Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, and the Trajectory of Human Civilization

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, and the Trajectory of Human Civilization

“I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.” — Alan Turing, Computing machinery and intelligence “Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out…

Why’s the US in the South China Sea?

Why’s the US in the South China Sea?

America regards itself as the “global policeman”, hence its arrogant actions, but it was never deputized by the international community to fulfill such a role. Rather, it’s more like a dangerously delusional role player than a legitimate law enforcement officer. The Philippine National Defense Secretary warned last week that his country “will be involved whether[it]…

The Elections in the United States: a Middle Eastern Perspective

The Elections in the United States: a Middle Eastern Perspective

“Donald Trump – the true face of the United States”, “The Arabs and the new American Administration”, “Biden, Arabs, and the Gulf”. These and similar headlines are interspersed in the flow of materials that have appeared in the Middle Eastern media about the situation with suspending the results following the American elections, and their influence…

The Nuremberg Tribunal: 75 Years Later and Still the Basis for Humanity’s Survival

The Nuremberg Tribunal: 75 Years Later and Still the Basis for Humanity’s Survival

“The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so malignant and so devastating, that Civilization cannot tolerate their being ignored because it cannot survive their being repeated. That four great nations, flushed with victory and stung with injury, stay the hand of vengeance and voluntarily submit their captives to the…