WELCOME
WELCOME TO KREM 2 MORNING NEWS ON THE C-W 22
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GOOD MORNING AND THANKS
FOR JOINING US, I'M
BRITTANY BAILEY...
AND I'M JEN YORK...
GOOD
GOOD MORNING
GRADUAL
GRADUAL WARM UP CONTINUES PARTLY CLOUDY INTO THE
WEEKEND
WEEKEND
WE
WE ARE
WE ARE TRACKING A MAJOR TRAFFIC ALERT ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE
STATE
A SEMI-TRUCK CRASH IS
BLOCKING ALL LANES OF
SOUTHBOUND I-5.
THAT CRASH HAPPENED JUST
SOUTH OF MT. VERNON.
THE
THE TRUCK
THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE EARLIER BUT... WE CAN SEE NOW THE FIRE
IS OUT.
WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT
CAUSED THE TRUCK TO
CRASH.
THIS IS THE ONLY UPDATE
I HAVE, BUT I WILL KEEP
AN EYE OUT FOR ANY
UPDATES ON THE CRASH.
WE
WE NOW
WE NOW KNOW THE IDENTITIES OF ALL FOUR VICTIMS KILLED IN THE
CRANE COLLAPSE IN
SEATTLE.
THE CRANE FELL ON TO A
BUSY STREET ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
WE JUST LEARNED
YESTERDAY THE IDENTITY
OF THE LAST VICTIM.
HE WAS A LONGTIME WORKER
FOR THE CITY OF SEATTLE.
MAYOR JENNY DURKAN
IDENTIFIED HIM AS ALAN
JUSTAD
.
JUSTAD .
JUSTAD . HE WAS THE FORMER DEPUTY
DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF
PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT.
HE RETIRED BACK IN
20-14.
MAYOR DURKAN CALLED HIM
A LONGTIME PUBLIC
SERVANT.
SERVANT.
SERVANT. OVER THESE PAST COUPLE
OF DAYS, LIKE, I CANT STOP THINKING ABOUT HER.
SHE IS ALL
I THINK ABOUT...."SHE
WAS LIKE ALWAYS REALLY
POSITIVE AND EXTREMELY
ENERGETIC
AND ALWAYS SMILING ALL
THE TIME."
FRIENDS OF SEATTLE
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
STUDENT
STUDENT SARAH WONG ARE GRIEVING HER DEATH. SHE WAS A FRESHMAN STUDYING
TO BE A NURSE.
SHE WAS IN HER CAR WHEN
THE CRANE FELL ONTO THE
STREET.
THE UNIVERSITY IS
PLANNING TO HOLD A VIGIL
TO HONOR HER THIS WEEK.
WE ALSO ARE LEARNING
MORE ABOUT THE TWO IRON WORKERS
KILLED IN THE COLLAPSE.
33-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS
CORBET AND 31-YEAR-OLD
ANDREW YODER
BOTH SERVED THE COUNTRY
AS U-S MARINES.
CORBET'S WIFE SAID THEY
WERE PLANNING ON TAKING
THEIR
HONEYMOON TRIP IN JUNE.
MEANWHILE... AUTHORITIES BELIEVE STRONG WINDS AND HUMAN
ERROR PLAYED A ROLE IN
THAT CRANE COLLAPSE.
DOZENS OF EXPERTS ARE
EXPECTED TO PLAY A PART
IN THE
INVESTIGATION.
ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS
WILL BE TO SEE IF THE
CRANE DISASSEMBLY PLAN
WAS EXECUTED PROPERLY.
EXPERTS WILL ALSO ASSESS
IF THE JIBS OF THE TOWER
CRANE WERE
APPROPRIATELY WEIGHTED.
A PENNSYLVANIA- BASED
ATTORNEY SAYS HE IS
LOOKING
LOOKING INTO HUMAN ERROR. HE SAID THE SEATTLE CASE
IS SIMILAR TO A CRANE
COLLAPSE IN
DALLAS IN 2012.
OUTCUE: BELIEVED TO BE
PART OF THE FAILURE.
