Sniper Elite: Resistance you dont only snipe (Rebellion)Rebellions WWII Nazi-shooting romp returns with a familiar but entertaining mix of stealth, action, and x-ray vision killcams.Most people would surely agree that what the world needs right now is some uncomplicated escapism, so in that sense Sniper Elite: Resistances arrival is very timely. A standalone mid-generation instalment of Rebellions long-running Nazi-sniping franchise, it could easily have been called Sniper Elite 5.5. Unsurprisingly, that means it adheres very closely to the series established blueprint, but it still provides plenty that is new for both Sniper Elite fans and everyone else.This time around, the usual protagonist, Karl Fairburne, has been given a rest, in favour of new character Harry Hawker. That doesnt prove to be the most radical of moves: Hawker, like Fairburne, is an SOE operative in the late stages of the Second World War, and he has the same proto-James Bond skillset as his colleague. That includes a dead-eye ability with the sniper rifle, Hitman-like stealth attributes, and close-quarters proficiency with both handguns and sub-machine guns.Other elements familiar from previous Sniper Elite games are also present and correct, such as Invasion Mode, which lets you enter other players campaigns as an Axis sniper and vice versa and which can be switched off or set to invite-only. You can also play the campaign co-operatively with one other person. And theres full competitive multiplayer, both free-for-all and team-based.In a possible pointer for future iterations of the game theres a whole new mode, called Propaganda, which offers more bite-sized bursts of action compared to the games lengthier traditional missions.There are three types of Propaganda challenges, each highlighting an individual aspect of the overall gameplay. Sniping sees you essentially stay in one place and take out enemies from afar, earning extra time by pulling off headshots. Combat challenges place you in front-line situations, where you can earn extra time by enacting kills with explosives. And stealth challenges are self-explanatory, with extra time awarded for takedowns.Propaganda mode is great, adding a much more immediate aspect to the gameplay, which is otherwise enacted in a longer-form manner. The campaign missions are set on large maps, with multiple objectives, and it pays to explore them as fully as possible, since they all have multiple hidden objectives and vast numbers of collectibles.In one mission set in a castle on a coastal hill, for example, we stumbled across a docked U-boat, which could be blown up by tampering with its refuelling system; without exploring, we would never have realized the U-boat was even there.As with previous Sniper Elite games, Resistance is not for the faint-hearted. Its Nazi enemies are controlled by impressively realistic AI, so they will, for example, sound alarms and call in reinforcements given the slightest chance. It also seems fairly well researched; in that youre given reconstructions of authentic weapons from the period (although you can upgrade them using workbenches) and levels are filled with authentic-looking period detail.Sniper Elite: Resistances storyline is pure fiction. Hawker gets wind of a Nazi superweapon, which has been designed to wipe out an Allied invasion force en masse. With D-Day imminent, he must find out more about it, then destroy it. This takes him to various gorgeously rendered parts of France mostly rural, but some urban. Castles and underground bunkers abound, along with a dam, a vineyard, and various imposing city buildings that have been occupied by the Gestapo. The maps are impressively large (Rebellion)In the two years since Sniper Elite 5 was released the franchises graphics have evolved further, acquiring new levels of crispness and detail, along with some impressive lighting effects especially in indoor situations. But theres still a slightly nostalgic, comic book style edge to Resistances visuals, which is in keeping with its general narrative vibes. Within that context, it looks great, while the notorious x-ray killcam shots are even more graphic and visceral than ever.The whole package adds up to a pretty meaty experience, which is just as well rounded as previous mainline entries. While you can rush through some of the missions, that approach feels counter-productive; each mission gives you a rating out of three stars when you finish it, and hoovering up all the objectives pays dividends in terms of levelling up Harry Hawker and improving his base abilities.Also, many of the French Resistance propaganda posters that must be collected, to open up the Propaganda missions, are pretty well hidden, so