it's time to boost your news. i q. ah . the annual end of year media briefing by russian president vladimir putin has wrapped up the briefing, though not so brief running over 4 hours. ortiz mirage guys. the ad brings us some of the key points from there. so we had questions ranging from, from issues with mortgages and provincial towns to big gates in questions. lou did questions even from foreign journalists, asking vladimir putin if he can guarantee that russia won't attack you crazy. so will you guarantee unconditionally that you will not invade ukraine or any other southern country i should use to believe your actions will depend on negotiations. they will depend on unconditional compliance with russia. security, in this sense, we've made it clear that any further movement to the east, and we is unacceptable that we are not threatening anyone. we didn't come to the u . s. a. u k. bo does know they came to ours, love an inch to the east, that was a nato guarantee in 1990. so what became of that, they fooled us. we've seen 5 waves of nato expansion and you keep demanding some guarantees from us. you must give us the guarantees. it is all those you and you must do it immediately right now, instead of talking about it for decades. he also spoke about the other thing that russia has been charged with a suspected of manipulation. and that is the guy gas markets in, in europe. he says, well, what we're hearing from various outlets is basis and senseless. germany for example, is buying gas at $57.00 times below market price. we're and then they're using that gas to perhaps celadon, to poland, which is paying an entirely different price because it insisted on trading with russia at market prices. now, the gases are the above $2000.00. well, e, these ruinous, ruinous for both e, you citizens who have seen their household built for electricity go up for 500 percent ruinous also for businesses, which is which is she and even larger rise the rural, to him, it with vitamin. they are lying to us there confusing every one as promised, shipping the entire volume request is like counter agents in accordance with the, except for our contractor, or even increasing the volume around the 20 or since they're increasing shipments to europe in, i believe the gas form is the only company that you have for that. so u. s. suppliers i'm not supplying the european markets enough european these i think they had the premium market for they were left behind when we're talking about like national yes to americans are transferring their shipments to the premium markets. luckily, america, brazil, china, south korea, from all your pan, you spend the prize champ, saying, we mustn't normally let roy long term a contract, but now you're paying commission. we must use moderate terms, go to the market, will regulate now. well, here's how is regulated al, equipped to $1000.10 that he believes that you're welcome to. the other thing that popped up here was us you of recent scandals and russian involving jails. prisons and the torture of suspects and inmates by prison authorities. these were both, both incidents were shocking because that was graphic footage of it happening. there are more cases where we haven't seen footage. this is something that has been a sore point among russians for, for many years. and vladimir putin was us. what is being done about this? he said that the russian government is taking action. there are a number of criminal proceedings against her former prison, institutional staff members, as well as the fact that peter, this is a problem only in russia. this is a problem in even in developed countries that it is very difficult to put an end to it of them, which in this case is necessary festival to rely on the dates of the investigation . 17 criminal cases have been initiated and are being on the investigation earth. you have named only one or 2 people, but there are a 1000 or more than a 1000 dismissed in their criminal cases, opened against them. yes, there is a problem. we need to work with it's a milan or conscientious or fully fledged investigation of those crimes. these are clearly crimes that have been committed them to bring it to an end so that everyone understands the punishment for these offences is inevitable to play. i was lucky enough also to be able to ask latimer bruton question. my question was about cancel culture them for no, no you as well as my woocommerce that haven't you so police, any west of all of them? sometimes in very extreme form. one, for example, with her, for example, the incident with j. k. rowling. and how the axes that she made famous with her harry potter movies have turned against and asked that we are prudent, what he thinks about the social justice culture and whether it is coming to russia . so been this national options to the peculiarity and strength of our millennial society lies in the fact that russia has evolved as a multinational and multi confessional state. and we've learned to respect each other shannon. this means to respect the basis of our traditional spiritual, showing him at all the peoples of the russian federation of a sudden, internal moral protection. against such retrogression, it is like um, well this, the full no rigged instructions in the shelves. why the school to vote traditional, not the biggest crowd that attendance today because of that. and that makes safety measures the social distance in effect here, this mos mandatory mosse. of course, there was also humidifiers and all sorts of antiseptics, breast inaction today, with much bigger crowds and previous years. nevertheless, this, the session lasted for 4 hours. 