Good morning. Im jane pauley and this is a special edition of sunday morning. A sunday morning by design. Its our annual look at the people, places and things that enriches our lives every day. To that end, you might notice Something Different about our look this morning. More on that in a few minutes. For now, just enjoy the view. Its a reminder how design in ways large and small is everywhere. And well start large. Very large. If you had unlimited funds to design the perfect city from the ground up, what might it look like . Sound farfetched . Luke burbank tells us thats exactly what some tech billionaires in california are trying to figure out. But how theyre going about it is raising some eyebrows. Reporter if you build it, they will come. At least thats what the backers of a new plan to turn this farmland into a new city believe. What if not Everyone Wants it built . I had a hunch this was a good place to do this. Reporter coming up on sunday morning, big tech, big dream of a big
Good morning. Happy mothers day. Im jane pauley and this is sunday morning. You dont need us to tell you these are complicated times. Seemingly growing more complicated by the day. One possible reason, the technology surrounding us. New, improved, from smartphones to selfdriving cars. Even when it comes to basic home appliances, were increasingly confronted with more features and options than we know what to do with. So what ever happened to simplicity . The answer david pogue tells us is, well, its complicated. Reporter from the dawn of technology, our machines have evolved according to one rule. Keep adding features. Most of these things are too complicated. Most people dont use all of the Capabilities Even in their own kitchen. Reporter but now a breakthrough. A lot of that complexity, all thats going away because a. I. Is going to enable us to ask for what we want. Reporter can new technologies simplify our old ones . Coming up on sunday morning. For some two decades, he has been d
Good morning. Im jane pauley and this is sunday morning. Well start off today in washington with the latest on a political showdown that has been brewing for days now. Make that weeks now. Last night, truly at the 11th hour, Congress Reached agreement to keep the lights on and spare the nation from the consequences of a shutdown, at least for now. Lee cowan has the details just ahead. Then we move from matters of the present to matters of the future. As you know, not that long ago Artificial Intelligence, a. I. , was the stuff of science fiction. No more. These days, a. I. Touches nearly every part of our lives. But cheating on term papers is one thing. Now as ted koppel will tell us, a. I. Is becoming a major factor in a field where the stakes are far higher the battlefield. Reporter Artificial Intelligence has beaten the best in the world at chess, at go, and at texas hold em. But those, after all, are just games. These days a. I. Is being developed and deployed by the most sophistic
Good morning. Im jane pauley and this is sunday morning. To begin, a question. How did the Mountain Lion get to the other side of the road . Increasingly, the answer to that question and a plus for all kinds of animals is there is a bridge or tunnel for them to cross safely and uneventfully. This morning well tell you about a nationwide effort to build critter crossings. But we have more serious fair to share as well. The internet has forever changed the way we look for love. Still, Online Dating doesnt always lead to happily ever after. Along with the dreamers who do anything for love, there are scammers willing to steal their money or do far worse. Cbs news has been investigating this online treachery for months, and this morning from jim axlerod the first in a weeklong series of reports. Reporter she was looking for love online, but instead found danger lurking. I never thought that it could happen to my mom, but it can happen to anybody. Reporter how hard was it for you to set up a
Scott simon of npr will report in our cover story. What would make a perfectly rational person run toward danger instead of away from it. I just reached down there and grabbed chase and pulled him out. The carnegie medal. Later on sunday morning. Well meet some real heroes among us. Pauley our sunday profile this morning features Viggo Mortensen, an actor of diverse talents and many different roles as tracy smith will show us. Much like snowflakes, no two Viggo Mortensen performances are alike. Do these things. On purpose. My job is to look at the world from points of view other than my own. Sometimes radically different. The greatest, raising his kids in the wild. Off the beaten path with Viggo Mortensen, ahead on sunday morning. Pauley tis the season for a drop in from technoclaus the man in red who some believe resembles our david pogue. Two weeks before christmas and all through the land, the business of shopping for gifts is at hand. You want great ideas, its not a lost cause s. G