Anduril founder Palmer Luckey says the US will fall behind China in the AI weapons race if it doesn't invest more in research and development. Sportsfile/Getty Images 2025-04-19T15:49:12Z Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Anduril founder Palmer Luckey says the US shouldn't worry about developing AI weapons. Luckey said the US has already opened 'Pandora's box,' so it might as well go all in. The alternative is that China surpasses the United States in autonomous weaponry, he said. Anduril founder Palmer Luckey says the US military already opened "Pandora's box" of AI and autonomous weapons, and it's too late to turn back.During a TED Live event last week, Luckey said the United States should instead double down on developing AI-controlled weapons, otherwise China could outperform the United States in a future war fought with autonomous systems."I want you to imagine something," Luckey told the crowd. "In the early hours of a massive surprise invasion of Taiwan, China unleashes its full arsenal. Ballistic missiles rain down on key military installations, neutralizing air bases, and command centers before Taiwan could fire a single shot."Luckey said that in this scenario, it would "become clear" that the United States does not have the systems to respond quickly enough to fend off China."This is the war US military analysts fear most, not just because of outdated technology or slow decision-making, but because our lack of capacity, our sheer shortage of tools and platforms means we can't even get into the fight," Luckey said.He said the best way to compete with China is to win the AI arms race.Luckey founded Oculus, which he later sold to Meta for $2 billion. Then, in 2017, Luckey founded the defense company Anduril, which produces and manufactures drones and other autonomous systems and weapons for the US military."I'll get confronted by journalists who say, 'Oh, well, you know, we shouldn't open Pandora's box,'" Luckey said. "And my point to them is that Pandora's box was opened a long time ago with anti-radiation missiles that seek out surface air missile launchers."He added that some US military ships use anti-missile defense systems capable of "locking on and firing on targets totally autonomously.""We've been in this world of systems that act out our will autonomously for decades," he said. "And so the point I would make to people is that you're not asking to not open Pandora's box; you're asking to shove it back in and close it again." Recommended video

Sinners has mainly been advertised on the prospect of Michael B. Jordan playing twins and going up against vampires. Both of those are in the film, but its true protagonist is Sammie (Miles Caton), the SmokeStack twins’ young cousin. Much of the events center on his musical talents and how its brings the people of 1930s Clarksdale to the twins’ juke joint—including the vampires that just wanna join in on the festivities. But what becomes a polite request to be let in turns into a hostile takeover, and then the rest of the movie happens. After all’s said and done, Sammie’s the only human to survive the night at the juke joint. Instead of returning to his family and leaving music behind, Sammie leaves town altogether and becomes a famous blues player. Flash forward to 1992, and the older Sammie (played by real-world Chicago guitarist Buddy Guy) has just performed when two familiar faces show up: Stack and his girlfriend Mary (Hailee Steinfeld), who were both turned in 1932 and skipped town as the other vampires before the sun burnt up the other vampires. Smoke let Stack live on the promise he leave Sammie alone, but the ageless pair just had to see how the preacher boy was doing for himself. The vampires offer to turn him so he can live forever and keep on playing, but he kindly refuses, and bids them farewell with some old school blues like he used to play back in the day. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, director/writer Ryan Coogler revealed he initially had trouble shooting the scene. When he asked Jordan what Stack would do in this moment, his longtime collaborator decided to put his fake fangs in and get in close to Guy’s neck. Jordan was already wearing his 90s costume and contact lenses for Stack’s glowing eyes, and Guy’s 88 years old, so Coogler initially freaked out. But it was just a hug, and quite an eye-opening moment for the filmmaker. “Bro, I broke down in crying tears because I realized this whole movie was about that,” Coogler said. “In many ways, it was a reason for the movie. It was about me not saying goodbye to my uncle. […] The scene is incredibly important to the narrative in many ways, and the movie’s driving towards that moment.” He’s previously described Sinners as a love letter to his family history and in particular his uncle James, who passed in 2015 as he was in post-production on the first Creed. Upon hearing his uncle died, Coogler remembered “feeling like shit. It was something I felt I had to reckon with.” Loss is a major theme for several characters in Sinners, several of whom recently lost family or remember those who’ve been gone for some time. Smoke dies thinking of his estranged wife Annie (Wunmi Osaku), who died during the vampire attack, and their baby daughter, who passed before the events of the film. Coogler’s loss drove him to the blues music his late uncle used to love, including Guy. When he was alive, his uncle loved “listening to blues records on vinyl and listening to or watching the San Francisco Giants play baseball. If the music was good and you had enough to drink, you might get a story out of him.” As Coogler told EW, going back to the blues years later felt like “conjuring [James’] spirit,” which came to inform how Sammie’s music—like other music of the African diaspora—can summon spirits of the past and future, as seen earlier in the film. For Sammie, that night at the juke joint was the best of his life, and he felt alive playing for the patrons. The same is true for Stack, since it was the last time he saw Smoke, got to see the sun, and felt “truly free.” Despite music ultimately being what led to that traumatic night, it’s what brought them together then and now for the final time, and it can keep loved ones alive long after they’re gone. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.

