Among Musk's concerns regarding AI are the idea that artificial intelligence could become dangerous if it evolves past the point of human intelligence, and that unregulated AI could potentially be used to start
global conflicts by «manipulating information.»
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of
global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding
conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of
global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment
by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders
by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending
by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Exports and business investment in Canada have been held back
by competitiveness challenges and trade - policy uncertainties, which include escalating geopolitical
conflicts that risk damaging
global expansion, the bank said.
Treasury yields inched higher Tuesday as a
global rally for assets perceived as risky suggested that fears over a trade
conflict between China and the U.S. were easing following a speech
by China's President Xi Jinping.
Mortgage rates have settled in, undeterred
by conflicting economic data,
global political and economic concerns, and recent Federal Reserve signals.
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed
conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the
global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings
by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Global equity markets are likely to remain firmly gripped
by geopolitical risk, as escalating tensions over the
conflict in Syria weigh heavily on sentiment.
One can see recent standoffs in Geneva on so - called traditional values resolutions as manifestations of a
conflict between two rival conceptions of human dignity: one, supported
by most Western advocates, that focuses on individual autonomy; and the other, proposed
by voices from the
global East and South, that focuses on traditional understandings of human nature.
Contemporary warfare has in fact taken the form of local
conflicts, more often than not civil wars, in which no great alliances of nations are involved; these have been wars fought for reasons based in local rivalries, typically inflamed
by historical animosities, ethnic disparity, or religious difference, rather than for reasons of
global Realpolitik; they have been fought not with nuclear weapons (or, indeed, other types of weapons of mass - destructive capability) or the latest in military technology, but instead with conventional weaponry, often of old design, and often limited to rifles, knives, grenades, and light, crew - served weapons which individual soldiers can carry on their persons.
By contrast to the model of the two World Wars, as well as to imagined models of
global nuclear holocaust, the actual face of warfare since 1945 has been that of civil wars and regional armed
conflicts.
The League of Nations was established
by the victorious Allied powers at the end of World War I for the purpose of preventing another destructive
global conflict.
Where laws and / or regulations do not exist or are in
conflict with generally accepted best practice, suppliers should adopt the highest standard applicable to their situation
by reference to leading safety standards such as the
Global Food Safety Initiative and
Global G.A.P. McCormick expects that all agricultural suppliers will take steps to ensure that agricultural products can be traced back to their source of origin regardless of whether or not this is legally required.
This clarification was necessitated when our
Global Council, on behalf of IBFAN, had to take a strategic decision whether or not and under what conditions IBFAN should participate in two new initiatives
by UNICEF and WHO, WHO NetCode, and the UNICEF Breastfeeding Advocacy Initiative, both receiving funding from the BMGF, which has direct links and gets its returns from the baby food industry and also engages with entities such as the
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) that create situations of risk of
conflicts of Interest in infant and young child feeding.
Global capacity building workshop & symposium
Conflicts of interest and the infant and young child feeding arena An assessment from a corporate accountability perspective, Organized
by IBFAN Asia along with IBFAN - Gifa and Baby Milk Action, December 7 - 9, 2015, RCPCH, London
The governments of the 1930s and 1940s could not hope to help everyone displaced
by global conflict, but they did what they could, saving thousands of lives.
The
Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in
Conflict, co-chaired
by foreign secretary William Hague and Angelina Jolie, the UN's...
The Deepening Democracy report, published
by the
Global Commission on Elections, Democracy & Security, highlights that «The rise of uncontrolled political finance threatens to hollow out democracy everywhere in the world, and rob democracy of its unique strengths — political equality, the empowerment of the disenfranchised, and the ability to manage societal
conflicts peacefully.»
«We are concerned
by the increase on tensions in that region, and urge the United Nations to assume its responsibility and bring an end to this senseless
conflict... While the world has drastically changed since 1945, the United Nations, and indeed the
global governance architecture, remains mired in a long bygone era.
A statement
by Penguin Random House added: «The book will provide critical insights into key relationships in Westminster,
global conflicts, the coalition negotiations of 2010, as well as the referendums on Scottish Independence and Britain's exit from the EU — in each instance, offering vital lessons for the future.
Their ultimate goal is to fulfill an apocalyptic prophecy of
global conflict with «Rome» (the West but also apostatic Islam); followed
by the rise of anti-Messiah and divine intervention to help the ISIS triumph.
Trump's company pulled out of a proposed $ 250 - million tower project in the Georgian Black Sea resort town of Batumi, the latest effort
by the president - elect to defuse charges that his
global businesses will cause
conflicts of interest once he enters the White House.
But he added that conservatives also were bending the truth
by insisting there was no relationship between
global conflict and the impacts of warming.
By morning, this simple action had brought the culture of the American entrepreneur into irrevocable
conflict with the
global anarchy of the Internet.
By being less reliant on imports, they would be partially insulated from climate vagaries,
global resource shortages and distant military
conflicts.
The analysis
by the Center for Climate and Security identifies 12 «epicenters» where climate change could stress
global security, possibly igniting
conflicts around the world.
«All these nutrition issues are interconnected, and are driven
by rising population,
global conflicts, and — for obesity — increasing prosperity, in developed and emerging economies.»
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Conflict Global Storm Constantine The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe Crash of the Titans Crash N Burn Crazy Frog Darkwatch Death
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Silence is about the struggle to reconcile long - held ideals with everyday moral behavior; about the threat of violence that's always present when deep - held belief systems, especially religious ones, come into
conflict; and about the lasting damage inflicted
by a
global colonialist system that was just gearing up in the 1640s but that persists in many guises today.