HE
HE SAID
HE SAID -- IN THE VIDEOS HE HAS SEEN -- THE IRON WORKERS SEEM TO
BE STRUGGLING TO CONNECT
THE CRANE WITH ANOTHER
ASSIST
CRANE.
ASSIST CRANE. THE ATTORNEY SAID IF THE
DISASSEMBLY OF THE BOLTS
WAS
DONE PREMATURELY, ONLY
THE SLIGHTEST
ADJUSTMENT OF WEIGHT AT
THE TOP COULD CAUSE THE
CRANE TO TUMBLE.
MEANWHILE, STRONG WINDS
ARE ALSO CONSIDERED A
CAUSE.
A CRANE INSTRUCTOR AT
WEST COAST TRAINING IN
WOODLAND, WASHINGTON,
SAID IT WAS PROBABLY A
BIG FACTOR IN THE
CRASH.
CRASH.
CRASH. OUTCUE: TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION, THE WEATHER, THE WIND, THE
TRAFFIC AROUND
TRAFFIC AROUND
YOUR
YOUR AREA
YOUR AREA HE SAYS, TO SAFELY DISASSEMBLE A CRANE,
MANUFACTURER'S
PROCEDURES HAVE TO BE
FOLLOWED.
WHETHER THAT HAPPENED IN
THIS CASE WILL BE PART
OF THE
INVESTIGATION.
THERE IS STILL NO
OFFICIAL CAUSE YET.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE
INVESTIGATION COULD TAKE
UP TO SIX MONTHS.
IT IS VERY CONCERNING
BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN AND HOW TO REALLY
PREPARE EXCEPT TO RUN.
THIS
THIS CASE
THIS CASE HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SEATTLE CONCERNED ABOUT
CRANE SAFETY.
SEATTLE HAS ALMOST 60
ACTIVE CRANES.
THAT IS THE MOST IN THE
NATION.
CRANES ARE ALSO HEAVILY
REGULATED IN WASHINGTON
STATE.
A LAW WAS SIGNED AFTER A
CRANE FELL IN BELLEVUE
BACK IN 2006,
KILLING ONE PERSON.
THAT LAW PUT IN SOME OF
THE TOUGHEST REGULATIONS
IN
THE COUNTRY ON SEATTLE.
THOSE REGULATIONS
INCLUDE REQUIRING THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRIES TO ESTABLISH
A
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM FOR
CRANES. THAT REQUIRES
CERTIFIED INSPECTORS TO
SIGN OFF ON
CRANES BEFORE AND AFTER
ASSEMBLY.
MEANWHILE -- MERCER
ROAD, WHERE THE COLLAPSE
HAPPENED, IS BACK OPEN
AGAIN.
IT IS A MAJOR ARTERY IN
SEATTLE, WITH MORE THAN
60-THOUSAND CARS ESTIMATED TO DRIVE IT EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY.
A
A NEW
A NEW POLL SUGGESTS MORE AND MORE AMERICANS ARE
BECOMING
BECOMING AFRAID OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THEY BELIEVE IT COULD
EVEN POSE A THREAT TO
HUMANKIND.
WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR
THOUGHTS.
DO YOU THINK ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE POSES A
THREAT TO
THE HUMAN RACE?
YOU CAN VOTE NOW ON
'KREM DOT COM SLASH
VOTE'
VOTE' OR
VOTE' OR CLICK ON THE "VOTE NOW" TAB ON OUR KREM 2 MOBILE APP.
KREM 2'S KIERRA ELFALAN
SAT DOWN WITH TWO
EXPERTS TO SEE WHERE
THEY STAND ON THE TOPIC.
AND SHE ALSO SPOKE WITH
A FEW OF YOU AT HOME TO
SEE WHAT YOU
THINK.
GOOD MORNING KIERRA.
YES
YES GOOD
YES GOOD MORNING. MY MIND GOES STRAIGHT TO MOVIES I'VE SEEN AND
MANY OF YOU
AT HOME HAVE PROBABLY
SEEN OVER THE YEARS.
