Attention — Aug 18, 2026
What caught my attention on Aug 18 (2 items).
Building an AI Star Trek group chat application
NoPlaceLikeLocalhost (Article:09:07) - Published 2026-08-17 18:00 - Discovered 2026-08-18 09:07
In this video, the creator continues developing an MIT-licensed AI group chat application, now in version 4, using Star Trek characters as a demo. The app lets users clone voices, define AI personas, and populate chat rooms with those personas so they can converse with them. The creator begins by cloning voices from the original Star Trek series, specifically Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, using audi…
There Are No Non-Clowns in the Clown Car
Gamers Nexus (Article:13:56) - Published 2026-08-16 18:00 - Discovered 2026-08-18 13:56
Gamers Nexus’s video is a critical, satirical examination of the AI and data-center boom, arguing that the industry has become a circular, self-reinforcing financial machine. It highlights how Nvidia, AMD, OpenAI, Anthropic, SoftBank, neoclouds, and memory makers are increasingly entangled through investments, backstops, and hardware commitments. The video points to reports that Nvidia may backsto…