3, i was 56 minutes, i believe people to, for on the how long. exactly. and this is this years like me, prudence press conference, and here to weigh in on pollutants. marathon presser, former pentagon official might maloof and george manually. he is a writer and senior fellow at the global policy institute over in london. now gentlemen, in his annual marathon press conference, the russian leader fielded questions from the press about anything and everything. nothing was off the table from nato to cove. it, he addressed them all. let's start then with his demand that nato quote, immediately confirm that ukraine will not become a member of the block. now i understand the block saying, i'm paraphrasing thing. we don't want you to tell us what to do. but are they willing to risk a military confrontation over this stance? george, i'll give that to you 1st. well, nato has gotten philip into a, a robin lovitz because they have made all these pledges. they've essentially gradually step by step, turning nature into a de facto member of nato. and they are now granted major that is a graduate. but if you're getting yourself into the position that the soviet union got itself into during the cuban missile crisis, this is something that the russians and repeat that again. and again, which is that at some point o, russia will say that we will act unilaterally to secure. busy our interests, if that means a confrontation with nato forces station in ukraine. so we, it, there's nothing really you can do about it and it will be the same as if course shove in $962.00 and started making legalistic arguments to kennedy. well, yes, but these missiles are led to defend you, but when it's not aggressive and q was a sovereign country and you, because you don't have any massage that he wants, the american said no, we're not listening to these arguments and rushes also say no, we don't listen to the stupid arguments, we will do whatever we need to do to secure our interests. and that means we're going into ukraine, dismantling nato infrastructure nato intelligence operators. so be, it does nothing much linda could do about. now mike, you got a little been out home, and producers just sent me some breaking news on the heels of vladimir putin wrapping up this marathon presser, breaking news, a. the a f p has just reported tweeting at the u. s. ready for talked with russia from early january in the morning to a senior us official. how much of that do you think had to do with the former, with this press conference and vladimir putin really outlining his red line? well, i heard, i heard that news before the press conference actually had occurred. and there has been, there is a background dialogue going on between the 2 sides because it neither side, once war. having said that, ah, vladimir putin is correct to laid down the conditions and, and, and from which other countries then can i have negotiating points and russia is right in, in one in a buffer zone. and what they're very fearful of, of course, is that nato will bring in the amount of, of even offensive weapons, a lot of defensive weapons to can be turned into offensive weapons. he wants that curved as well. and i think he's right. and i recall back back when, when turkey had had honest john missiles and it was a negotiating point with kennedy, that ultimately of russia, if turkeys, if those missiles were removed from turkey, the russians would back off with its missiles and create a buffer. and that actually led to the intermediate range ballistic missile treaty, right? so this is a kind of negotiating points that people, one, otherwise you're going to have a real confrontation. and i think that the, the, the problem is, is that biden has, is listening to the victoria newlands and the other near conservatives that have their own agendas. and this is what i'm very, very concerned about. plus you have reports that you have the assistance coming into from private military contract, right. who could instigate? and that's what i'm very, very fearful of, that it will take a spark regarding now why do i put in also said this gentleman, he said, quote, is it us who are putting missiles near the u. s. borders? no, it's the us who came to our home with their missiles. they are already on the threshold of our home. is it some excessive demand? not to place any offensive systems near our home. so mike, staying with you on this, why is the west having a hard time putting themselves in vladimir putin shoes? because that doesn't seem out of line to me. no, it's not. and this gets to my earlier point that, that you want to de escalate and, and nato has. nato has a problem that it's still trying to identify it's, it's new mission in life. now that the cold war is over and there is no and the, and there's no threat from nato, accept them trying to get to bring in and violate promises that they made to a potent years ago of not expanding or not extending the nato up to the up to the federation and we're going to be seeing that's, that is a major bone of contention and, and, and vladimir put and pointed that out to the, rightfully, and he, he was promised. and the problem that he is experiencing is given a given the that, that the united states cannot keep agreements. he doubts that they'll be able to keep any other understanding power agreement. he has read even if it's in writing. yeah. even in writing like a treaty, it's no, he doesn't, george vladimir put in mentioned. and as mike just alluded to, how in the 19 ninety's, the west gave verbal pledges not to expand nato to rush as borders. he said nato. and this is a quote, cheated and blatantly swindled moscow. is that a fair accusation or assessment? it is a fair accusation on the assessment because it's actually in black and white in the nato. russia foundation document that they will be no permanent stationing of nato forces outside of nature as it was in 1997 and 997 was 2 years before the 1st nato expansion, which took in poland, hungary and the czech republic. and a student pointed out than been 5 nato expansion since then, the full since then. so basically, to what nato did is exploited roches good feelings. this is somebody who has pointed out, been back in the like the light is and right up until 2007 or the probably put in some unit conference right up until in relation between russia and the west. very go. and what did, which do during this time? it moved, it forces years, hundreds of my each work. oh, security agreements that were in place such as the abm treaty. currently, the ion battery and i was, i had relations with now and relations have deteriorated. a nate nate that was complaining bitterly, but later into this position because there are people warm. at some point, the chickens are going to come home to roost because at some point this weekend that people like george can won't. stephen cohen want about this, is that, that, you know, russia will get fed up with this. and the crucial moment was in 2000 and age, but nato issued a statement from ukraine. a georgia will become a member of nato. that was always going to head to was disaster. and he practical terms. there's really nothing major. but if you try establishing a military presence here, we will, you know, we'll let you know that it's not going to