MOVIES LIKE THE
TERMINATOR, EAGLE EYE,
IROBOT --- THE LIST IS
ENDLESS.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT
POLL -- A MAJORITY OF
AMERICANS FEAR
AMERICANS FEAR
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. IT CAN BE SCARY TO THINK
ABOUT -- ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE SEEN MOVIES
LIKE THIS -- WHERE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
BECOMES BIGGER
AND MORE CONTROLLING
THAN HUMANITY EVER
THOUGHT
POSSIBLE.
THOUGHT POSSIBLE. ACCORDING TO A RECENT
POLL FROM POLITICAL
ANALYST
ANALYST SCOTT RASMUSSEN -- 57 PERCENT OF VOTERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE
POLL -- BELIEVE
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
IS A THREAT TO THE HUMAN
RACE.
THE OTHER 43 PERCENT DO
NOT SEE AI AS A THREAT.
I THINK THE THREAT THERE
IS VERY MINIMAL. FIRST
OF ALL, IT'S NOT EVEN
CLEAR THAT SUCH A THING
AS POSSIBLE, IT'S NOT
CLEAR HOW WE WOULD GET
THERE, IT'S
NOT CLEAR WHO WOULD DO
IT. WHEN YOU LISTEN TO
THE STORIES OF HOW AN
AGI WOULD EMERGE, IT'S
SORT OF FANTASTICAL AND
ALMOST MAGICAL.
EITHER WE CONTROL THE
TECHNOLOGY OR IT
CONTROLS US.
CONTROLS US.
I
I THINK
I THINK THAT'S JUST THE WRONG WAY TO THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN
GENERAL, AND THEREFORE
NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO
THINK ABOUT ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT'S
USED, HOW IT'S
CONTROLLED. FIND FACIAL
RECOGNITION
SOFTWARE DISTURBING, BUT
ONLY BECAUSE OF HOW IT
MIGHT BE USED.
IF IT'S DEMOCRATICALLY
CONTROLLED THAT'S ONE
THING, IF IT'S
CONTROLLED BY FIVE
MONOPOLIES AND A BUNCH
OF TECH BILLIONAIRES
SILICON
VALLEY, YES INDEED, IT'S
DEEPLY FRIGHTENING.
STUDENTS WALKING TO AND
FROM CLASS ON THE
GONZAGA
GONZAGA
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS ALSO WEIGHED IN. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD TO WRITE CODE FOR
TECHNOLOGY AND NOW
KNOWING THAT
KNOWING THAT
TECHNOLOGY CAN WRITE CODE FOR ITSELF IS THREATENING TO US AND
ACTUALLY
OUR EXISTENCE.
I THINK IT CAN BE
BENEFICIAL TO HELPING US
IMPROVE DIFFERENT PARTS
OF
OUR LIVES, BUT I ALSO
THINK IT COULD BE A
LITTLE BIT POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS WITH JUST HOW
MUCH INFORMATION OTHER
COMPANIES ARE
GATHERING ABOUT OUR
PRIVATE LIVES.
PRIVATE LIVES. DANGEROUS WITH JUST HOW
MUCH INFORMATION OTHER COMPANIES ARE
GATHERING ABOUT OUR
PRIVATE LIVES.
PRIVATE LIVES.
THE
THE POLL
THE POLL ALSO REVEALED THAT VOTERS YOUNGER THAN 50 WERE
MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
THAN VOTERS OVER 50.
WE WANT TO KNOW YOUR
THOUGHTS. YOU CAN
CONTINUE TO VOTE ON KREM
DOT COM SLASH VOTE ALL
MORNING LONG.
IF YOU ARE MORE
INTERESTED IN THE POLL
RESULTS -- YOU CAN FIND
A
LINK ON KREM DOT COM.
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PRESENT THAT WILL
LEAVE YOUR MOM SMILING,
AND STILL SAVE YOU SOME
CASH TO BUY HER
FLOWERS.
FLOWERS.
FLOWERS. ANOTHER CARGO SHIP IS
HEADED TO THE SPACE STATION SOON.
AND THIS LAUNCH INCLUDES
AN EXPERIMENT FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF
WASHINGTON.
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