Ahmed zaki yamani biography of william shakespeare
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If artificial intelligence is intelligent, why is it artificial?
If artificial intelligence is intelligent, why is it artificial?
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When William Shakespeare titled his play “Twelfth Night,” he also offered up the alternative title of “What You Will.” Perhaps the initial title appeared too opaque or confusing? Humanity’s latest play has been given the title artificial intelligence, but I suggest that we clear up some of the confusion and call it “What We Will.”
With the appearance of this new technology and its rapidly expanding powers, we are rushing to try to understand what it is we are unleashing. We are well aware it could have a tremendous impact on our society, but this latest discovery does not come from a Michelangelo, Beethoven or an Einstein, the last of which would be able to summarize his new understanding of the universe in one short, simple phrase. Instead, this discovery has emerged from a collection of young — perhaps brilliant — minds, no
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In Princes’ Pockets
The day after the attacks on New York and Washington in , a Saudi woman resident in London, a member of a wealthy family, rang her sister in Riyadh to discuss the crisis affecting the kingdom. Her niece answered the phone.
‘Where’s your mother?’
‘She’s here, dearest aunt, and I’ll get her in a minute, but is that all you have to say to me? No congratulations for yesterday?’
The dearest aunt, out of the country for far too long, was taken aback. She should not have been. The fervour that didn’t dare show itself in public was strong even at the upper levels of Saudi society. US intelligence agencies engaged in routine övervakning were, to their immense surprise, picking up unguarded cellphone talk in which excited Saudi princelings were heard revelling in insekter som pollinerar Laden’s latest caper. Like the CIA, they had not thought it possible for him to reach such heights.
Washington had taken its oldest ally in th
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Yamani - The Inside Story - format ePub
For over two decades, Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani was one of the most famous, most recognizable and most powerful men on earth. As the petroleum minister for Saudi Arabia and the leading force behind OPEC, he was the biggest player in the world's biggest business - oil.
His is a story of ultimate political power, of the Middle East, of the "oil weapon" and the embargoes, of a brilliant young Saudi lawyer who emerged from the desert sands to walk comfortably through the halls of power in Washington DC, in London, in Paris, and throughout much of the rest of the world.
It is also the story of a man who, in , faced sudden death not once but twice. His mentor and lifelong support, the legendary King Faisal, was shot dead at his feet; and nine months later Yamani himself was kidnapped by the terrorist who was known as, "Carlos the Jackal," only narrowly escaping with his life.
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