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Who's Right About AI? Musk's Dire Warnings Meet Zuckerberg's Cheerful Optimism
2017-07-26 23:41:58| TechNewsWorld
Two of Silicon Valley's most influential visionaries, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, this week engaged in a public spat over the future of artificial intelligence and whether the government should take the wheel to counter the threat this emerging technology might pose to mankind. Musk, a longtime advocate of AI, has expressed fears that intelligent machines could pose a risk to civilization.
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'Dire' housing shortage pushing up prices, says Rics
2016-11-10 10:33:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Surveyors warn of a "dire shortage" of housing in the UK, which is continuing to drive up prices.
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After record 2015, a dire warning for our climate future
2016-07-06 11:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Weather Channel: Just in time for World Meteorological Day 2016, 2015 is flagged for the numerous climate records that were shattered during the year, and a widely-debated study led by climate scientist James Hansen is warning that we may be on the verge of an era of dangerous sea level rise and superstorms due to climate change. "Hotter, drier, wetter. Face the future." In their latest Status of the Climate report, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is setting the tone for this year's World Meteorological...
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New research: climate may be more sensitive and situation more dire
2016-07-05 12:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Scientists use a variety of approaches to estimate the Earths climate sensitivity how much the planet will warm as a result of humans increasing greenhouse effect. For decades, the different methods were all in good general agreement that if we double the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, Earths surface temperatures will immediately warm by about 13°C (this is known as the transient climate response). Because it would take decades to centuries for the Earth to reach a new energy...
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El Nino and climate change a dire recipe for Africa
2016-06-17 22:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: The UN says 1.2 million under the age of five have acute malnutrition The most powerful El Nino weather event in half a century is officially over but its impact will be felt most severely in Africa, which is now in the grip of its most devastating drought in 35 years. Families across southern and eastern Africa had barely recovered from two years of erratic and failed rains, only to be hit by drought and dire food shortages. The United Nations said the food crisis is ruining lives on a...
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