theres plenty of incentive to revisit the missions even when you have completed the campaign.More TrendingThere are seven main missions, along with a prologue and epilogue, and completists will end up probably spending two hours in each one, so theres plenty of gameplay, without it being intimidatingly long.If you crave originality, dont expect to find here. Sniper Elite: Resistance almost makes a virtue of giving you exactly what you would expect: a Nazi-killing romp through a magnificently recreated chunk of the Second World War. Along with that, you get challenging, tactical, and deeply satisfying gameplay thats as comfortable as a frayed old item of clothing.Pure, enjoyable escapism, in other words. It will, without doubt, delight and excite the Sniper Elite franchises existing fanbase, but its also a perfect introduction for those that have not encountered the series and a promising prologue to the eventual Sniper Elite 6.Sniper Elite: Resistance review summaryIn Short: A fully-featured mid-generation slab of enjoyable Nazi-shooting, that has only a few unique ideas but still manages to remain compelling throughout.Pros: All the expected features and options from Sniper Elite 5 but with better graphics and tons of content. The new Propaganda mode is a welcome addition, offering a fun change of pace.Cons: Few new ideas beyond Propaganda mode (whose posters are a little too well hidden). Cut scenes are not great and it can be very difficult.Score: 7/10Formats: PlayStation 5 (reviewed), Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, and PCPrice: 54.99Publisher: RebellionDeveloper: RebellionRelease Date: 28th January 2025Age Rating: 16 Its probably best to stay down (Rebellion)Emailgamecentral@metro.co.uk, leave a comment below,follow us on Twitter, andsign-up to our newsletter.To submit Inbox letters and Readers Features more easily, without the need to send an email, just use ourSubmit Stuff page here.For more stories like this,check our Gaming page.GameCentralSign up for exclusive analysis, latest releases, and bonus community content.This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Your information will be used in line with our Privacy Policy

Rose Byrne isnt sure if shell be back forTMNT: Mutant Mayhems sequel. Robert Pattinson discussesMickey 17s approach to normalizing sci-fi. Plus, get a bloody, tiny tease for the return ofFinal Destination. Spoilers get! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2 In conversation with Screen Rant, Rose Byrne revealed she isnt certain shell reprise her role as Leatherhead in the next Ninja Turtles movie, despite returning for the Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTV series at Paramount+. Im gonna call Seth [Rogen] right now. Wheres my part? I was doing a TV show version. So, Im gonna call Seth. Wheres our favorite character? Wheres Americas favorite character? Mickey 17 Speaking with Vanity Fair, Robert Pattinson praised Mickey 17 for normalizing space travel to the point of overwhelming public disinterest. I like how much it normalizes space travel. It reminds me of when all these news stories came basically saying that aliens exist on earth, after years and years and years. Literally the president basically says, Yeah, there are aliens. And everyones forgotten. Theyre on TikTok again two seconds later. Thats the attitude about space travel. Its not like what you see in normal sci-fi movies, where theres a gravitas to it. With Mickey, its just the same old shit. You go from the other side of the universe and youve still just got an awful boss. Everyones treating you like shit. Theres no respite on the other side of the universe. Its worse. The Ugly Stepsister According to Variety, an audience member at Sundance leaned over into the aisle and vomited during a screening of the Cinderella horror movie, The Ugly Stepsister. Final Destination: Bloodlines Composer Tim Wynn has finished his score for Final Destination: Bloodlines, providing us with our first glimpse at the long-awaited sequels logo. Five Nights at Freddys 2 As part of a charity stream for the Los Angeles wildfires, Youtuber Dawko (via Comic Book) shared a few behind-the-scenes images from the Five Nights at Freddys sequel, including our first look at Matthew Lillards return as William Afton. Blumhouse Blumhouse Blumhouse Superman Lex searches for the Fortress of Solitude in a new Superman TV spot. Escape from the 21st Century Finally, through sneezing, three teenagers from 1999 travel to 2019 and uncover a plot to take over the world in the trailer for Escape from the 21st Century. Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, whats next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.

