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When asked about the risk artificial intelligence poses to humans, AI pioneer and Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey Hinton replies with a reference to a legendary Hollywood director and a grim joke. “James Cameron recently said Terminator was too optimistic,” he said. “Because humans had a chance against super intelligence.” His delivery is deadpan. Hinton, often referred […]
Ryan Mah is a Vancouver-based documentarian. He is the cofounder of Black Rhino Creative, a film production company, alongside his business partner, Danny Berish. Their latest film is Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines, which examines the personal life and career of one of Canada’s greatest architects. The documentary premiered last weekend at the Architecture […]
Timber columns and a mesh facade are designed to emulate “a screen of trees” at this sports centre in Canada by Toronto studio MJMA Architecture & Design. Named the Churchill Meadows Community Centre and Sports Park, the project in Mississauga involved the conversion of a 20-hectare agricultural field into parkland. It is shortlisted in the […]
But it found enough support everywhere else to be elected in 34 seats in the 61-seat legislature, compared with 27 for the NDP. “Thank you once again, Saskatchewan for placing your trust in our party, the Saskatchewan Party,” Moe said as supporters in Shellbrook clapped and whooped. “This was a much closer election than we’ve […]
Article content OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland says the federal government will launch consultations this fall about expanding the medical assistance in dying regime to include advanced requests, and will not launch any legal action to challenge the Quebec law that will authorize such advance requests as of Wednesday. But Holland said such requests […]
Article content House cats are “an ecological peril” because they roam Canadian cities to hunt birds, say federal bureaucrats. Article content “How can we reduce bird deaths due to cats?” says a report from Canada’s Environmental Department, according to Blacklock’s Reporter. The report, “Green Cities: Benefits For All,” described cats as “predators on the prowl,” […]
More than 30 years have passed since President Bill Clinton persuaded Congress to ratify the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta) and yet the trade agreement still infuriates many voters and hangs over Kamala Harris’s – and the Democrats’ – chances in this year’s elections. Zombie-like, Nafta just keeps coming back, decades after many Democrats […]
Edmonton is known as Canada’s Festival City but producers say it’s been a struggle lately to hold onto that identity. According to some organizers, the rising costs of operating events have put the arts in jeopardy. One festival has announced they won’t be returning next summer. The Edmonton Blues Festival said it will be taking […]
Breadcrumb Trail Links Crime World Get the latest from Brad Hunter straight to your inbox Sign Up Published Oct 27, 2024 • 4 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Police personnel stand guard outside a court after Lawrence Bishnoi was brought in […]
Article content Nova Scotians are set to go to the polls in a provincial election called for Nov. 26. Here are five key issues the Progressive Conservatives, Liberals and NDP are expected to highlight during the campaign: Health care The Progressive Conservatives were elected in 2021 on a pledge to “fix” the province’s ailing system. […]