Sony builds a robot that can beat any human at table tennis. Now we know how the Neanderthals felt.
Andrew Morgan
Paradigm shift. Young creatives have a much broader hybrid space into which to build their persona as content creators, writers, artists, musicians, thinkers and tinkerers, wanderers and wonderers. If you have the the imagination and charisma, go for it! But beware selling your soul, same as ever.
19 mins, zoomed out overview every AI model in current use. Nice if you (like me) have paid no attention so far.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/books/review/jeff-martin-tulsa-magic-city-books.html
Yes, I know. I apologize for posting an article that's behind a paywall. But if you like books, you'll like this one.
For those you who liked Bill Browder's book, Red Notice. Very fine spy novel, The Poet's Game (2025), by Paul Vidich.
Alex Morton Sounds good. Browder's book was an eye-opener and precipitated legislation in the US. All these years later, I wonder how safe he is.
Alex Morton Okay, I've bought a copy.
Andrew Morgan He mentions Browder in his acknowledgements.
E. Writer When I worked for Sony I remember they had Aibo, an AI robot puppy back in 2006 when I started working for the corporate office, so I'm not surprised they are able to create something like this. I actually wanted an Aibo but it was thousands of dollars 20 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLjtOMBWvTo