If it’s just a matter of time before humans create self-aware, artificially intelligent machines and robots, then what can Buddhist thought offer to that enterprise? James Hughes thinks Buddhist psychology and cosmology can and should inform the creation and design of AI beings. For one thing, Hughes doesn’t believe it’s ethical to create self-aware machine minds … Continued
Charles Lewis, author of 935 Lies: The Future of Truth and the Decline of America’s Moral Integrity
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in town again and he’s here to ask President Obama for more money and weapons. Though Israel already receives more of America’s foreign aid budget than any other nation, Netanyahu is requesting an increase in aid from 3 billion dollars to 5 billion per year for the next 10 years. Then, an Antarctic … Continued
GOP Candidates Spar on Syria & Immigration, But Agree on One Thing: Don’t Raise the Minimum Wage; Jamil Smith: After Scapegoating African-Americans for Years, GOP Faces “Black Bogeyman” Ben Carson; Cuban-American Candidates Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio Tout Immigrant Narratives Despite Stances on Reform; Terror in Little Saigon: New Doc Ties US-Allied Kill Squad to Unsolved … Continued
Dr. Kaku answers questions from listeners. Guest: Dr. Dana McKenzie, talks about the origin of the moon.
Joseph Matthews discusses the refugee life and times of Herschel Grynszpan, the Jewish teenager who shot a Nazi consular official in Paris in 1938; the Nazis responded by inciting Kristallnacht, a pogrom against German Jews, 77 years ago today. Sasha Lilley Interview with Joseph Matthews
Historian Tomas Sandoval joins to make the case that Latin America’s very first melting pot was here, in San Francisco, where the first miners in the Gold Rush were from Chile. But first: there are labor actions across the nation today pushing for a $15 minimum wage — we’ll go live to a protest, look … Continued
Black Student Revolt Against Racism Ousts 2 Top Officials at University of Missouri; How Black Football Players at University of Missouri Changed the Game on Racism; “Another Yale is Possible”: Students Confront Racism at Ivy League School; Egypt Frees Top Reporter Hossam Bahgat After Chilling Reminder That Crackdown Continues.
Today on Flashpoints: The Neoconservative American Enterprise institute honors Israeli prime minister, Netanyahu in DC this evening. We’ll talk about the visit of the Israeli PM and have a report on a protest happening in response. Also we’ll feature an encore of an excerpt of a recent speech on Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine. … Continued
We listen to the sounds of the rally for church in the streets in west Oakland in response to gentrification. We hear the voices of Rebbecca Kaplan, Mayor Libby Shaaf, Lynnette Machelany and many more.
