Opinion
A system with safeguards that prioritize people could do enormous harm. Artificial intelligence should be programmed to consider the interests of other animals as well.
March 31, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Themes of the 1941 film ‘Meet John Doe’ are transferred to present day as a struggling newspaper columnist and a homeless woman see their paths cross.
Feb. 21, 2020
World & Nation
Human rights around the world took a back seat in the Bush White House during 1991, the Human Rights Watch said in its ninth annual report released Saturday.
Dec. 29, 1991
NASA’s down-to-earth problem
March 22, 2010
California
A person who may have scattered body parts across three blocks of downtown San Francisco on Wednesday was seen on surveillance video, police said.
Jan. 29, 2015
Booster Shots
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May 14, 2009
The diplomatic train wreck resulting from Secretary of State Warren Christopher’s trip to China highlights the urgent requirement for a workable U.S. human-rights policy toward Asia.
April 3, 1994
Politics
The founders knew, and Greenspan forgot, about human nature.
Oct. 18, 2008
A slightly miffed President Reagan said today that a remark by his chief of staff that women are more interested in the “human interest stuff” rather than the grittier issues at the superpower summit was misinterpreted.
Nov. 20, 1985
San Bernardino County human resources chief Sanchez is asked to resign. Officials say a conflict of interest led to her departure.
Dec. 22, 2004