There is a longstanding debate among artificial intelligence experts and futurists: When, not if, AI emerges on the scene, will it help humanity or destroy it? The scenario has played out through innumerable iterations in popular culture, the most popular being The Terminator series. Steven Spielberg, riffing on the film Stanley Kubrick was going to direct before his death, presented the counterpoint, espousing a benevolent vision of AI in A.I. Then there are more nuanced, ambiguous iterations, like the recent Ex Machina. New advances in algorithmic artificial intelligence, deep learning software, automation, and nanotechnology have made it abundantly clear that Ray Kurzweil's vision of the Singularity may also be not an if, but when. In fact, responding to Kurzweil's prediction of a cloud-based neocortex in the 2030s, entrepreneur Bryan Johnson of Braintree said, "Oh, I think it will happen before that."

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Time to make the most of them! Google is working hard to make Google Home your home's central entertainment hub. With the latest update, you can now link Netflix with the Google Home app and "OK, Google" things like launching a binge session of Stranger Things. You can also do cool things like launch a slideshow of your pictures from last Christmas on your Google-connected TV. The Amazon Echo-competitor is playing a game of catchup; but Google Home has the advantage of being able to leverage home networks that are already serving up streaming content to TVs and speakers via Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices.

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Jerry Kaplan is widely known as an Artificial Intelligence expert, technical innovator, serial entrepreneur, and bestselling author. He is currently a Fellow at The Center for Legal Informatics at Stanford University and a visiting lecturer in the computer science department, where he teaches social and economic impact of Artificial Intelligence. Kaplan founded several technology companies over his 35-year career, two of which became public companies. As an inventor and entrepreneur, he was a key contributor to the creation of numerous familiar technologies including tablet computers, smart phones, online auctions, and social computer games. Kaplan is the author of three books: the best-selling classic Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure; Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2015); and Artificial Intelligence: What Everyone Needs to Know (2016). In 1998, Kaplan received the Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Northern California. He has been profiled in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Forbes, among others. He received a BA degree from the University of Chicago and a PhD in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Jerry will be speaking at the Gigaom AI Now in San Francisco, February 15-16th.

He argued that artificial intelligence would change office jobs and professions in the way that automation had already transformed production lines.

Here are some story lines I don't want you to miss today. Donald Trump has chosen one of the most consistently conservative presidential cabinets in recent history -- one whose presumed members' views don't always align with what Trump promised on the campaign trail. In Washington circles, the biggest guessing game is how it will all play out. Somehow, you have to think tweeting is involved. We don't want to jinx it, but … all of California should be in for some rain today.

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Robot" Rami Malek has been nominated as best male actor in a drama series for his performance as Elliot Alderson in the hit USA Network series at the 23rd SAG Awards. The actor took to Twitter to share his delight over the nomination. "Gotta thank my peers for the love and respect they've showed me with this @SAGawards nomination," Malek said. Fans will know if Malek won the award when the ceremony airs on Jan. 29, 2017. Aside from a possible win from Malek, fans can also expect to see the actor in a project that has been waiting to be made for years now. The actor was tapped to replace Sasha Baron Cohen in the long-gestating Queen biopic titled "Bohemian Rhapsody," according to Variety. During an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Malek opened up for the first time about playing the legendary musician Freddie Mercury. Who doesn't know that music? Of course I have to prepare," Malek said about the status of the film.

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