captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com >> from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is "the daily show" with trevor noah. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> trevor: welcome to "the daily show," everybody! thank you so much for tuning in! i'm trevor noah. our guest tonight from "the

atlantic" vann newkirk is joining us! welcome, everybody! take a seat, take a seat! but first up, happy international women's day! ( cheers and applause ) it's amazing, i feel like everyone is getting into it. this morning, i heard a construction worker on the way to work yelling at a woman, he was, like, hey, george wham i support your professional goals and hope you're treated with respect today! i was, like, yeah, that's different! ( laughter ) let's start the news about one specific woman, one who many of you may have in your own home. >> amazon's alexa is malfunctioning in a very creepy way. she is laughing unprompted at users. (alexa laughter). >> voice assistance like alexa have become fixtures in many home but many are unsettled by them. but not even because of the

laughter. one said she stops listening to requests, others said she starts listing local funeral homes and cemeteries. >> trevor: that's creepy. what gets me is how people still keeps it in your house after alexa laughs at you in the middle of the night. (alexa laughter). people are, like, that's crazy, i went to bed. i was freaked out. you left it there? yeah, what was i going to do? if that happened to me, alexa wouldn't last the night. alexa, what did you say? are you behind me? are you there? in a black house? my mom would be, like, the thing laughed by itself? she would-be like, in the name of jesus! gone! finished! ( laughter ) let's move on. today was a busy day for citizen number one.

after a week of threatening to impose tariffs on steel coming into the u.s., the president finally made it official. >> today i'm defending america's national security by placing tariffs on foreign imports of steel and aluminum. steel is steel. you don't have steel, you don't have a country. >> trevor: i think he's confusing countries with toasters. without steel, you don't have toasters. easy mistake to make. i get it. ( laughter ) although most economists think tariffs will hurt the economy, for steelworkers, this is a dream come true, so for them trump proved he remembers the forgotten man, although not everything about the forgotten man. >> my father, during the '80s, he lost his job due to imports coming into this country. so i never want to see it happen again. and i say that sincerely from my heart, and i thank you for the opportunity for what you do. >> well, your father herman is

looking down and still very proud of you. >> oh, he's still alive. >> oh, he is? then he's even more proud of you. ( laughter ) >> trevor: oh, shit! that was priceless. in that moment, trump looked like one of those fake tv psychics -- i'm getting a message, your father is looking down on you, he's very proud. my dad's still alive. yeah, that's what mean, he's upstairs looking down. ( laughter ) trade is not the only issue trump has been focused on. since the school shooting in florida, trump has been talking about gun violence. there are other things he has in his sights. >> the video games, movies, so violent. i have a very young son. i look at some of the things that he's watching and i say,

how is that possible? and this is what kids are watching. these things are really violent. >> trevor: trump talks about his kid like he's not his parent. he's, like, look at the violence this kid is watching. isn't someone going to stop him? i mean, you know what this kid needs in his life, he needs a john kelly. but you're his dad, doubled. isn't it your fault? no, this kid starting playing games under obama. i inherited a mess, folks! ( laughter ) ( applause ) the point is trump is not a fan of video games, partly because the controllers are too big and also because he believes they inspire real world violence. this afternoon he summoned the head of the game industry. he's camera shy, no footage of the meeting. we at "the daily show" got exclusive audio of what went

down. >> okay, let's get started, why is mario not here? >> trevor: ahhh! ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) now, trump is hardly the first person to blame gun violence in part on video games. in fact, this is an idea that's been around for decades now. >> this is the handheld implement with which you play the game by shooting it at the screen. instead of enriching a child's mind, these games teach a child to enjoy inflicting torture. >> of course, it affects our children, and it affects our kids in a very negative way. >> trevor: turns out,