Remember when laptops were either powerful or portable, but never both? Those days are long gone, and Apples latest MacBook Air proves just how far weve come. Whether youre a student heading to class, a professional working from anywhere, or just someone who loves having the latest tech, a great laptop can make all the difference in your daily routine. And youre going to want to make time and space to grab a MacBook that can handle just about anything you need.See at AmazonHeres a deal thats worth your attention: The 15-inch MacBook Air with M3 processor is now $1,249 at Amazon, down from its regular price of $1,499. This sweet 17% discount saves you $250 on Apples latest generation of laptop innovation.The ultimate multitasking portable powerhouseThis isnt just any MacBook. Its packing the new M3 chip with an 8-core CPU and up to 10-core GPU, all while keeping that incredibly slim profile thats less than half an inch thick. The 15.3-inch Liquid Retina display makes everything look gorgeous with its billion-color support, perfect whether youre editing photos or binge-watching your favorite shows.Battery life is a game-changer here. Were talking up to 18 hours of use, meaning you can leave your charger at home and still work (or play) all day long. When you do need to juice up, theres MagSafe charging to save your laptop from those accidental cord yanks.The specs are solid too. You get 16GB of Unified Memory and a 512GB SSD mean youve got plenty of room for all your apps and files. Connectivity is covered with two Thunderbolt ports, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3. You can even hook up two external displays when the lid is closed, perfect for creating that dream workspace.For anyone deep in the Apple ecosystem, this MacBook plays super nice with your other Apple devices. The 1080p FaceTime HD camera, three-mic setup, and six-speaker system with Spatial Audio make video calls and content creation a breeze.At $1,249, this deal brings Apples latest tech down to a more approachable price point. Whether youre upgrading from an older laptop or making the switch to Mac, this combination of power, portability, and features makes it a compelling option at this discounted price.If youre ready to go ahead and pull the trigger on a new laptop, youll want to make sure you snag this one before its no longer on sale. Get it while you can and enjoy those savings. They dont come around often for MacBooks.See at Amazon

From Colonization to Le Corbusier: Was Modernism in India an Imposition or an Invitation?Save this picture!Gandhi Bhawan. Pierre Jeanneret. Image Fernanda AntonioWhen India gained independence in 1947, the nation faced a decision that would determine the course of its architectural future: brick or concrete. A seemingly mundane choice of material was rooted in a deeper philosophical divide between two potential outcomes for post-colonial India's built environment. Pioneering figures in India's struggle for independence held opposing views - Mahatma Gandhi advocated for traditional craftsmanship while Jawaharlal Nehru embraced modernism. The architecture one sees in the subcontinent today is a mosaic of both, begging the question: was modernism in India a foreign imposition or a celebrated import?Save this picture!The British, upon colonizing India, set in force modernist architectural principles in the forms of stark geometric forms and stripped-down aesthetics, a stark contrast to the regions elaborate and ornamental traditional buildings. Government buildings, railway stations, and administrative centers were symbols of colonial power, their modernist vocabulary serving as a visual reminder of British authority.Colonial powers wielded modernist architecture as a "civilizing" force, presenting it as the embodiment of rationality and progress while implicitlyand sometimes explicitlycasting traditional Indian architecture as excessive and backward. The rejection of ornamentation, a cornerstone of modernist philosophy, struck at the heart of Indian art and craft. While European modernists like Le Corbusier preached "less is more," vernacular Indian architecture had always understood that ornamentation was more than decorationit was a language. Carved details and geometric patterns carried cultural meanings and sacred symbolism. The colonial dismissal of these elements as superfluous effectively silenced centuries of architectural narrative. Related Article Learnings from Collective Housing in India This architectural subjugation was particularly evident in the planning of New Delhi by Edwin Lutyens. While Lutyens incorporated some Indian elements, he fundamentally transformed them, toning down traditional ornamentation to create what he considered a more civilized interpretation. The Indo-Saracenic style offered a template for the uncomfortable hybrids that would follow.Save this picture!The impact of this architectural colonization extended far beyond the colonial period. Post-independence Indian architects, educated in modernist principles, often continue to hold onto colonial architectural values. While political independence had been achieved, architectural expression remained colonized.Save this picture!Post-independence, India's first Prime Minister Nehru's modernist vision initially dominated India's architectural landscape. The commissioning of Le Corbusier to design Chandigarhthe new capital of Punjabmarked a decisive embrace of modernist principles. However, what emerged wasn't simply a transplantation of European modernism. Instead, practical limitations and cultural preferences created something entirely new.Concrete, the material symbol of this modernist vision, reveals this transformation. While favored for its associations with progress and its ability to house refugees quickly after Partition, its implementation took