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
Fair, yes . [applause] thats great. A few more of our fairgoers are coming in but were going to get started in the interest of time. I am malou harrison. As many of you know very, very pleased to welcome all of you to Miami Book Fair and to this next session. Miamidade college is very proud to bring this book fair to miami and thehe community that come to this Miami Book Fair each and every year. As you know the fair would not be possible without the collaboration and the support from many, many volunteers, actually hundreds of volunteers, many of whom are students of miamidade college, and also students from our local high schools, middle schools, as well. So were tremendously grateful to, our young people for the support that they provide and being so generous with their time. Theyre also many corporate sponsors and i would like to acknowledge ohl, and the many corporate and Community Sponsors that have also come together to make this book fair what it is today. Our circle of friend,
White english wont andcant sit still, like literally. Language, constantly. Did you know the word clue derives from crew, the middle english word . In this area a ball of bread like these is through the labyrinth. It does not make sense. Other words have changed this way, taking on new meaning or new shades of meaning. In the age of means and texting, lol, nsw, dfw etc. , language continues to shift but as John Mcwhorter explains, that shouldnt scare us. Tonight he explains how the english language is evolving before our eyes and argues why we should embrace this change, not fight it. John mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university. Hes the author of more than 15 books including the language book and the power of table. Hes currently writing his 20th book. Please give a warm welcome to John Mcwhorter. [applause] thanks everybody. I want to talk to you not too long about a new way of hearing language and i think its important because i
White english wont andcant sit still, like literally. Language, constantly. Did you know the word clue derives from crew, the middle english word . In this area a ball of bread like these is through the labyrinth. It does not make sense. Other words have changed this way, taking on new meaning or new shades of meaning. In the age of means and texting, lol, nsw, dfw etc. , language continues to shift but as John Mcwhorter explains, that shouldnt scare us. Tonight he explains how the english language is evolving before our eyes and argues why we should embrace this change, not fight it. John mcwhorter is associate professor of english and comparative literature at columbia university. Hes the author of more than 15 books including the language book and the power of table. Hes currently writing his 20th book. Please give a warm welcome to John Mcwhorter. [applause] thanks everybody. I want to talk to you not too long about a new way of hearing language and i think its important because i
If youre not on our Public Program mailing list and would like to be you can fill out the form you found on your chair and you can pick up a copy of our latest calendar of events out front. In the early 20th century the andersons desired a home in washington where they could entertain american and foreign dignitaries in a grand setting. They purposefully selected a lot in a fashionable neighborhood in Dupont Circle to be the center of social activity. Were pleased to welcome Stephen Hansen to discuss his book. Hes a long time resident of washington, d. C. Hes an author. Hes principal at the d. C. Historic designs llc in washington. He serves as a trustee for the committee of 100 on the federal city and authors the monthly column what was once in washington, d. C. Mr. Hansen. [ applause ] thank you for coming tonight. Id like to start to say its a major honor to talk about my book in the ballroom of the anderson mansion. Id like to start off talking about how this book came to be. Initi