stop us. you know, we, we, we take off during the very seriously, we will act, you will actually win even bought something you may know met, that people want to get into a lot of new moving parts. and fortunately i had to leave it very easy. i was just going to say that ukraine really is, is not eligible to join nato, even if i wanted to. and i think as a strategy potent can work with the other allies or the other nato members. and because it requires a, a consensus right agreement and i think he can, he can succeed. but i think having these talks are really important. yeah. we'll, we will see come january. that's right around the corner. mike maloof george time while he thank you both pleasure us companies ordered more robot than ever before in just the 1st 9 months of 2021. as they struggled to recruit staff. so what my fat mean for the future of jobs and more our friend and co host, as them back fence one, ready to weigh in on that and make sure you keep up with all the names be on the live 247 by downloading the new and improved portable tv app because of tv, as it should be. so tight will be back when you get a chance he thinks of tones and you think x is going to happen. you know, why happen said distinctive breeding response in gauge that are relevant to how we experience reward and pleasure. while listening to some people looking at this is a kind of a kind of choreographing of our expectation. mm hm. i was diagnosed with cancer in 2005. when the doctors told me the cancer was incurable. i knew i had to make a change. so i decided to travel to one of the most toxic places in america. florida. one of florida is biggest industries and best kept secrets, is fostering and the biggest player in $85000000000.00 industry is mosaic, and i, there are reports of millions of gallons of contaminated water now flowing into the florida aquifer. my problem is the chronic. i don't want to hear that word polling, but that's what it is. i'm in 2013 my, all our family dog, my brother, who was 21 years old, myself and my father were all diane, rob, rob, jeff, the problem with the whole. and the good play. yeah. maybe they'll actually learned that our help is more important than with ah sorry, so was more and more jobs become automated, the world advances, but those positions of some workers are being left behind. our tea correspondent natasha suite spoke with an expert technology is advancing at a rapid pace and the standard of living continues to excel along with it. but as technological progress propels, ford will some try to stop it as a means of a saving jobs. so the center bots are making others and a bunch from self replicating dental bots, potentially being a game changer for regenerative medicine to children being taught eater slightly differently at school. a new element might be used to draw the students attention to the lesson and to get them to understand technical information for the 1st time at a standard age. in north coping with the krona virus, it really helps us to have keep so so this the sink and robots in helping to make the winter olympics in beijing happened during the pandemic, the litter fizzled. hello, the robots reduce contact between the staff and the goods from abroad and not robots are incorporated over more jobs. the question is, will there be a resistance changes an advancement to what peril do we protect jobs? because we can only become so good at making stuff with our current technologies and resources before we flatline on productivity in the mall. brian moore and chief marketing officer for support. action says that as it stands right now, the majority of jobs being automated are on the lower end of the system. economic lot, jobs that people aren't necessarily lining up to apply for like customer service of . so we just did a published a case study with legal in general, the large ensure where they've now since implementing this technology. 2 years later, they've grown by over a 1000000 customers, but they haven't added a single head out a head count to their contact center. now they didn't fire anybody, but over the last couple years they haven't hired anybody anyhow. but it's a completely different story for the trucking industry at that right now is struggling to survive. a so called tracking shortage is looming all across the globe from supply chain issues to complaints had meaning a higher pay grade to talks of autonomy, striving, there appears to be a change in the making. there's regulatory approaches that could be taken where it could be introduced more slowly that for every truck driver who quits or retires, you replaced that truck driver with a i automation. will there be a flight to automate trucking shops according to more and there has been a pattern of resistance in history. question is, will it be repeated now, queen elizabeth the 1st i saw the very 1st mechanized loom and refused the pattened . it from a perspective of not wanting to eliminate jobs for women who are acting as weavers as progress is made in the private sector. what does that mean about future jobs and should the schools curriculum change to meet where the future is headed? you think? yeah, that's a little outdated because of that right? i will. so mark cuban says that the most important skill for anybody be learning now is a i literacy machine learning literacy, even with a high school diploma. how difficult will it to compete for the middle class, if you don't have the skill set to even compete with a i, but we're meeting with a and i for a job is one thing. but the united nations met over concerns of what some are for to as killer robots thinking more of the rounds of autonomy, weapons, and drones with facial recognition software. the issue as these lethal weapons being able to operate without a human. and it's essentially a really critical opportunity for states to take steps to regulate and prohibit autonomy and weapon systems, which in essence means can robots or weapon systems that are going to operate without meaningful human control. now, regardless of where you stand on killer robots, there's no question all of us have witnessed some type of massive change when it comes to technology and progress. it's something that more and says will keep repelling forward as automation continues to bring the cost down for consumers, reporting for in question and how she sweets our tea. joining in the conversation and now investigated, gave them journalists and co host have