Author: Gary Wilson

Trillions of dollars are pouring into artificial intelligence. It is the biggest bet in U.S. history, more than was spent building the canals, the railroads and the electric grid combined. The stock market gains have […]

The largest attack yet on Moscow, launched overnight Sept. 19-20 on the final day of Russia’s parliamentary election, was meant to show the Russian people that the war could reach their capital. Instead, it showed […]

President Donald Trump says the U.S. war on Iran will end “immediately after” the Nov. 3 midterm elections. His own officials describe another possibility. U.S. officials told Axios on Sept. 17 that Trump could resume […]

The big-business press and the tech billionaires talk about artificial intelligence as a machine that might someday escape human control. Human control is already being surrendered. Capitalists and the Pentagon are delegating more decisions to […]

Volkswagen’s plant in Osnabrück, Germany, is running out of cars. Weapons production is moving in.  In a stark symbol of Germany’s shrinking civilian industrial base being retooled for war, Volkswagen agreed Sept. 7 to sell […]

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon spoke at the same one-day gathering in Washington on Sept. 15. The Pro-Human Assembly, organized by the Future of Life Institute, also heard from Democratic Rep. Greg Casar. Scheduled […]

Comment from William Bowles: On your article: “AI researcher warns machines could take power. The Pentagon already uses AI to choose targets” Yeah but it’s people, corporations and their servants, not the machines that kill. […]