SNIPPETS

SUNDAY,  JULY 26,  2009

From The New York Times:  Impressed and alarmed by advances in artificial intelligence, a group of computer scientists is debating whether there should be limits on research that might lead to loss of human control over computer-based systems that carry a growing share of society’s workload, from waging war to chatting with customers on the phone.

Given the human control of the The New York Times's editorial page, maybe the computers could do better.

SATURDAY,  JULY 25,  2009

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The rising price of fuel will slash school busing, nearly empty the skies of airplanes, and turn many resorts into ghost towns. But Americans will become fitter, breathe cleaner air, and eat healthier food.  That's the future Christopher Steiner paints in "$20 Per Gallon: How the Inevitable Rise in the Price of Gasoline Will Change Our Lives for the Better" (Grand Central Publishing, $24.99).

Spare us.  The one plane you'll see in the air will be Al Gore's private jet.

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