AI Weekly: We should remember Stephen Hawking’s nuanced opinion of AI

I usually cringe whenever Stephen Hawking’s name comes up in a conversation about AI. If the world was divided into critics and believers, Hawking would certainly fall into the AI critic column, but slotting him there ignores a great deal of nuance to his position on artificial intelligence. With his death earlier this week, I […]

The Unpopular Opinion: ‘Death Sentence’ Is the Only ‘Death Wish’ Remake We Need

(Welcome to The Unpopular Opinion, a series where a writer goes to the defense of a much-maligned film or sets their sights on a movie seemingly beloved by all. In this edition: not only is James Wan’s Death Sentence a good movie, but it’s also the only Death Wish remake we need.) There’s a new Death Wish movie […]

Dan Walker ‘appalled’ by Louise Minchin’s opinion on VERY controversial subject

Dan, 40, and Louise, 49, are usually seen getting on swimmingly as they present BBC Breakfast, but today the two found themselves arguing.  The pair were reporting the news that pub chain Wetherspoons had to stop selling all rump, sirloin and gammon steaks yesterday after a product recall. The story sparked a massive debate between […]

Second opinion: Ars readers’ picks for the Deathwatch errata

Enlarge (credit: Derek Bacon / Getty Images) Welcome to 2018! We’re less than a week into the New Year, and we’ve already got a number of new dumpster fires fully ablaze. Apple’s BatteryGate PR disaster is now burning as hot as a Samsung Galaxy Note 7. Microsoft’s Kinect died, and nobody knew it—no wonder I […]