Renovation of Sofia's apartment / Pedro Ignacio Yáñez + Carolina RecondoSave this picture!© Pedro Ignacio Yáñez•Argentina Architects: Carolina Recondo, Pedro Ignacio Yáñez Area Area of this architecture project Area:  753 ft² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024 Photographs Photographs:Pedro Ignacio Yáñez Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project Manufacturers:  Dralas Deco, Hande Estudio, Luna/Oks, Nardelli Carpinteria, QuadriMore SpecsLess Specs Save this picture!Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. A 70m2 apartment in the City of Buenos Aires, designed to house a typical traditional family, has been inhabited for several years by a young woman who lives and works in it. Does it make sense to maintain compartmentalized spaces without cross ventilation when the activities carried out in each of these are often the same? Working from bed with a laptop, napping in an armchair, writing in the kitchen. Does an apartment with a bathroom and a toilet for one person make sense? Two rooms? A door between the kitchen and the laundry room? Another to close the bedroom?Save this picture!The project then focused on designing a scenario that was specific enough in relation to the owner's routine, but at the same time, generic enough to be able to adapt it in the event of a permanent or eventual and sporadic change of use, such as a visit from a family member or a celebration of a birthday.Save this picture!Save this picture!The reform is then proposed in two directions. On the one hand, demolish as many walls as possible, unifying the environments, providing them with greater lighting and ventilation. Thus the department gains spatial continuity, more air and more light with these actions.Save this picture!On the other hand, the material decision. a single sole, a single type of wood, a single lighting fixture that is repeated over and over again. The emergence of the white granite mosaic, placed before the artificial materials that preceded it, almost like a declaration of principles, is completed with the operation of uncovering the reinforced concrete structure. Three pieces of incense wood: The wardrobe, the kitchen bench and the chest of drawers, Together with an extensive modular metal bookshelf, articulate the space and provide support for Sofia's new way of living.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less Project locationAddress:City of Buenos Aires, ArgentinaLocation to be used only as a reference. It could indicate city/country but not exact address.About this officePedro Ignacio YáñezOffice•••Carolina RecondoOffice••• MaterialsWoodConcreteMaterials and TagsPublished on April 19, 2025Cite: "Renovation of Sofia's apartment / Pedro Ignacio Yáñez + Carolina Recondo" [Reforma del departamento de Sofía / Pedro Ignacio Yáñez + Carolina Recondo] 19 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1029144/renovation-of-sofias-apartment-pedro-ignacio-yanez-plus-carolina-recondo&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Project Files: https://www.patreon.com/posts/127020436 . This is the 174th episode of the new tutorial series on Action RPG game using Gameplay Ability System. Here we are going to implement a save and load system for base actor attributes (FGameplayAttribute) used along with gameplay ability system. As for base actor attributes, we currently use - Health - Stamina - Character level - XP points - Skill points But the system will be able to automatically detect all the FGameplayAttribute variables used on BaseActorAttributes and save and load them accordingly. Animations are sponsored by: https://www.ramsterzanimations.com/ https://www2.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/greatsword-anims Full Playlist : Action RPG series with gameplay ability system: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNTm9yU0zou7XnRx5MfBbZnfMZJqC6ixz ► 👇 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥 // 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧! https://www.patreon.com/codelikeme ►Patrons will have access to project files of all the stuff I do in the channel and other extra benefits Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClb6Jh9EBV7a_Nm52Ipll_Q/join Like my facebook page for more content : https://www.facebook.com/gamedevelopersclub/ Follow me on twitter : https://twitter.com/CodeLikeMe2 Follow me on reddit : https://www.reddit.com/user/codelikeme #CodeLikeMe #unrealengine #ue5 #ue4 #indiegamedev

