You can’t appeal to robots for mercy or empathy – or punish them afterwards. CHRIS COADY

From The Independent:

In the dark, in the silence, in a blink, the age of the autonomous killer robot has arrived.

COPENHAGEN – U.S.

A chunk of land the size of Nebraska has been sold off in Ethiopia in recent years. The government there is leasing farm land to wealthier nations, who hope to use the land to help feed their own people.

With the world’s population due to rise by a third by 2050, even more people will be hungry in addition to the 1 billion people who are hungry now.

WASHINGTON — The idea that the government of a major advanced country would default on its debt — that is, tell lenders that it won’t repay them all they’re owed — was, until recently, a preposterous proposition.