American Idol 2012 Results: 14 of Final 24 Chosen, Feb. 22, 2012

Who Made It to the Final 24 on American Idol 2012? Some Names Were Revealed on the Wednesday, February 24, 2012 edition of AI. Here are ResultsThings are starting to get serious with American Idol 2012. As recently as last week, there were more than 100 singers still in the...

Life, the Grand Simulation?

i just finished watching Mission to Mars for the zillionth time. btw, this essay is dedicated to Kristin, Richard, and Alicia. There are many unrealistic scenarios in MtM such as the meteor shower just before they reach Mars or reducing their velocity wrt Mars (this is just...

Pakistan starts investigations into AI operations in country

After serving legal notice on Transparency International after publication of a report by the TI earlier this month, increasing by eight steps Pakistan’s position among the most corrupt nations,Islamabad has started investigations into operations of the Pakistan chapter of...

Can A Satellite Read Your Thoughts? - Physics Revealed

Most people, when they hear of Synthetic Telepathy, especially by means of satellite, jump to the immediate conclusion that such things are not possible. If they were, we would have heard of them, right? Looking back at the history of classified technology, places and ...

Motivation Critical for AI

Abstract: a continuation of the systems approach as applied to AI and machine consciousness, some social commentary thrown in for good measure   This somewhat informal essay follows previous publications on designing autonomous computer systems or synthetic intelligence....

Simon Cowell and Ellen Degeneres Feud on American Idol Escalates

Inside sources at American Idol are claiming that the on-going feud between judges Simon Cowell and Ellen Degeneres is escalating. The sources assert that the notorious American Idol judge and day time talk show host are unapologetic and not even trying to hide their disdain...

Czech Republic Discriminates Against Roma Children

In a damning report by Amnesty International, it accuses the Czech Republic of discriminating against Roma children.  One of the ploys to segregate and discriminate against Roma children was to enroll them in...

The Singularity: Artifical Intelligence Friend or Foe?

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) met creating a panel of 25 AI specialist to address the issues AI presents. Though unanimously deciding that AI was possible, the time frame for the creation of AI spanned all the way to 1000 yrs (that is...

'American Idol' is for Old People

American Idol's contestants may be young and talented, but the show's audience certainly isn't. According to recent reports, the average age of an American Idol viewer is almost 43-years-old — a far cry from the...

American Idol Season 8 Finalists and New 'Judges Save' Rule

American Idol has announced the finalists for Season 8 with a twist — instead of the top 12 this year's the competitors are a 'baker's dozen' group of lucky 13. Here is the list of finalists for the show, which...

Joe's Gaffe: Say It Ain't So

"There is no question that when Barack Obama sat down and listed out the pros and cons of picking Joe Biden as his running mate, at the top of the "cons" he wrote: "has a propensity for making hard to explain...

Turing Test Contest Proves Artificial Intelligence is Making Gains

The Loebner Prize contest was held in England this past weekend, where artificial intelligence machines were put to the test to see if they could convince judges that they were intelligent humans.  Based on...

Alleged JFK love-child's mother: He ain't no JFK

Well that certainly puts one rumour to rest, whereby a transplanted Texan living in Vancouver has his mother to thank for exposing his fantasy life of a Kennedy."Alleged JFK love-child's mother: He ain't no JFK ...

Amnesty International's briefing on Tasers ....

According to the Amnesty International report published 10 October 2007:" AI said data it had gathered on more than 290 cases of individuals who died after being struck by police Tasers since 2001 suggested many of the deceased fell within potential “at-risk”...

Being a little chunky ain't so bad, after all

OpinionBarry ARtiste, Now Public ContributorAs I have reported so many times on Now Public about Junk Science, Researchers who rely on public money for their livlihood have differing opinions, most researchers...

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