact that the future will not be the same as the present. Now, with automation, many jobs will be taken off the shelves. Youth will have more time; if the media portrays it right, the younger generation will lead the way. It is not just about who will do what job! It’s not just about equality; it’s about declining ratios. It’s about life. Soon, AI will be in many jobs; work will be three days a week. Youth would have a lot of time at their disposal. The media should project the right kind of life the future generation should ask. Show them the way.
A declining population can affect retirement benefits and the size of the working population in the coming years. Retirement benefits are drawn from the salaries of the working population. It’s not a question of equality between a man and a woman. What if everyone worked three days a week, with child care or day care for the other four days, as you say? Then would the answer be the same? Would gender matter then? Only a woman can give birth to a child, not a man. This difference can’t be changed. After that, if they both want to work, government policies must provide free child care so people don’t feel pressured. Let this be a gift to the world, a child! Let governments pay for their care and IVF/IUI treatments. Why not make child care just like pension accounts, to secure life and our very existence in the world? This is love for a child.
It’s a demographic decline. Youth needs awakening, not just on Climate Change but also on Population Decline. This is love for a future. We can’t build bases on the Moon or Mars when the population is in decline.
We are all rare in the universe. Even though Earth seems so populous, we must think about the future. Just as AI and climate change are taught in schools, population decline must be taught in schools and colleges, and why it is needed. Once again, it’s not about policies; it’s about awareness through media, movies, be it streaming series, or through special education in schools. Rest is choice.
Yes, benefits can vary from a three-day workweek to timely time off for care when a child is not well, free child day care, and need-based night care for children. This would create a lot of jobs as well. Jobs in day care and night care for children. No one can take these jobs away from you if you are good at them. Given that we all know the world is moving toward automation, a three-day workweek won’t be a dream in the coming days. Since automation will help the next generation care for many more children than our generation has, pass the torch with awareness, just as youth are climate- and AI-aware. Let the next generation be growth- and population-aware. Equip the next generation with whatever governments can provide, be it policy changes, but know nothing like awareness can beat it. Awareness can be through various channels, as I mentioned above in this article- direct (as climate change and AI are taught to the younger generation to be aware) or indirect (through media). So, if a couple can have one child, you need to explain to them the benefits they would get when the child is born. You are a senior now. Are you a role model ? Everyone is different not everyone wants children but some do, let’s awaken those who wants.
An Empire is a huge area covering multiple groups of people and multiple kingdoms. Empires typically span multiple countries, traditions, and cultures.
Examples include the Roman Empire, the British Empire, the Mughal Empire, and the Mongol Empire. None of these historical Empires were built without pain and hardship. Each empire left a lasting impression and accomplished several goals that were important for history. Yet cries of pain were hidden in the making of these Empires, whether the Roman or the Mongol. Often, smaller traditions were sunk in the marshes of larger Empires. Some Empires did take care of minority groups and their traditions, but mostly the majority won. Often, Empires tried to learn the culture of smaller groups, but in the end a unified language and a unified culture prevailed, and the Empire moved on to pursue its objectives, to teach and preach its agendas, and to extend its boundaries. A single head of so many countries or states in an Empire made it even more demanding to follow one norm. Maintaining and sustaining an Empire requires the work of a large number of leaders who join hands to make the Empire a success. Common goals, common objectives, and a unified modus operandi were practised to make an Empire stand on its foot. Eventually when Empires served their purposes they broke into countries and states, following one language and unified knowledge howsoever painful the making of empires was.
This one norm is the EU state agenda too. The EU consists of many European countries and can be considered a modern-world Empire. The EU has 27 member countries, all of which have a positive approach to being in the EU. The EU has a strong influence on its member countries, and the projection of its power on EU countries can be seen through the EU AI Acts. These AI laws are too stringent for an AI company to spread its product in the EU market. The rules make it difficult for AI to breathe in the EU. Member countries have a second say in EU AI laws. How would AI dwell in the EU then? Should the rules be relaxed? Well, I am not saying that. I am saying that the rules are too tough. Yes, rules are required, but there must be some space for a sapling to spread its roots.
What would you call such an organization? An empire in modern-day history lessons. EU was formed in 1993 to end wars among countries in Europe. Yes, as other Empires in history, the foundation of the EU was also pain; to end pain, it was formed unlike historical Empires which were made with pains. Each member country has its own parliament and rules, but they are also all part of the EU. Now, for example, new AI laws. They are so strict that they make it much more cumbersome for small-scale organizations to launch their AI products in the EU market. Where should small-scale organizations go to market their start-up projects in AI? Given fines in amounts ranging from millions of dollars. OpenAI and other AI companies started as startups. Would such companies sprout in the EU now? Given the tough AI laws? Do member countries allow it? Yes, for now, but how long? Until Europe fully lags behind in AI? Not just lagging behind in AI but also lagging behind in the use of AI apps. The control is on use as well. Yes, safety for life matters, and they should use other means to safeguard people’s lives. This approach can derail major developments instead of taking the right steps to save lives. What if US companies give up on the EU as a market for their products because of these cumbersome mechanisms?
