TECH VISIONARIES Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman are among a group that’s announced a new non-profit artificial intelligence startup. The goal, apparently, is to make sure the first true AI is “good”, and its backers say they’ve committed $1 billion to the project.
This is an interesting development, considering that Musk previously compared building an artificial intelligence to “summoning the demon.”
Also: Prophecies of a Muslim caliphate and the return of Messiah by mystics Baba Vanga and the Vilna Gaon; bulk purchases of prepaid cell phones and stolen propane tanks have Missouri on edge; tangled alliances in the Middle East; and Israel trains against the anti-aircraft missile system Russia sold to Iran.
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WE BEGIN our 11th year of webcasting with a look at some of the issues we believe the world will confront in 2015. Of course, it doesn’t take much imagination to predict more turmoil in the Middle East, especially given the Palestinian Authority’s recent failed initiative to have the United Nations Security Council declare it an independent state. We also discuss the continued conflict between the Islamic State and anyone who stands in the way of their dream of a restored caliphate.
We discuss politics, Ebola, the price of oil, shaky banks and a wobbly economy, and unconfirmed reports indicating that an incident at the Zaporozhye nuclear plant in Ukraine is ongoing and far more serious than was reported a month ago.
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SOMEONE SHOULD have warned First Lady Michelle Obama that appearing in a Twitter photo holding up a #BringBackOurGirls sign was a bad idea. It took about 15 minutes for the picture to be Photoshopped.
Worse, it made the government of the United States look juvenile (again). As former State Department counselor Eliot Cohen wrote, America’s leaders “may be charming, bright and attractive; they may have the best of intentions; but they do not look serious. They act as though Twitter and clenched teeth or a pout could stop invasions or rescue kidnapped children in Nigeria.”
Also: Joe Biden’s son benefits from regime change in Ukraine; new climate scam; NASA mission to Europa; algorithm named to board of directors; threats from MERS and Ebola; and the Department of Agriculture wants submachine guns.
Derek and Sharon Gilbert will be at the Prophecy in the News Pikes Peak Prophecy Summit July 25-27, 2014 at the Marriott Hotel in Colorado Springs. Watch for information here. Please visit the P.I.D. Radio Facebook page. Find links to the articles we discuss at P.I.D. News, discuss the topics at the P.I.D. Radio Cafe, and don’t forget the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.
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ALMOST LOST in the news cycle already was the announcement last week that the U.S. is sending military advisers–Special Forces soldiers–to Uganda to help chase down the Lord’s Resistance Army, a militaristic cult headed by Joseph Kony. Why now, when Kony has been active in Uganda, Sudan, and the Congo for over 20 years? (See the LRA Crisis Tracker and Derek’s new interview with researcher Tony Kail for details.)
Is there any connection to recent discoveries of oil in the region, or to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s link to the powerful and secretive American “Christian” group The Family? (For more on The Family, see Derek’s interview with journalist Jeff Sharlet.)
Also: Leaving Iraq; Kenya’s military says the US may be bombing militants in neighboring Somalia; DARPA building robotic cheetahs to hunt down baddies; first national EAS test set for 11/9/11; possible vote on Palestinian statehood on 11/11/11; Occupy Wall Street protesters complain about their own bankers; and Hillary on Qaddafi: “We came, we saw, he died.”
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]]>Meanwhile, Glenn Beck launched GBTV on the web this week. It took one day for Beck to equate people who question the official story of 9/11 with radical Islamists. Thanks, Glenn.
Also: The “divine” Constitution (to Mormons); Israel and Turkey edge closer to conflict; tons of missing plutonium; and the parable of Political Perry and Dominique.
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A foot with a leg bone attached was found in Vancouver's False Creek on Aug. 30, 2011. (CTV)
ANOTHER MYSTERY foot has washed ashore near Vancouver. This makes 11 severed human feet in the last four years. Police in British Columbia have ruled out foul play. (Huh?)
Also: The fighting is nearly over in Libya — except for the fight over the oil; a new and disturbing influenza strain; typing in tongues; Turkey tries to squeeze Israel; and a discussion of how seriously we take the Enemy.
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Muammar Gaddafi (Reuters/Francois Lenoir)
THE BIG question tonight: Where is Qaddafi? Rumors are flying in Libya, and the only thing we know for sure is that the official story of the rebels’ miraculous military victory seems awfully unlikely.
Also: Aliens are coming, Big John goes missing, Bank of America is wobbling, and Goldman Sachs’ stock prices tank as its CEO hires a prominent defense attorney.
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