CANBERRA, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Australians in some of the nation's most conservative electorates have thrown their support behind the same same-sex marriage movement, the results of a poll showed on Monday.
ReachTel polled Australians living in 12 conservative seats, including Treasurer Scott Morrison's seat of Cook, Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce's seat of New England and Trade Minister Steve Ciobo's electorate of Moncrieff, finding that a majority of voters in all 12 of the electorates polled supported same-sex marriage.
A majority of voters also said it was "very important" that the issue will be resolved in Parliament in 2017.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is against legalizing same-sex marriage in Australia, but 50.5 percent of voters in his seat are for allowing same-sex couples to marry. On the other hand, 39 percent opposed.
More than 56 percent of people in Treasurer Scott Morrison's seat would like to see same-sex couples afforded the same rights as other Australians, while 61.2 percent of those in the safe Liberal seat of Moncrieff in Queensland said they support same-sex marriage. Crucially, that seat's representative, Trade Minister Steve Ciobo, is also in favor of marriage equality.
The poll was commissioned by Australians for Equality and asked the opinion of 700 people in each electorate. The movement's director, Tiernan Brady said the results reflected "what we are seeing in town hall meetings all around Australia."
"This won't go away, this doesn't need to be a political football, a clear majority of voters in every party want this," Brady told Fairfax Media on Monday.
There is currently a push within government to allow a free vote on the issue before the federal budget is handed down in May, however the prime minister has said a plebiscite, or non-binding public vote, would still be going ahead later in the year.
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BEIJING Authentic Zane Gonzalez Jersey , Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years has stoked fear that the technology will one day take control of human destiny. However, experts believe humans are still able to be the masters of their own fate by making the machines they have invented work for their benefit.
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Given its extensive application in industrial production and everyday activities, AI is nothing new nowadays both as a concept and in actual practice.
It not only has liberated humans from trivial and repetitive work, but also can satisfactorily accomplish tasks that are otherwise unachievable for mankind due to either physical or intellectual constraints.
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The AI technology employed by Equbot can process more data than the portfolio managers whom it has replaced and ""generate unbiased decisions under a set of investment criteria,"" according to the company.
In addition, AI has also been applied in the diagnosis of skin cancer, in which the algorithm involved has reached a level on par with professional doctors in dermatology.
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Despite these astounding achievements, experts have pointed out that for the time being, the use of AI is still limited to isolated fields and lacks universal applicability.
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People familiar with the AI industry have warned, though Authentic Jabrill Peppers Jersey , that there will be a time when the technology will evolve into something mature enough to break the sectoral confines.
Elon Musk, CEO of both aerospace manufacturer SpaceX and electric car producer Tesla, has predicted a future scenario where ""super AI"" will pose real threats to the very existence of mankind, and human beings will have to face that challenge.
However Authentic Myles Garrett Jersey , Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, views AI as something to be embraced and not feared.
He said that it is up to humans themselves whether AI would prove to be an aid to humanity or end up destroying it. He gave the remarks while launching his book ""Hit Refresh"" in London in October, according to local media reports.
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He argued in the article that rather than spending time on debating ""good versus evil,"" people who are closely tracking the development of AI are better advised to focus on ""the values instilled in the people and institutions creating the technology.""