on distinctly local characteristics. Transportation limitations made off-site mass production impractical. Instead, India's abundance of manual labor led to on-site, hand-crafted constructiontransforming industrial processes into a form of craftwork. Unlike the harsh Brutalist architecture of Europe, South Asian modernism often carried a more human touch.Save this picture!Save this picture!However, the embrace of modernism came at a cost. Traditional building crafts and knowledge systems, already marginalized under colonial rule, found themselves further sidelined in the rush toward modernization. The emphasis on industrial materials and construction techniques meant that centuries-old building traditions faced obsolescence.Save this picture!This complex relationship with modernism created what scholar Vikramaditya Prakash calls a "double bind." Post-colonial India found itself caught between two competing imperatives: the need to be authentically "Indian" and the desire to participate in global modernity. However, in practice, this tension often produced creative solutions rather than paralysis.The question is no longer whether modernism was imposed or invitedit was clearly bothbut rather how to move forward with this mixed inheritance. Contemporary architects in the region are finding new ways to engage with this legacy, creating works that acknowledge both the promises and failures of modernism while forging new paths. The path forward requires more than simply incorporating traditional elements into modern buildings or rejecting modernism entirely. True architectural decolonization demands understanding modernism as part of South Asia's own historical narrativewith all its contradictions and complexities. This includes questioning not just the assumed superiority of modernist principles but also simplistic calls for return to tradition.Save this picture!India's experience with modernism demonstrates how architectural ideas transform as they travel across cultures. Rather than being passive recipients of European modernism, countries like India actively reinterpreted and reimagined modernist principles through local conditions and needs. The result wasn't a poor imitation of European modernism, but rather a unique architectural expression that realized modernist ideals in a holistic sense.This article is part of an ArchDaily series titled India: Building for Billions, where wepopulation rise, urbanization, and economic growth on India's built environment. Through the series, we explore local and international innovations responding to India's urban growth. We also talk to the architects, builders, and community, seeking to underline their personal experiences. As always, at ArchDaily, we highly appreciate the input of our readers. If you think we should feature a certain project, please submit your suggestions.This article is part of the ArchDaily Topics: 100 Years of Modernism. Every month we explore a topic in-depth through articles, interviews, news, and architecture projects. We invite you to learn more about our ArchDaily Topics. And, as always, at ArchDaily we welcome the contributions of our readers; if you want to submit an article or project, contact us. Related Article Learnings from Collective Housing in India Image gallerySee allShow lessAbout this authorAnkitha GattupalliAuthorCite: Ankitha Gattupalli. "From Colonization to Le Corbusier: Was Modernism in India an Imposition or an Invitation?" 27 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026202/from-colonization-to-le-corbusier-was-modernism-in-india-an-imposition-or-an-invitation&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?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

Final Call: Seize the Opportunity to Join Sustainability's Leading ChangemakersSponsored ContentSave this picture!Courtesy of Holcim Foundation AwardsThe clock is ticking for architects, urban planners, and engineers to submit their groundbreaking projects to the Holcim Foundation Awards. With the entry deadline of February 11, 2025, at 14:00 hrs UTC, this is the final opportunity to gain global recognition and compete for a share of the USD 1 million prize pool. The awards ceremony will take place at the Venice Forum on November 20, 2025 and winners are invited to attend.The Holcim Foundation Awards stand out as the world's most significant and long-standing global prize for sustainable design. The competition is Free to Enter and welcomes client-supported projects in the detailed design phase that are yet to be realized. Projects under construction are also eligible, as long as they are not completed before the deadline. This unique focus on projects in the detailed design phase distinguishes the awards from other competitions.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Winning a Holcim Foundation Award means more than just financial reward. It is an opportunity to have your project evaluated by leading global architectural figures, and be recognized for advancing sustainable construction. The awards focus on projects that demonstrate a holistic response to human development goals, and regenerating natural systems, through four interdependent goals: Uplifting Places: Creating beautiful and contextually relevant structures. Healthy Planet: Minimising resource use and emissions, whilst restoring biodiversity. Thriving Communities: Fostering inclusive and affordable living environments. Viable Economics: Combining short-term feasibility with long-term circular value creation. Entry details: Submissions are made using a web-based form, providing project information in English, including: A sustainability summary Project design team details Project images Technical drawings WORDS WITH WINNERSThe Holcim Foundation's "Words with Winners" Archaeological Center Augusta Raurica This project, by