Now, AI has reached millions of people around the world. Until now, AI was limited to US-based companies, which generated significant foreign revenue. But now China is entering. To enter the market quickly, China is offering its models for free to gain fame and steal the market from US-based firms. The EU is not much in this picture. So far, if we consider the 7 AI companies ruling the world, they are from the USA or China. The user base of these companies spans borders and continents. These groups can be called distributed Empires, as these companies own the Artificial Intelligence used by these people. It’s not just software; it’s a brain. The Artificial Brain used by these companies divides the world into 7 parts. Not equal. Not of the same values. But there is a divide. People do use AI. People do choose what they like, which AI they want to pursue. If not broken in time, this can create 21st-century Empires. The AI Empires are fighting for subscribers around the world. The AI Empires have direct control over their followers. To break this, open source is a solution and the only solution apart from open weight models. However, as I mentioned before open source and open weights have its dangerous sides too. So laws must be made if open source and open weights are used to make new AI apps.
Turkey is a NATO member. And it was the 36th NATO summit in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It can surely be called Turkey’s negligence in security, given that world leaders were to visit Ankara. And the President of the USA had to be taken in a separate airplane meant for military purposes rather than in Air Force I, which is the President’s plane for visits. All because of terror-related threats right there in Ankara, Turkey.
The threat, as reported by Intelligence, was that Iran wanted to attack the current head of the USA. Does that ring a bell? If this can happen in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, then how can Turkey be safe for people from the USA or friendly countries to travel to? This is terrorism more than hatred. How lightly it was taken. Today it’s the head of America; tomorrow it can be Americans, too!
Are Iranians so hostile toward Americans that they want to harm the leader of the USA? There was a gunshot at the location, a missile threat, and 200 people were arrested in Turkey for threats related to this before the incident! Still, the threat loomed over the American leader. It was the alertness of the security team that kept everyone safe. Even if it meant taking him out in a truck to a different plane.
This makes Turkey an unsafe country for travel. Turkey was hit by a massive earthquake in 2023 that affected tourism. Now, a NATO summit that should have had very serious security protocols had this very significant, if not consequential, loophole that can’t be ignored and should not be forgotten.
This can mean Iran’s enmity toward Americans! Obviously, you are targeting the USA President, so how can you be friends and well-wishers for Americans then? That is the very definition of nationalism!
This can mean Turkey is a place of target for such incidents. Given that Turkey and Iran share borders, let’s hope tourists are safe in Turkey. We can only hope, given that Iran is like a dictator of the world oil supply, blocking the Strait of Hormuz, making all of us around the world experience high prices. Iran is showing its view of the world as a leader that wants to push the wrong things. Why is it not opening the Strait of Hormuz, after all? And how did Iran got access to Turkey land and air, to attack the American President? This is sponsorship of terrorism, which should not be accepted. One must learn from experiences of life, and this is what one should learn from and question: Is Turkey safe for Tourism? Did Turkey knowingly sponsor terrorism? And we did not hear anything from Turkey after this incidence. Did you? An apology? Some improvements? Something?
AI-featured credit cards have been common in China for a few months now. Does the phrase sound like a mess or like a cheer? What do you think of it? Well, AI models have matured, but they are still making errors from time to time. The AI model’s accuracy is not 100%. When it comes to money, we don’t think we want to make errors. This Moonshot Kimi K3 native AI card aims to listen to your voice, make decisions, and inform you of the result in its own voice. Prior to this, China’s Zhipu AI, MiniMax, Tencent Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud have been working with Chinese AI-based banking cards. The benefits include incentives such as credits added to cards and AI tokens offered as a bonus.
Now, Moonshot talks are on with the Agricultural Bank of China and American Express for a partnership in this credit card by Moonshot, where AI is powered by Kimi K3. Here, the K3 membership and the card type are linked, and these points are supposedly interadjustable between card and AI use. Spending on AI is adjustable on credit card points. The company wants to add more AI features to typical credit cards, not just managing decision-making suggestions and credits, but a more AI-based approach. Are these just suggestions, or are these executable decisions made by cards?
What can a generic AI credit card can typically do? This has no limits. An AI card can understand your finances and make decisions on your behalf to invest in some bonds or investments it thinks are good for you. But an AI card must ask you before actually investing. The money would be plastic money then on. The AI credit card can even inform you of a sale in a particular area of a product that you may want. Or would it actually buy it for you from an auction at wonderful prize? An AI card can fill in gaps when you are clusmy to make profits.
But what if an AI credit card messes up? Who would be responsible for the losses then? The AI company? Would the AI company help with bailouts, however small or large, or would there be limits on bailouts? Should an AI credit card ask you before making investments, but not all of you know about investments and would be blank on that point.
So, after all this discussion. The point to think about is: is it worth risking your money with AI cards? Would the natural language instruction on AI cards be a good incentive for you? Speaking cards are good enough, but does this signal broader use? A card that can do more than just handle your finances?
