Hello and welcome to tonights virtual Commonwealth Club program. My name is read and im a Technology Reporter with the Washington Post and im pleased to be the moderator for tonights program, the historical importance of the transformation brought on by Artificial Intelligence and virtual environment. As we have seen over the last three months with the covid19 pandemic and with social media with the killing of george floyd in minneapolis and the aftermath , technology and online environments that every aspects of our life here tonight i am pleased it to be joined by two Silicon Valley pioneers to discuss these issues. William davidow and Michael Malone, their new book, the autonomous revolution reclaiming the future of the machines is out now and delves deeply into the revolution we are living through regarding a i and virtual environment and it can be purchased everywhere including bn. Com. A bit about tonight speakers, bill david, the cofounder of the earlier in his career he worked
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Add that to concerns over the virus caseload and youve got this. The dow industrials, down 700 yesterday, down maybe another 200 this morning. The s p down 80 yesterday, down another 20 today. The nasdaq yesterday, down 200 points. Today, down about 13 points. A sea of red ink over there. A big loss especially for the dow. 1. 48 million new jobless claims this past week. Now, thats not a good number and it pushed stock prices just a little lower when that news was released at 8 30 eastern. Now, today, President Trump heads to wisconsin. Good timing. The democrat governor there has just called out the National Guard. A protester wielding a baseball bat and bullhorn harangued a restaurant crowd. He was arrested. Molotov cocktails were thrown, the Police Needed help. Governor evers sees the light and calls in the National Guard. Same thing in washington, d. C. Hundreds of National Guard troops now marshaling. They will protect the capitals monuments. Thursday, june 25, 2020. Varney compan
Businesses destroyed. Even a local Police Precinct has been torched. You can see it there in the background. The minneapolis p. D. Says people forced their way into that Police Station and set it on fire. Thankfully, everyone in the building had evacuated. Not just minneapolis, protests erupting in los angeles, denver, phoenix, and this one in louisville, kentucky. People rocking that police truck there. Protesters are fed up with what they call police brutality. The call for justice is also here in the bay area. Nbcs cheryl hurd is in oakland this evening. Reporter what is playing out on the streets of minnesota is playing out this way in oakland. Dozens of protesters chanting outside Oakland Police headquarters, expressing anger over the floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after being held down by a white police officer. African people see ourselves with that foot on our neck. We feel that knee on our neck every single day from living in oppressive conditions in our community. Rep