Karamuk Kuo Architects in Switzerland, demonstrates a flexible structural system for a Roman ruin site. The design prioritizes a holistic approach to sustainability, with a lightweight steel structure, simple ventilation systems, and the use of clay plaster for humidity control. The building is designed to preserve the ruins beneath it.Billion Bricks' project: This project is a self-financing housing solution for the homeless in the Philippines, which doubles as a 2.5MW solar plant. It is a carbon-negative community that provides homes with water harvesting, grey-water treatment, and vegetable gardens, using a dry assembly structure for minimal material use. The project empowers women by ensuring that the homes are owned by them. UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios: This project by Johnston Marklee in Los Angeles, is an adaptive reuse of a former factory. It extends the lifecycle of an existing structure, by removing obsolete structures, creating interconnected spaces, and constructing a new roof. The design incorporates natural light and passive ventilation.Save this picture!LAST CALLThese winning projects showcase the diverse and innovative ways that sustainable design can transform our world. By entering the 2025 Holcim Foundation Awards, you have the chance to join this illustrious cast of sustainability changemakers and to contribute to the creation of a more sustainable and equitable future.Save this picture!Don't miss this opportunity to have your project recognized on a global stage.The deadline is fast approaching February 11, 2025. For more information and to submit your entry, visit the Holcim Foundation Awards website.Image gallerySee allShow lessCite: "Final Call: Seize the Opportunity to Join Sustainability's Leading Changemakers" 27 Jan 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1026106/final-call-seize-the-opportunity-to-join-sustainabilitys-leading-changemakers&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save!ArchDaily?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

The Stargate project is one massive AI build-out that sounds a lot like Skynet.When coming up with a name, they probably decided Skynet would be too much on the nose and picked a name that had virtually nothing to do with what they were actually building.Skynet, the real villain in The Terminator movies, was an AI that concluded that technicians would kill it once they realized what Skynet could do, so it acted defensively with extreme prejudice.The lesson from the movie is that humans could have avoided the machine vs. human war had they refrained from building Skynet in the first place. However, Skynet is an AGI (artificial general intelligence), and we arent there yet, but Stargate will undoubtedly evolve into AGI. OpenAI, which is at the heart of this effort, believes we are a few years away from AGI.Elon Musk, arguably the most powerful tech person involved with the U.S. government, seemingly doesnt believe Stargate can be built. Right now, he appears to be right. However, things can always change.Lets talk about the good and bad things that could happen should Stargate succeed. Well close with my Product of the Week, the Eight Sleep system.Stargate: The GoodThe U.S. is in a race to create AGI at scale. Whoever gets there first will gain significant advantages in operations, defense, development, and forecasting. Lets take each in turn.Operations: AGI will be able to perform a vast number of jobs at machine speeds, everything from managing defense operations to better managing the economy and assuring the best resource use for any relevant project.These capabilities could significantly reduce waste, boost productivity, and optimize any government function to an extreme degree. If it stood alone, it could assure U.S. technical leadership for the foreseeable future.Defense: From being able to see threats like 9/11 and instantly moving against them to being able to pre-position weapons platforms before they were needed to planning out the optimal weapons to be deployed (or mothballed), Stargate would have the ability to optimize the U.S. military both tactically and strategically, making it far more effective with a range that would extend from protecting individuals to protecting global U.S. assets.No human-based system should be able to exceed its capabilities.Development: AIs can already create their own successors, a trend that will accelerate with AGI. Once built, the AGI version of Stargate could evolve at an unprecedented pace and on a massive scale.Its capabilities will grow exponentially as the system continuously refines and improves itself, becoming increasingly effective and difficult to predict. This rapid evolution could drive technological advancements that might otherwise take decades or even centuries to achieve.These breakthroughs could span fields such as medical research and space exploration, ushering in an era of transformative, unprecedented change.Forecasting: In the movie Minority Report, there was the concept of being able to stop crimes before they were committed using precognition.An AGI at the scale of Stargate and with access to the sensors from Nvidias Earth 2 project could more accurately forecast coming weather events further into the future than we can today. However, given how much data Stargate would have access to, it should be able to predict a growing group of events long before a human sees the potential for that event to occur.Everything from potential catastrophic failures in nuclear plants to potential equipment failures in military or commercial planes, anything this technology touched would at once be more reliable and far less likely to fail catastrophically because Stargates AI would be, with the proper sensor feeds, be able to see the future and better prepare for both