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Take a look at this atmospheric concept art of a hustling city with an old-school pub created by Environment Concept Artist Nikita Gritsun.More renders and sketches: https://80.lv/articles/atmospheric-3d-urban-concept-scene-with-an-old-school-pub/

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RT DatLooteyI am missing the summer so I made my own summerish lake environment with @UnrealEngine @quixeltools megascans and some more. Just for the mood. Placed by hand. No procedural generation. Scanned assets + Lumen + Nanite is all I need. The future is now.😎1/x

Photo Credit: Pixabay /Wikimedia Lyrid Meteors can be seen in the sky, making it a spectacular moment for the skywatchers Highlights Astonishing Lyrid Meteor streaking the sky on April 22 Lyrid meteor radiates from the Lyra constellation Can be seen up to 15 to 20 metres in the sky Advertisement The awaited Lyrid meteor shower is back! Skywatchers can catch a glimpse of these beautiful meteors streaking across the sky. Lyrids radiate from the Lyra constellation, lying near the star Vega. There are some dramatic meteors lying farther away that streak the sky. It can be seen with the naked eye, without using a telescope; in fact, using it can hinder your vision. These are one of the oldest known meteor showers, recorded back around 2700 years. These Lyrids will astonish sky observers with bursts of up to 100 meteors per hour.What Is the Lyrid Meteor Shower?According to reported by Space.com ,Lyrids are caused by the debris from Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1) orbiting the Sun after every 415 years. This shooting star effect is created by the particles hitting the atmosphere at high speed during the passing of Earth through the trail of dust left by the comet. Though these meteors are not the flashiest, they still create a striking moment.When Can You See These Lyrids?These are active from April 15 to 29, but the best show will be observed in the early morning hours of April 22. The peak hours for the meteors will be between 3:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m., just before dawn. Escape the city lights and move to the rural region in a park, mountain, or beach trail. Keep in mind to stay safe and inform someone where you are moving. However, you can also take your friends together instead of going alone. Adjust your eyes to the dark for half an hour, and try to use red light for night vision.The waning moon won't be seen until after 3:30 a.m. local time, so there won't be any outshining of the faint meteors by the moon. You can see around 15 to 20 metres under a dark sky if you are fortunate enough.Lyrids are known for their rare surprise outburst, therefore, it is worth waiting to watch them in the sky. It brings spring to the northern hemisphere. So the wait is over, make yourself ready for this shower on April 22! For the latest tech news and reviews, follow Gadgets 360 on X, Facebook, WhatsApp, Threads and Google News. For the latest videos on gadgets and tech, subscribe to our YouTube channel. If you want to know everything about top influencers, follow our in-house Who'sThat360 on Instagram and YouTube. Further reading: Astrophysics, Meteors, Comet, meteor shower, Space, Science Gadgets 360 Staff The resident bot. If you email me, a human will respond. More Related Stories