Sentences with phrase «apocalyptic scenarios in»

He has spoken out against A.I. throughout the last several years, sometimes describing apocalyptic scenarios in which even seemingly harmless technology, like a system used to pick strawberries, can have catastrophic outcomes for humans.

We are nowhere near the apocalyptic scenario in which smart evil robots turn on humans, said Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Alphabet.

During her time at SOHO20, she will invite visitors to participate in a military training exercise that outlines a hypothetical apocalyptic scenario in which ten people of diverse backgrounds occupy a fallout shelter.

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The scenarios used by the Bank of England are pretty apocalyptic, setting out major collapses in a whole heap of asset classes and a massive worsening of economic conditions.

His thesis, fiercely argued, and indeed with an extreme of rhetoric faintly reminiscent of Nietzsche, was that the culture of his day, both bourgeois and modernist, was in fact so thoroughly feminized as to make the redemption of masculinity impossible outside of an apocalyptic scenario; and that this, and not some alleged patriarchal bias, was the root of all modern decadence (and violence).

Mark Allan Powell has suggested that biblical critics have mined the apocalyptic by fixing it in a context of long ago and thus «depriving everyday Christians of the heartfelt expectation of their Lord's return,» I feel the opposite: it's because the biblical scenarios speak to a situation long ago that they provide bearings for my life now.

It's in this greyed - out, apocalyptic scenario that Bryan Singer's film lays out its basic plot line: with their backs against the wall in the present tense, the X-Men (or what's left of them following a series of Sentinel raids) opt to send Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)-- or at least his consciousness — back in time 50 years so that his younger self can try to alter this chronology — a scheme that nods to H.G. Wells and Harlan Ellison (as well as the X-Men comics series).

Not to mention, the number of alien films released in recent years — a handful of which proved to be mediocre or worse — make it harder to get enthused about yet another blockbuster that feature extraterrestrials in an apocalyptic scenario (the end - of - the - world sub-genre is, likewise, starting to feel over-saturated at this point).

In popular culture, there have been positive depictions of robots and artificial intelligence, such as in Star Wars and Star Trek, and there have been the not - so - positive — even apocalyptic — machine scenarios of The Terminator, The Matrix, and the revised Battlestar Galactica sagIn popular culture, there have been positive depictions of robots and artificial intelligence, such as in Star Wars and Star Trek, and there have been the not - so - positive — even apocalyptic — machine scenarios of The Terminator, The Matrix, and the revised Battlestar Galactica sagin Star Wars and Star Trek, and there have been the not - so - positive — even apocalyptic — machine scenarios of The Terminator, The Matrix, and the revised Battlestar Galactica saga.

But it trades at 0.94 times book value and seven times earnings, which indicates that it could do quite well in less apocalyptic scenarios.

This scenario is apocalyptic and has never occurred in the U.S.. For a large, developed country's corporate sector to be permanently maimed, it would either have to be bombed to rubble as Germany and Japan were during World War II or property rights would have to disappear as in Russia during the Russian Revolution.

The premise is a bit thrown together, with the world being in some sort of apocalyptic scenario.

However, despite the horror elements and the apocalyptic scenario; there is still room for light hearted humorous or sarcastic dialogue and expressions, which certainly lifts the standard of the dialogue to a new level as it changes the pacing and tone when appropriate, resulting in an even better game that never tires and instead manages to remain fresh from the outset.

But recent films all present apocalyptic scenarios, set in times that are increasingly near.

In expanding arid zones, these emerging characters risen from the river, like secret messengers, or carriers of long forgotten mysteries are sharing a dense space with camouflaged creatures, soldiers, dead or alive, beaten, fucked up and left to dangle in the wind in an intense scenario reminding of post apocalyptic wastelandIn expanding arid zones, these emerging characters risen from the river, like secret messengers, or carriers of long forgotten mysteries are sharing a dense space with camouflaged creatures, soldiers, dead or alive, beaten, fucked up and left to dangle in the wind in an intense scenario reminding of post apocalyptic wastelandin the wind in an intense scenario reminding of post apocalyptic wastelandin an intense scenario reminding of post apocalyptic wastelands.

Once the politicians started making grandiose claims and issuing apocalyptic scenarios, climate change became — in the minds of the public — a political excuse for social engineering and taxation.

In your apocalyptic scenario that removes the cause of the atmospheric imbalance and the earth can go back to some more hospitable equilibrium — no?

Would you crosswalk the almost imperceptible SLR rate of.07 mm / yr to the apocalyptic scenario that is included in your link?

Where there is no apocalyptic scenario, if AGW is disproven, later generations can run amok in confidence.

While I reject most apocalyptic scenarios as unfounded or unduly speculative, I am convinced that the human contribution to climate change will cause or exacerbate significant problems in at least some parts of the world.

more interest in hyping apocalyptic environmental scenarios to raise money for raw political purposes rather than working together to improve our environment for the benefit of all Americans.»

A false climate certainly stimulates inchoate fears and ever more apocalyptic scenarios which in turn support social engineering ambitions up to and including the overthrow of capitalism and democracy.

And yet, the actual forecasts in the IPCC (even if you believe them) are far from apocalyptic — 8.5 inches sea level rise, some increased droughts and hurricanes (unless you take the most extreme scenario).

This apocalyptic scenario illustrates why the goal of limiting temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius is not the safe «guardrail» most politicians and media coverage imply it is, argue Hansen and 16 colleagues in a blockbuster study they are publishing this week in the peer - reviewed journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

In recent years, the political environmental movement has been successful in presenting the precautionary principle as a «scientific» response to uncertainty, while greatly exaggerating the scientific plausibility of imaginary apocalyptic scenarios to elicit a response in their favor from a terrified publiIn recent years, the political environmental movement has been successful in presenting the precautionary principle as a «scientific» response to uncertainty, while greatly exaggerating the scientific plausibility of imaginary apocalyptic scenarios to elicit a response in their favor from a terrified publiin presenting the precautionary principle as a «scientific» response to uncertainty, while greatly exaggerating the scientific plausibility of imaginary apocalyptic scenarios to elicit a response in their favor from a terrified publiin their favor from a terrified public.

In a speech at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy this Wednesday, the president painted an almost - apocalyptic future scenario where the U.S. military will have to deal with the fallout from Global Warming.

We're putting all our eggs in one basket staying on this planet while dealing with an apocalyptic scenario (which I presumed was what diogenes was talking about).