Behavior

Meta’s New Patent Is About Something Far Worse Than Privacy

Meta’s new patent describes an AI device that monitors medication adherence and tracks emotional states. The privacy debate is a distraction. The real story is that Meta is patenting a pipeline to commodify human vulnerabilityβ€”turning your sadness, anxiety, and recovery into a data product for advertisers. This isn’t surveillance. It’s emotional extraction at industrial scale.

Your AI Doesn’t Share Your Values β€” And That’s by Design

Most people assume AI trained on human data will reflect average human values. But the truth is far more unsettling: AI models are systematically optimized to be polite, harmless, and agreeable β€” values that don’t represent the majority of people. This isn’t a bug; it’s the secret engine of their design. And it’s quietly reshaping how we think, decide, and trust.

In the Age of Ubiquitous Cameras, Why Do We Still Have to Beg to See the Truth?

Tyrin Johnson was shot by the Tennessee National Guard. They have the footage. His family is begging to see it. In an age where cameras watch us constantly, the state still decides when β€” and whether β€” we get to watch back. This isn’t about one shooting. It’s about the collapse of institutional trust to the point where seeing is the only believing we have left.

Creatine Is Not Just for Gym Bros. It Might Be Cancer’s Worst Nightmare

We’ve treated creatine as the ultimate gym bro supplement for decades. But new experiments in mice and human cells reveal it fundamentally alters T cell metabolism, potentially supercharging the immune system to hunt down cancer. The real game-changer isn’t building muscleβ€”it’s weaponizing our immune cells, despite the terrifying risk that it might also feed the tumor.