The White House Is Trying To Avoid A Robot Apocalypse

The Obama administration is seeking policy advice from several AI experts

Photo Illustration: R. A. Di Ieso

There’s good news for anyone worried about being enslaved by robotic overlords: the Obama administration is investigating possible regulations that would prevent artificial intelligence from stealing our jobs and killing off the human race.
This week, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy brought together legal and technology experts for a workshop at the University of Washington School of Law about regulating AI. And while most of the panelists and speakers said there is no need to fear total robotic domination, the event itself proves there is a growing political concern about the legal, economic, and safety ramifications of fast-evolving machine learning and robot technology.

Horror! Musician Badly Breaks His Leg Live on Stage During Concert as He Tries to do Acrobatic Jump (Photos)

A musician who was trying to impress the audience during a live concert ended up breaking his leg after he landed badly on it.

Bailey Rioll is known for his on stage acrobatics during gigs

Bailey Roiall, a bass player has sustained a horrific leg break during a gig with a photographer capturing the whole incident when he was on stage.

Roiall was playing with his band Helgorithms on Friday night when he did an acrobatic stage jump.

For Denying Him S*x, Man Burns His Lover, Her 2 Children, Uncle and Mother to Death in Abuja

Disturbed by the thoughts of the two children that died along with their grandmother, a man who burnt to death five family members while they were sleeping, says he is being haunted daily by the memories of the children.

Oluwaseyi Babatola

Speaking with a Punch correspondent in Abuja, Oluwaseyi Babatola, who burnt to death five family members while they were sleeping, says he is being haunted daily by the memories of the two children that died along with their grandmother, mother and uncle when he set their apartment on fire on April 15, 2015, at Sabongari, Bwari, in the Federal Capital Territory.

Man stabs twin brother to death while sleeping

A 27-year-old man, Mfom John, has stabbed his twin brother, Israel John, to death on Olorunkemi Street in the Somolu area of Lagos State.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Mfom stabbed the victim more than 70 times in different parts of the body on Monday.
Although no one could state the immediate cause of the incident, relatives and residents told our correspondent that the suspect had always threatened to kill Israel whenever they had disagreements.
He was said to have carried out the threat around 6am while the victim slept and a third occupant of the room, Christopher, was in the kitchen.
The Akwa Ibom State, indigene reportedly stabbed his brother in the neck, head, armpit and stomach till he died.

BOY PUNCHES ARMED ROBBER IN GAME STORE

 

Surveillance footage from a GameStop video game store in Marylandshows a little boy with a stuffed animal throwing two punches as gunmen ordered him and his family to the ground while they robbed the place.

The family—who have opted to remain anonymous because the assailants are still at large and to protect the anonymity of their son—had been at dinner after the boy’s soccer practice, where he kept talking about a Yoshi stuffed animal for sale a GameStop, the Washington Post reports. Yoshi is a small green dinosaur and one-time sidekick to Mario and Luigi who has gone on to a successful solo career in later Nintendo video games.

2 Things Boko Haram Said to President Buhari in New Video

Boko Haram has threatened Buhari with a grand onslaught at a future date in a recently released video.

Boko Haram terrorists have released a new video which have been analysed by security operatives to reveal the hidden messages.The video, which included Arabic subtitles, featured masked Boko Haram fighters standing on sandy ground in front of the trucks. In the video, the terrorists who reaffirmed their support to ISIS also spoke to Nigeria and President Muhammadu Buhari .

Soldiers Beat and Disgrace 34-year-old Married Man in Public Over Girlfriend

A married phone repairer has been brutally battered and publicly disgraced by soldiers over an incident with their girlfriend.

A 34-year-old mobile phone repairer has been publicly disgraced after he was beaten and nearly stripped n*ked in public by soldiers. The incident happened in Bolgatanga area of Ghana and has been met with outrage by the people.

It was gathered that soldiers in Ghana are known for such inhumane brutalities and callous behaviour.

Narrating the ordeal, Yahaya Nashiru who is nursing his wounds after two army officers in Bolgatanga physically assaulted him after a mobile phone he had received from the girlfriend of one of the officers to repair got missing said that a woman identified as Halima had brought a Samsung Galaxy phone to him to unlock. But unfortunately it got missing and when he bought the same brand of phone to replace it, Halima rejected it.