A judge struck down the state s near total ban on abortion, saying north dakota s constitution gives women a fundamental right to choose abortion before foetal viability. Elisabeth smith is with the center for reproductive rights the organisation that argued on behalf of the plantiffs in north dakota. Ms smith, thanks forjoining us. What s your reaction to the ruling? what s your reaction to the rulin: ? ,. , what s your reaction to the rulin? ,. ,. , ruling? this was an incredible rulin: ruling? this was an incredible ruling and ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the first ruling? this was an incredible ruling and it s the first time i ruling and it s the first time thatis ruling and it s the first time that is stayed that totally bans abortion in the us, one of those 1a states has seen abortion be reaffirmed as a right under the state constitution. So this was not a d
Neil lawrence, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you very much for having me. It s a great pleasure to have you. Now, you are a computer scientist, but it seems to me, as you ve journeyed deep into the potentiality of artificial intelligence, you ve also thought a great deal about human intelligence and what is so very special and unique about us humans. Can you try to put that into words? yeah, i think, for me, what we ve seen with a lot of the artificial intelligence debate has been a sort of naturally narcissistic in tendency to think about our intelligence. And what i think it does is offers the opportunity to introspect about our intelligence, to stand in a different place, to look at a different type of information processing, that that s done by a computer, and use our understanding of that, which we built and created, so we understand it, to look back and think about what s special about us. Is intelligence the right word to use when it comes to discussing what machines can do in this
I just i cant even, i cant even begin to wrap my head around this. Tell me i was there this weekend. We had the most wonderful, wonderful weekend with our granddaughter scarlet. It was wonderful. And how from one second to the next second, a dramatic change in life. Its unbelievable. Tell me about your wife. Judy was a philanthropist. She raised money for the childrens hospital, new york westchester medical college, childrens hospital. Then the Ehrlanger Hospital in tennessee. She was a wife, she was a mother, and she was a grandmother. And she was unbelievable. She was full of life. She looked half her age. She was so fit, so thin, and she really kept she was the glue that kept our family together. Josh, how did you find out . Youre living in orlando. Youre a doctor. Youre a Trauma Surgeon yourself. Tell me what happened. Ive seen a lot of trauma, ive seen a lot of bad stuff. I got a call from my sister and my dad and couldnt believe what i heard. I immediately drove down here to meet
I just i cant even, i cant even begin to wrap my head around this. Tell me i was there this weekend. We had the most wonderful, wonderful weekend with our granddaughter scarlet. It was wonderful. And how from one second to the next second, a dramatic change in life. Its unbelievable. Tell me about your wife. Judy was a philanthropist. She raised money for the childrens hospital, new york westchester medical college, childrens hospital. Then the Ehrlanger Hospital in tennessee. She was a wife, she was a mother, and she was a grandmother. And she was unbelievable. She was full of life. She looked half her age. She was so fit, so thin, and she really kept she was the glue that kept our family together. Josh, how did you find out . Youre living in orlando. Youre a doctor. Youre a Trauma Surgeon yourself. Tell me what happened. Ive seen a lot of trauma, ive seen a lot of bad stuff. I got a call from my sister and my dad and couldnt believe what i heard. I immediately drove down here to meet
I just i cant even, i cant even begin to wrap my head around this. Tell me i was there this weekend. We had the most wonderful, wonderful weekend with our granddaughter scarlet. It was wonderful. And how from one second to the next second, a dramatic change in life. Its unbelievable. Tell me about your wife. Judy was a philanthropist. She raised money for the childrens hospital, new york westchester medical college, childrens hospital. Then the Ehrlanger Hospital in tennessee. She was a wife, she was a mother, and she was a grandmother. And she was unbelievable. She was full of life. She looked half her age. She was so fit, so thin, and she really kept she was the glue that kept our family together. Josh, how did you find out . Youre living in orlando. Youre a doctor. Youre a Trauma Surgeon yourself. Tell me what happened. Ive seen a lot of trauma, ive seen a lot of bad stuff. I got a call from my sister and my dad and couldnt believe what i heard. I immediately drove down here to meet