Should We Be Afraid of Facebook’s Expanding Artificial Intelligence Lab?

Esquire | June 2, 2015

By John Hendrickson

The company now plans to open an A.I. lab in Paris, its third such office around the world.

Facebook is more powerful today than it was yesterday. So, what does Facebook plan to do when it masters Artificial Intelligence?

Morality, Religion and Experimenting on You

Huffington Post | June 4, 2015

By Robert Klitzman, M.D

To help their soldiers on the front, Nazi physicians sawed off the limbs of concentration camp prisoners and then tried to reattach these body parts, but failed. Other prisoners were forced into the snow to measure how long it took for them to freeze to death.

Amazon, Google race to get your DNA into the cloud

Reuters | June 5, 2015

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Amazon.com Inc is in a race against Google Inc to store data on human DNA, seeking both bragging rights in helping scientists make new medical discoveries and market share in a business that may be worth $1 billion a year by 2018.

As The World Burns: By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them

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Old-Thinker News | June 1, 2015

By Daniel Taylor

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.” - Matthew 7:20

Baltimore Residents Fearful Amid Rash Of Homicides

CBS Baltimore | March 28, 2015

A 31-year-old woman and a young boy were shot in the head Thursday, becoming Baltimore’s 37th and 38th homicide victims so far this month, the city’s deadliest in 15 years.

Astronomer Royal Martin Rees: How soon will robots take over the world?

The Telegraph | May 21, 2015

By Martin Rees

In Davos a few years ago, I met a well-known Indian tycoon. Knowing I had the title Astronomer Royal, he asked: “Do you do the Queen’s horoscopes?” I responded, with a straight face: “If she wanted one, I’m the person she’d ask.” He then seemed eager to hear my predictions.

“Living,” “Evolving” Dangers Are Hidden in ObamaTrade (TPP & TTIP)

The New American | May 18, 2015

By William F. Jasper

Will the U.S. Congress vote to approve “free trade” agreements that are, according to the agreements’ authors, “living agreements” that will constantly change and “evolve”?