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Tesla CEO Elon Musk made headlines when he urged leaders to intervene in the quest for artificial intelligence , saying the technology “is a fundamental existential risk for human civilization.” Musk painted a frightening picture of a future where an AI arms race could lead to apocalyptic outcomes for humanity. But KUOW’s Bill Radke recently talked with two AI experts who take a more optimistic view on the role intelligent machines can play in our future.

Washington state and Seattle are suing the maker of Oxycontin for alleged deceptive marketing. Also, are you a carbon chauvinist, who thinks intelligence can only be found in the human skull? Or could computers become super-smart? And what if they can? We'll give you two different takes on the future of artificial Intelligence. And what's the best response to anti-Semitism? Seattle Rabbi Daniel Weiner has dealt with this personally.

Bill Radke speaks with author and journalist Sam Quinones about why Washington state and the city of Seattle have filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and other opioid producers. Attorney General Bob Ferguson said he's suing because Purdue lead a deceptive marketing campaign to promote their drugs and mislead doctors on the risk of pain killers.

Washington state and Seattle are suing the maker of Oxycontin for alleged deceptive marketing. Also, are you a carbon chauvinist, who thinks intelligence can only be found in the human skull? Or could computers become super-smart? And what if they can? We'll give you two different takes on the future of artificial Intelligence. And what's the best response to anti-Semitism? Seattle Rabbi Daniel Weiner has dealt with this personally.

Bill Radke talks with Rabbi Daniel Weiner of Seattle's Temple De Hirsch Sinai about how to confront the recent flare-up of antisemitism in America.

Bill Radke talks to Mary Agnes Carey , senior correspondent covering health reform and federal health policy for Kaiser Health News, about how healthcare policy changes will affect patients. Health premiums for Washington state residents who buy into the state exchange can expect an average rise of 24 percent next year.

Sexual assault has been “a scourge on American (college) campuses” for generations, according to Vanessa Grigoriadis, the author of "Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus."

The Trump administration changes the way college campuses can approach sexual assault accusations. Obamacare repeal and replace is dead. And Franklin Foer is with us. His new book is a timely one for Seattle — it's called "World Without Mind." It's about the dominance of Amazon, and Apple, Google and Facebook and the existential threat posed by big tech.

Seconds before last week's 7.1 magnitude earthquake in Mexico City, people got an alert that the ground was about to start shaking. The Sistema de Alerta Sismica Mexicano, or SASMEX, gives people a chance to get under a desk or leave a building before the shaking begins.

North Korea says it has the right to shoot down U.S. bombers in international airspace. Is that a declaration of war? We'll talk to a Seattle journalist and author of books about North Korea. Also, a KUOW listener wants to know — what's our state's plan for warning us of a coming earthquake? And the state of marriage, 2017. You'll meet an author who says marriage has entered a new phase and it's better than ever if it's working. If it's not working, it's harder than ever.