Chaos & Amazement #2529 The Underground Humanoid Robot Fight Club, Italian Brainrot, and Capybaras Walking on Ice
Writing from Ghana this week, bringing you the usual weird mix of digital news and oddities including robot brawls, Italian AI generated nonsense, and capybaras casually defying physics.
Tech News
An interesting read: “The growing B2B influencer marketing industry and emerging LinkedIn creator economy are set to account for a meaningful portion of the $480 billion dollar creator economy.” https://medium.com/better-marketing/why-marketing-professionals-are-the-next-great-creators-e5fc85bf2465
In a report titled AI 2027, experts warn we could lose control of AI in two years. Scenarios range from a rapid, uncontrolled "Race" leading to extinction, to a "Slowdown" where humanity prioritizes safety. It's not just tech, it's geopolitics.
After months of training for battle, China’s humanoid robots are popping up everywhere in the West. For example, in this underground humanoid robot fight club in L.A. https://mikekalil.com/blog/humanoid-robot-fight-club/
Fresh AI
‘Italian brainrot’ is taking over the internet. It’s a universe of AI-generated characters with strange names and chaotic storylines. One toy set has already sold 5,000 units. Welcome to the AI entertainment era. https://x.com/omooretweets/status/1920138882307543485
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Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browserAnd this is from Olivia Moore’s twin, Justine Moore: post nothing but AI generated froyo pics (say, from a brand called melt) across 50 fake accounts. A/B test what hits. Build hype. Then actually launch the product under this brand. Instant fandom from day 1. What product would you pre-test this way? https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1931760869454860336
Mirage: AI-generated game worlds that reshape themselves as you play, responding to natural language commands, creating infinite experiences from imagination alone. The line between "playing a game" and "living in a simulation" keeps getting thinner.
And your holodeck sessions could look a little bit like this 16 minute AI-generated video about human cloning. It was made by Hashem Al-Ghaili, a Yemeni molecular biologist and science communicator, in just 12 days with 600 prompts and a $500 budget.
From my blog
Every picture you've ever taken already exists https://bnox.be/2025/07/every-picture-youve-ever-taken-already.html
The scroll is infinite, but my attention isn’t: why chatbots are the new hangout https://bnox.be/2025/07/the-scroll-is-infinite-but-my-attention.html
Weird and wonderful
Are We Trek Yet? Keeps track of the tech that Star Trek suggested. Personally, I’m looking forward to taking a Sonic Shower one day.
View and cycle through the moon's phases day to day - rendered in ASCII art. asciimoon.com
Watch “Baggage - Lucy Davidson” on Vimeo. Some girls are different. https://vimeo.com/lucydavidson/baggagefilm
From a time long before AI generated voices: Tolkien reads - The ride of the Rohirrim. "Ride now! Ride now! Ride to Gondor! " And bannerman blowing a horn so strongly it splintered...
Watching this YouTube video will plant a forest.
Capybaras walking on ice. That is all.
