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 If the artificial intelligence hypebeasts are to be believed, ChatGPT-styled large language models are on the cusp of radically altering the global workforce, gutting entire industries, and, quite possibly, eliminating life on earth as we know it. Just don’t ask it to prepare you a basic meal or a palatable cocktail. Chefs and taste testers at World Of Vegan learned this lesson the hard way after testing more than 100 different spring recipes, date night dishes, and dessert ideas created by OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The results…

Rapper Lil Nas X wanted “bussy,” which combined “-ussy” with “boy” to refer to a man’s anus, added to the dictionary for Pride Month in 2022. Image: Amanda Edwards (Getty Images)The evolution of language on the Internet is truly a fascinating one, and future linguists will be shaking their head at the American Dialect Society’s choice for 2022 word of the year: “-ussy.”The “-ussy” suffix is a callback to the word “pussy” and has exploded on the Internet in recent years. “-ussy” was a finalist for the American Dialect…

Photo: Ron Batzdorff/NBCQuantum Leap—a reboot/sequel of the 1990s sci-fi series about a scientist trapped in time, temporarily “leaping” into other people and helping them solve problems along the way—has been a success for NBC, so much so that the network extended its order for the show’s first season. Now that the first eight episodes have aired, including last Sunday’s fall finale, the show goes on hiatus until January 2, returning with 10 more episodes following the decade-hopping adventures of Dr. Ben Song (Raymond…

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Addison (Caitlin Bassett) and Ben (Raymond Lee) brace for impact.Photo: Ron Batzdorff/NBCIt’s been nearly 30 years since Scott Bakula’s Dr. Sam Beckett vanished into time (and from the airwaves), but Quantum Leap—a popular show during its five-season run—has since maintained a cult following. It’s no surprise NBC has dipped back into the time-travel well with a reboot, which premieres today.This new Quantum Leap is actually a sequel in addition to being a reboot. Sam and his companion, Al (the late Dean Stockwell, to whom…

Image: NBCUniversalNext week, NBC’s reboot-revival of Quantum Leap will air. While it’s been up in the air for some time if the revival would ever happen, the question has since shifted to if Scott Bakula would return to reprise original hero Sam Beckett. And if you were hoping for some kind of legacy mantle story, you’re about to be disappointed. On the acting side, we’ve known for some time that Bakula wouldn’t be appearing in the show, since he was already cast in NBC’s upcoming drama, Unbroken. But his Twitter thread…

Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) tries to help a man in the Quantum Leap series premiere while Addison (Caitlin Bassett) looks on.Photo: Ron Batzdorff/NBCQuantum Leap is back—or at least, a reboot-sequel that introduces a whole new cast into the show’s preexisting time-travel set-up. Rather than Scott Bakula’s Dr. Sam Beckett, the new series follows Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) as he leaps between decades, helping out people in need, while his lab team back in 2022 tries to figure out how to get him home.At a recent press event…