Many writers have expressed concerns about whether AI will ultimately turn out to be evil when it gains sentience. I believe that we need to turn this question around. We need to ask whether we as a society, and as individuals, can provide moral guidance to a new intelligence as it grows in capacity and […]
Can humans be good parents to a new form of intelligence? Read More »
The news yesterday had an awe-inspiring and scary video of CN Rail workers on a train that is closely surrounded by a raging wildfire. I was extremely glad to hear that the crew was able to escape safely, but I find myself haunted by those images. This train was in Northern Ontario, through which Prime
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The government of Ontario has been spending a lot of our tax dollars to advertise the Ring of Fire as a solution to Ontario’s economic problems. As someone who has lived in central B.C. and Alberta and worked in the natural resource extraction sector, I can say with confidence that this is a plan for
The Ring of Fire is a poor solution for the people of Ontario Read More »
In the current housing crisis, it is extremely important to look for new solutions, especially from the younger generations. The solutions of past generations will not work in the economic uncertainty people are facing in their personal lives. The generation that is growing up right now will be facing different challenges from past generations, and
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There are many reasons to reconsider the future safety and reliability of nuclear power plants due to the effects of climate change. The average life span of a nuclear power plant is fifty years. This means that any new plants must be able to withstand changes that have been forecast for the next fifty years
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