A new paper
by UNESCO's Education For All
Global Monitoring Report (EFA GMR) shows that 34 million children and adolescents are out of school in
conflict - affected countries.
As a member of the
Global Coalition to Protect Education From Attack, UNESCO is acting across the world to protect schools and the right to education in countries affected
by conflict.
Said a report
by Global Insight: «Recurrent
conflicts (with Piech) underpinned
by the growing influence played
by Porsche, which became VW's single largest shareholder less than a year ago, may have accelerated Pischetsrieder's decision.
After the recent pivotal blowup of author bullying and harassment on book discovery website Goodreads, an issue that has apparently been ongoing but only within the last month received the
global attention it now faces, leadership at the site made a startling announcement last night
by finally stepping in and publishing guidelines that have been put into effect to prevent future
conflict.
Similar to that shown below in the novel
by Andrew Warren «A burned spy must stop a deadly cult from igniting
global conflict.»
Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air
by David MacKay (free): If you're confused
by all the
conflicting claims about
global warming and alternative energy sources, this book,
by a Cambridge physicist, will, um, clear the air.
Exhibitions include Dos Mundos: Worlds of the Puerto Ricans 1973, Mira, Mira, Mira, Museum of the City of New York 1974, Ten Japanese Artists, 1975; Legacy of James Vanderzee, 1977; Sacred Artifacts: Objects of Devotion, 1982; Disinformation: The Manufacture of Consent, 1985; Repulsion: Aesthetics of the Grotesque, 1987; Foreign Affairs:
Conflicts in the
Global Village, 1988; Dia De Los Muertos, 1988; Prisoners of Image: Ethnic and Gender Stereotyping, 1989; Mon Reve: Haiti after the Duvaliers, 1989; Artists of Conscience, 1992; Peoples Choice: Komar & Melamid, 1994; Expansion Arts, I, II, III, 1995 - 1998; (Mickey) Mouse: An American Icon, 1998; The Artists as Patron, 1999; Honeymoon Series
by Yoshio Itagaki, 2000; Between the Real and the Unreal: Recent works
by Simen Johan, 2000, Genochoice an installation
by Virgil Wong, 2000.
This is a playful display underpinned
by important commentary on the impact of colonialism, immigration and
global conflict.
As indicated
by the title, the exhibition looks into the future and contemplates the world in the year 2050 with over 70 contemporary works selected to address major themes such as over-consumption,
global conflicts, scarcity of natural resources, social and economic inequality and the evolution of mankind.
Today, in times of resource scarcity,
global warming and impending nuclear
conflict, this claim is being boldly asserted once again — in the form, however, of a private - sector undertaking driven primarily
by US tech billionaires from the new space industry, not least — as they claim — in order to secure the survival of mankind against home - made planetary collapse.
Inspired
by the recent acquisition of watercolors
by George Grosz, this themed show features works made in response to
global conflict.
At a moment when South Asian communities, women, and immigrant neighborhoods like the Lower East Side are being targeted
by an evidence - averse administration, this exhibition reflects on the complex
global and personal histories that shape
conflicting views of our contemporary moment.
Post-war art is defined
by the fact that it is inescapably tied to the aftermath of a devastating
global conflict; one whose consequences still ripple throughout the world.
In the first weeks of this 10th anniversary year of the September 11th attacks and the subsequent invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, with
global economic and political policies fueling
conflict and prompting revolt, there have been numerous programs, talks, and debates around the city about walls: metaphorical walls created
by censorship, physical walls dividing Israeli and Palestinian territories or Mexican borders, but also boundaries that some artists insist are essential to maintaining the integrity of cultural expression and identity.
Add in such factors as energy demands vs energy supply, shortcomings in potable water, a population that is projected to hit 9 billion from the present 6.5 billion
by 2050, regional (and possibly
global)
conflicts over resources.
This fast - forward moment in human history (a k a «the great acceleration «-RRB- is characterized
by a mix of clarity on long - term trends (greenhouse gases and warming; plunging poverty and rising income inequality; declining deaths in
conflict...) and short - term turbulence and unpredictability, with impacts amplified
by global interconnectedness.
Global Witness was co-nominated for the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for its leading work on
conflict diamonds and awarded the 2007 Commitment to Development Ideas in Action Award, sponsored jointly
by Washington DC based Center for
Global Development and Foreign Policy magazine.
Dr. Parkinson, the Aqua project scientist, says some of the uncertainties about
global warming and climate change arise from
conflicting data gathered
by different instruments at different times in different parts of the world.
Dr. Ghassem R. Asrar, NASA's associate administrator for earth science, said Aqua's data, combined with information gathered
by the other satellites that are part of the agency's Earth Observing System, would help resolve scientific
conflicts about
global warming and how much of it could be attributed to human activity.
None of the
conflicts currently going on are caused
by Mann Made
Global Warming ™.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, «In the high - stakes
conflict over U.S. climate - change policy, groups that deny or cast doubt on
global warming brought in $ 7.2 million from 2003 to 2010... «Powerful funders are supporting the campaign to deny scientific findings about
global warming,» reported Robert J. Brulle...» In the eighth paragraph, the Inquirer noted the response
by James Taylor of the Heartland Institute, who observed that many of the groups «support other causes as well» and, in some cases, spend «less than 10 percent of their funding... on climate - related efforts.»
Food and water shortages and
conflict over productive land will arise, while progress in
global health could be rolled back
by communicable diseases such as malaria reaching places they never existed before.