“The upheavals [of artificial intelligence] can escalate quickly and become scarier and even cataclysmic,” the New York Times tech columnist once wrote. “Imagine how a medical robot, originally programmed to rid cancer, could conclude that the best way to obliterate cancer is to exterminate humans who are genetically prone to the disease.” WayHumansImagineNew YorkDiseaseCancerMedicalBest WayArtificial IntelligenceArtificialRobotsNew York TimesUpheavalColumnists Author:Jaron Lanier
“I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.” I CanImagineNew YorkRevolutionLateJazzExtraordinaryBebop Author:Robert Wyatt
“Take a moment to reflect upon the existence of the musical The Book of Mormon. Now imagine the security precautions that would be required to stage a similar production about Islam. The project is unimaginable—not only in Beirut, Baghdad, or Jerusalem, but in New York City.” BookMomentsWould BeCitiesExistenceImagineStageSecurityNew YorkProjectsIslamMusicalProductionsNew York CityJerusalemUnimaginableBaghdadPrecautionBeirut Author:Sam Harris
“I'm pretty slapstick in my life but nobody sees that. You get typecast. I'm from New York and I have a sh*t-detector that's outspoken. I'm very streetwise and the producers detect that. So they get me on a movie and kill me. I go into their offices and I'm sure when I leave they say, 'You know, he'd be great to kill'. I've been killed every way you can imagine.” KnowsWayImagineNew YorkOfficeProducersKill MeOutspokenSlapstick Author:Lance Henriksen
“Between 1995 and 2005, the prison population grew by 30 percent, meaning an additional half million criminals were behind bars, rather than lurking in dark alleys with switchblades. You can well imagine liberals' surprise when the crime rate went down as more criminals were put in prison. The New York Times was reduced to running querulous articles with headlines like Number in Prison Grows Despite Crime Reduction and As Crime Rate Drops, the Prison Rate Rises and the Debate Rages.” WellsRunningGrowsDarkNumbersBehindsHalfMillionsImagineCrimeNew YorkGrewPercentPrisonSurpriseRatePopulationRageCriminalsDebateBarsDespiteArticlesHeadlinesNew York TimesReductionAlleysLurkingCrime RatesDark AlleysPrison Population Book:Godless: The Church of Liberalism Source: Godless: The Church of Liberalism