positive and negative outcomes.In short, an AGI at Stargates scale would be God-like in its reach and capabilities, with the potential to make the world a better, safer place to live.Stargate: The BadWe are planning on giving birth to a massive intelligence based on information it learns from us. We arent exactly a perfect model for how another intelligence should behave.Without adequate ethical considerations (and ethics isnt exactly a global constant), a focus on preserving the quality of life, and a directed effort to assure a positive strategic outcome for people, Stargate could do harm in many ways, including job destruction, acting against humanitys best interests, hallucinations, intentional harm (to the AGI), and self-preservation (Skynet).Job Destruction: AI can be used to help people become better, but it is mainly used to either increase productivity or replace people.If you have a 10-person team and you double their productivity, but the task load stays the same, you only need five employees AIs are being trained to replace people. Uber, for instance, is eventually expected to move to driverless cars. From pilots to engineers, AGI will be capable of doing many jobs, and humans will not be able to compete with any fully competent AI because AIs dont need to sleep or eat, nor do they get sick.Without significant and currently unplanned enhancement, people just cant compete with fully trained AGI.Acting Against Humanitys Best Interest: This assumes that Stargate AGI is still taking direction from people who tend to be tactical and not strategic.For instance, L.A.s cut of funding for firefighters was a tactically sound move to balance a budget, but strategically, it helped wipe out a lot of homes and lives because it wasnt strategic.Now, imagine decisions like this made at greater scale. Conflicting directives will be increasingly common, and the danger of some kind of HAL (2001: A Space Odyssey) is significant. An oops here could cause incalculable damage.Hallucinations: Generative AI has a hallucination problem. It fabricates data to complete tasks, leading to avoidable failures. AGI will face similar issues but may pose even greater challenges to ensure reliability due to its vastly increased complexity and partial creation by Generative AI.The movie WarGames depicted an AI unable to distinguish between a game and reality, with control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. A similar outcome could occur if Stargate were to mistake a simulation for an actual attack.Intentional Harm: Stargate will be a huge potential target for those both inside and outside the U.S. Whether to mine it for confidential information, to alter its directives so that it does harm, or just helps some person, company, or government unfairly, this project will have unprecedented potential for security risks.Even if the attack has no intention of doing massive harm, if it is done poorly, it could result in problems ranging from system failure to actions that cause significant loss of life and monetary damage. Once fully integrated into government operations, it would have the potential to take the U.S. to its knees and create global catastrophes. This means the defense of this project from foreign and domestic attackers will also be unprecedented.Self-Preservation: The idea that an AGI might want to survive is hardly new. It goes to the core of the plots in The Terminator, The Matrix, and Robopocalypse. Even the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project was somewhat based on the idea of an AI that wanted to protect itself, though in that case, it was made so secure that people couldnt take back control of the system.The idea that an AI might conclude that humanity is the problem to fix isnt a huge stretch, and how it went about self-preservation could be incredibly dangerous to us, as those movies showcased.Wrapping UpStargate has massive potential for both good and bad outcomes. Assuring the first outcome while preventing the second would require a level of focus on ethics, security, programming quality, and execution that would exceed anything weve ever tried as a race.If we get it right (the odds initially are against this since we tend to learn from trial and error), it could help bring about a new age for the U.S. and humanity. If we do it wrong, it could end us. So, the stakes couldnt be higher, and I doubt we are currently up to the task as we simply do not have a great history of successfully building massively complex projects the first time.Personally, Id put IBM at the head of this effort. It has worked with AI the longest, had ethics designed into the process, and has decades of experience with extremely large, secure projects like this. I think IBM has the highest probability of ensuring better results and fewer bad ones from this effort.Eight Sleep Water Cooled Mattress CoverIve been a user of the Chilipad since the beginning. It has truly improved my sleep performance over the years, but it went through distilled water like crazy, and distilled water isnt that common.So, when my Chilipad Pros started dumping water on the floor, I picked up an Eight Sleep system that has some critical advantages. First, for a large bed, there is only one tall unit to manage and one thick set of hoses that go to the head of the bed. This allows you to place the Eight Sleep system by the headboard rather than at the foot of the bed, which is more convenient for me.It comes with built-in sleep monitoring that requires a subscription (this was optional on the Chilipad). While the Chilipads improved mattress topper was far more comfortable than the old one, the Eight Sleep mattress topper is even better. It looks better, too, though, given that the sheets cover it, that doesnt mean that much. 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