been by spend one, ben. so we've been talking a lot lately on the show about robotics and ai automation and so on. we know the world is moving towards automation, like look at all those shelves, service checkout, stand that c b s, or walmart, or fast food chains. having these self order kiosks, the list goes on, but will we ever be able to get rid of humans in these types of roles entirely? no, i don't think we're going to get rid of humans entirely, but you can severely reduce the workforce of humans within those spaces. so consider for a minute what you just said about, you know, the grocery store, right? so when you go into a grocery store into a wal mart these days, it used to be that you might have 2030 checkers, as well as, as people who in back by the way, my 1st job. and you know, when i was 15 years old with bagging groceries. right. and so there would be a whole bunch of us, that's what we do stand there in your bag groceries and you take them out to people's cars, but that doesn't really exist anymore, right. you go in and you check out your own stuff, you take it to your own car. and the only job really is the one person standing at the door who's checking to make sure you didn't steal something when you were doing the work for them by checking out your own groceries. that's one problem, but the bigger problem i think is the automation of certain entire industries. for instance, one of the things that is on its way without question is the automation of the trucking industry. in the future, we're going to have about 20000000 jobs that are truck driving jobs that are going to disappear and those are going to become completely automated by self driving trucks. we'll get your taken entire swath of the workforce and a workforce at one point is one of the last vestiges of a middle class job in this country. and you're automating it entirely. and so that, yes, it will still be some humans who have jobs within the trucking industry, but you're vastly reducing the workforce. so the question becomes, what happens to those workers? where do they go? we can't fall into this george w bush. remember back with george w bush tech. he came up with the idea that, oh yes, everyone needs to learn how to work on the internet. that's that i can't be the only existence of jobs. yeah, i think you're right and then we heard avant that trump more recently thing. well, this is a time that they can go learn new skills, not so true for everybody. another example of i would say essentially reading human can be found in saudi arabia. now if you recall, then back in 2017, they gave sophia this humanoid. ai citizenship, the saudis. dead. yeah. ok. now fast forward years, she has now evolved to saying she wants to have babies. help us understand this, if you can. yeah. so actually, you know, quite a bit about sophia and sophia, for lack of a better term, is a little bit of a scamp, right? it is idea that she's this robot which by the way, only until recently was even referred to as a she before that. and she was kind of non gendered. but sophia now has decided that she wants to have a baby supposedly. the problem is it, sophia, is not actually a i, what sophia actually is, is a chat bought the same kind that if you go into a website and a little box pops up and it says hi, i'm chuck, i'm been, i'm here to help you. what can i help you with and you type in the response and you keep getting responses because there's already kind of program answers built into it. that's what sophia, sophie is essentially a chat box with the human face on it. it's why when there have been interviews them with sofia many times the creators, we'll take those questions in advance and they want to see them so they can alter or change them, see and be seated. an interview with sophia one point and the, the creators of sophia actually took all the questions and rewrote them based on how she would answer so. so sophia is not really artificial intelligence. she's a chat. bob is what she is. she has to be programmed in the bath and is not certainly not cynthia, and she does not have her own thoughts. and this idea of now wanting to have babies is based upon information that's being fed into her. oh boy. trickery banda laughing here. it's not just the store clerk through whose jobs are at risk. there are soldiers who in the future can be out of work too, especially since the u. n. just recently could not arrive that conclusion on international law. and that how do i address a i, and automation and killer robots and drones. what's the future warfare look like in your opinion? dangers on it. yeah, i would say that this is the most dangerous step for ai, which is really the of the ability to create killer economist robots that will make decisions in real time while scanning humans faces and deciding who's in the me and who is not hugely problematic. the big problem with that is that people have to be in control. there is no international agreement for their part. china, by the way, is the most advanced in this coming up with laws in their country that says, you can not create militarized robots without humans being responsible for their behaviors. we need the same rules here. well, i mean i, i think they un has to convene again sooner than 5 years because they do this once every 5 years. that's a little concerning because technology takes leaps, not steps. so 5 years from now there can be drones reading are nurses and she and there's a lot of military contractors, lot of military contractors who love those 5 years in between. i, i know i hear you then we'll talk about it. i believe that there are friends been swan. thank you so much. thanks for the way that's gonna do it for us right now. make sure you download the portable tv app because it's new and improved. they can watch tv, the way of mississippi. i'm manila jan. thank you so much for watching a fee again. so ah, oil and gas manufacturing, electricity telecom dies potations. all of them now have io t type of infrastructure connected to the internet. well, clearly realizing that disruptive potential so that those countries cons, ignore it because it threatens national security issue. but if we take the nato e u countries, well actually all of them subscribe to certain doctrines and maintains selling but tell us forces. they are a cyber army on behalf of a country that's their job. oh, is your media reflection of reality? 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