In the "Terminator" movie series, the artificial-intelligence system known as Skynet is given control of the nation's nuclear weapons and uses it to try to destroy humanity. One reason that apocalyptic scenarios involving AI are implausible is that, having seen how that particular movie ...
History is written to be argued about, I have often said. Recent efforts by the Trump administration's culture war have offered numerous examples. In recent days, we have seen Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a break from the administration's war against Iran, announce the re-installation ...
Like most Americans who were adults on Sept. 11, 2001, my life is divided into "before" and "after" 9/11. I awoke to a phone call from a friend at the airport, where her flight had been canceled, and turned on the TV just a few minutes before the second plane hit the World Trade Center ...
In the tool box that political reporters drag to work each day, the most important one is the chance to ask politicians questions, on behalf of you, especially at election time. So what's the worst thing that has happened to block scribes from using that tool? Is it: 1. Zoom. 2. Zoom or 3. ...
It feels like just yesterday that America lost Charlie Kirk. I remember every detail vividly. Charlie and I were in daily contact that week, as he prepared for his next national campus speaking tour. I was part of an intimate Zoom meeting he had organized the night prior to its first stop, at Utah Valley University. Less than 24 hours later, it was the site of his murder. Everything about the assassination was astonishing: the unconscionable security failure from the campus police and Charlie's detail, the fact he was killed while modeling robust and respectful debate, the ...
I learned in my psychology class at ACC that eye-whitness testimony is not absolute because the human brain likes to reconstruct memories rather than play them back like a video. When you recall a memory, your brain fills in bits and pieces it lost over time to make a cohesive narrative. My ...
