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The Google engineer who thinks the company's AI has come to life. AI ethicists warned Google not to impersonate humans. Now one of Google's own thinks there's a ghost in the machine. The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder.
More: LaMDA: Google's breakthrough conversation technology.
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Over 235 million people set to experience temperatures 90 degrees or hotter this week.
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Barr says Trump was 'detached from reality'. No kidding.
Also: An 'inebriated' Giuliani urged Trump to falsely claim victory on election night. Former Trump attorney Jason Miller testifies that Giuliani who was advising Trump on election night was 'definitely intoxicated.'
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Court: Geico must pay $5.2 million to Missouri woman who got STD from sex in car. An arbitrator's decision in favor of the woman was affirmed by the Jackson County Court, and upheld by three judges with the Missouri Court of Appeals.
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Ohio Gov. DeWine says he'll sign a bill arming teachers after 24 hours of training. The new law dramatically reduces the amount of training a teacher must undergo before they can carry a gun in a school safety zone. Instead of more than 700 hours of training that's currently required, school staff who want to be armed would get training that "shall not exceed" 24 hours, House Bill 99 states.
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Diseases suppressed during Covid are coming back in new and peculiar ways. Health experts say Covid-19 restrictions could have reduced exposure and lowered immunity to infectious diseases, making society more vulnerable to new outbreaks.
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Texas police want Uvalde bodycam footage suppressed because it could expose law enforcement 'weakness'. Too late, fellas.
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The forthcoming bipartisan agreement could be the first new gun control laws enacted in decades. But it focuses primarily on mental health and school security interventions, rather than meaningfully restricting access to firearms.
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The end of the Millennial lifestyle subsidy. Start-ups are starting to want to make profits.
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Miscellany:
Birthdays:
- 1831 - James Clerk Maxwell, Scottish physicist and mathematician (d. 1879)
- 1892 - Basil Rathbone, South African-born British-American actor (d. 1967)
- 1910 - Mary Wickes, American actress (d. 1995)
- 1926 - Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (d. 1982)
- 1929 - Ralph McQuarrie, American illustrator (d. 2012)
- 1943 - Malcolm McDowell, English actor and producer
- 1951 - Richard Thomas, American actor, director, and producer
- 1953 - Tim Allen, American actor, comedian, and producer
- 1962 - Ally Sheedy, American actress and author
- 1981 - Chris Evans, American actor and producer
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On this date in:
- 1854 - Anthony Faas patented the first US accordion, having made improvements to both the keyboard, and to enhance the sound.
- 1966 - The United States Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that the police must inform suspects of their Fifth Amendment rights before questioning them (colloquially known as "Mirandizing").
- 1971 - Vietnam War: The New York Times began publication of the Pentagon Papers.
- 1983 - Pioneer 10 became the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passed beyond the orbit of Neptune.
- 1997 - A jury sentenced Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombingOklahoma City bombing.
Today is:
National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day, Random Acts of Light Day, Sewing Machine Day, Weed Your Garden Day, and World Softball Day.
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Comments and observations:
When ovaries are more regulated than assault weapons, that's when you
know it's a war on women.
-Andrea Junker
Idolizing a politician is like believing the stripper likes you.
-Adam
Carolla
Lauren Boebert "praying" for President Biden's death at a "Christian"
event is just the latest and perhaps most despicable example that this
person never should have been handed a microphone by voters.
-Stephen
Beschloss
True, "no sitting or former president has ever been put on trial." But
so what? Not even Nixon matched Trump's crimes, and Nixon would've been
put on trial but for the pardon he got from Ford. Failing to try Trump
for his crimes would mean anything goes.
-Laurence Tribe
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