Is this just the start? Plastic money of which you have little say. Money that you don’t control. AI money that distributes in a world of its own. Not the world, right now only in China. But with an American bank in partnership with Moonshot Kimi K3, this seems to reach the other side of the ocean too.
A card that can be more than just a credit card. A card that once someone said is all you need in your hands. Do we want a card to manage our lives? Is it not too fast for now? Are we just an entity in the world? Right now, we are humans much more than just a card. But in the future, if we don’t take the right steps, we may end up as an entity, with a card managing not just finances but also what we eat, what we grow in the garden, and even what we wear. A card optimizing our spending, a card that tells us what we want to make for Christmas, and even what we want to do on New Year. Welcome to a new world!
A virus consists of genetic material inside a cover; it typically needs living cells to replicate. Viruses we know have all been infectious except for those deprecated in a vaccine. But current research focuses on using viruses to treat infections, primarily bacterial infections. Scientists at Stanford designed 16 viruses from scratch that can kill different kinds of bacteria; this has both positive and negative sides. You may consider them as neutral side too.
And, morally, we should be more responsible about the human-made things! Be it a virus or a mammoth! Do we need them if they can save lives or treat illness?
Ethically, we should not create an artificial AI virus; it’s like creating a new life form by Man! Human-made, I mean! Why do we need humans to make species? This is all creation of God? Is this ethical or moral?
Legally, there are no laws as of now; we need them-the laws! How to stop the virus from mutating? How to keep them just for medical cure! How to stop them from lab leaks? Legal frameworks need to be ready to mitigate a lab leak or mutations of these artificial viruses. We need legal measures for these!
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The virus may replicate in bacteria and may edit its own DNA. This produces an altogether new virus that can be dangerous to healthy cells in plants, animals, and even humans.
Viruses are known to mutate.
What if these AI-made viruses, which are not found in nature, mutate? What would they produce? This can be tested in labs! Yes, we can see which mutations are most likely and which could be dangerous. More can be done to track virus growth inside bacterial infections that the virus is intended to cure.
And,
Why create an artificial virus? Nature creates all it needs, so why an artificial virus?
Is it like creating a dinosaur again from its unhatched egg artificially?
Have we forgotten the coronavirus leak from a Wuhan, China, lab? We need to set up precautions around the learnings from the coronavirus outbreak. Could an artificial virus would have saved lives then? No/Yes, but we need to be cautious about it. We need proofs!
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We need stricter AI laws for biomedical leaks.
How much does the AI virus replicate?
How fast does the AI virus replicate?
Ebola outbreak that has been out of control for some time!
Many vaccines have viruses, too! So let’s revive rules here as well?
Would we one day need a vaccine from a virus to combat an artificial virus?
How do we study the growth of an artificial virus?
How can we detect if a virus is artificial or natural?
The new defense pact between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey says “Attack one, attack all”.
This pact says that if you attack one of the three, it means you attack all three.
But why these three countries?
Saudi Arabia is a USA ally. MBS is a great friend of America!
While Turkey is a NATO member, and the USA and NATO are not in their best times of friendship, with the USA denying some of NATO’s major goals, including Canada.
While Pakistan is best friends with China and is one of its best allies, often called an“iron-clad” friendship.
What does it mean?
This pact covers the entire world!
Pakistan and India are not considered very good friends; indeed, Pakistan and India are like wartime zones on border at times, latest being 2025 Operation Sindoor.
India and China often sign deals and agreements; however, there are often tough times for India and China at Ladakh borders and North East India borders, latest being 2020 Ladakh issue which was resolved without much greater escalation. I think I may be wrong, but India may secretly consider China as a destination for its defense exercises, I may need updates on it for sure. India is active in proud defense productions!
NATO wants USA to support Ukraine. But just now USA have released that it is putting new sanctions on Russia. This must appease NATO and Ukraine. Ukraine is best friends with NATO and wants to be part of NATO with new applications for inclusion being send regularly.
Saudi Arabia’s friends include India and the United States among others.
So — what this means for “Attack one Attack all?”
Does this means a world war? Is world so fragile after this pact?
Well, let’s understand — if someone attacks Pakistan.
Who can attack Pakistan is a bigger question!
Say there is a future small tussle between India and Pakistan that means NATO member Turkey will say that Turkey is being attacked; the USA is Saudi Arabia’s ally; China is Pakistan’s friend, so the whole world would enter this?
Just one firing by a terrorist in Pakistan and the World War starts with this pact?
Who else can attack Pakistan? The latest India-Pakistan tussle was “ 2025 militant attack in Pahalgam, Operation Sindoor targeting militant sites in Pakistan”
Would such a future operation come under “Attack One Attack All?”
Take another scenario. If Saudi Arabia is attacked by the Houthis of Yemen, then Pakistan, China is Pakisthan friend, so China gets into it, Turkey, and NATO are involved in this war too? The USA is Saudi Arabia’s friend, so the USA gets involved just because of a small firing by the Houthis!
The world would be so fragile with this triple pact-of Attack One, Attack All?
Do we need to edit this pact?
What do you think of this pact towards world peace?
What if Pakistan signs such a deal with China? Attack One, Attack All.
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