politicians have been warning about the dangers of violent video games way back when. this is back when games looked like this. to them, this was hyperrealistic violence. to me, looks like you're point ago dildo at a nazi dance crew. i don't see the violence. ( laughter ) here's what i don't get about this argument. how come video games are supposedly so influential but only when it comes to guns, all right? because if they really were as influential as politicians say, shouldn't games influence us with everything? as kids, we spend every day playing paper boy, but that never inspired someone to go out and commit mass paper deliveries. it's because to have the games! extra! extra! read all about it! ( laughter ) and here is the thing, there have been hundreds of studies on this issue and they have shown that there isn't any connection between violent video games and violent activities. now, that doesn't mean video games have no influence on you

because, let's be honest, everything we consume as human beings affects us. sex in the city might make you want to go to brunch. if it wasn't for instagram, i would have never gotten my butt implants. i got on the back because i already had a real ass. i just wanted another one. because two asses, why not? i agree video games can affect your behavior, but so can tv and movies and, hell, there's even violence in the bible. (bleep) killing people with jawbones in there. you can't take violence out of the world. what you can do is limit the tools violent people have, which is exactly what they've done in japan. >> the japanese play many of the same violent video games that we do. in 2015, gaming revenue in japan was over $12 billion. behind only the united states and china. japan has some of the strictest gun laws in the world.

in 2015, this nation of 127 million counted only one gun murder. >> trevor: wow. only one gun murder. that is impressive. and i'm sorry, but if you're the only gun death in a country of 127 million people, you probably deserve it. i'm just saying. i'm just saying. ( applause ) ( laughter ) look, man, the truth is many countries around the world have figured this out. the most effective and realistic way to limit gun violence is to regulate who has access to guns. while the president is talking about video games, interestingly enough, lawmakers in florida have sided to take action. >> new state gunning salt lake city headed to the desk of florida governor rick scott after last month's deadly shooting in parkland. >> the bill raises the minimum age of buying firearms to 21, imposes a 3-day waiter period for purchases, bans bump stocks.

>> trevor: well done, florida. ( cheers and applause ) well done. i mean, usually the news coming out of florida is like, man arrested for threesome with two rattlesnakes. so this is a step in the right direction. now, the bill does do one other thing that might not be as popular. >> the most controversial provision in this legislation is the martial program, a program that would allow teachers and other school personnel to be around as long as they go through training, in this case 144 hours of training. >> trevor: yep, florida teachers about to get strapped! which means kids are going to be a lot more engaged in class? who wants to answer the next question. wow, a lot of hands going up. two hands! look at you! yeah! ( laughter ) here's what i find interesting about this law.

florida lawmakers decided the teachers, the people they trust with their kids, need to meet strict standards before they can carry a gun. 144 hours of training and passing a psychological exam and random drug tests and additional training every year, which makes sense. when it comes to anyone outside school, yeah, just give that random dude a gun. what's the worst that can happen. i thought you guys were so close to figuring this thing out. take that same law, cross out teachers, write in everyone. problem solved. why wouldn't everyone have to go through the same steps? makes sense! ( cheers and applause ) so if you will excuse me. i have been playing a ton of angry birds so i have to go outside and throw pigeons at pigs. we'll be right back ( cheers and applause ) surprise! hold up.

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>> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show"! today is the final day of the "the daily show"'s a.i. week, but there's one aspect of the tech world we have yet to cover. that's right. i'm talking about facial recognition. ( laughter ) facial recognition software is the newest way to unlock your phone, tag your friends or create snapchat nightmares but there is one aspect of facial recognition that still needs work. >> is facial recognition technology biased? a researcher at m.i.t. found that the technology works best for white men, users with darker complexes saw more instances of being misidentified. >> i found that the training data being used for facial recognition isn't as representative of the variety of human skin tones and facial structures. >> many facial recognition systems use the same data sets. if those sets contain mostly

white faces, all the products that use that data can inherent those same biases. >> i was struggling to have my face detected and pulled out a white mask and the white mask was easier to detect than my face. >> trevor: so basically, if black people want a.i. so see them, they just have to be stalking a slumber party or haunting an opera house, works out. for more about blind spots of facial recognition is our expert dulce sloan, everybody! ( cheers and applause ) dulce, help me out here. like, do we have to worry about racist machines now? >> trevor, don't be so quick to pass judgment on these robots. they're just out there doing their best. is it such a big deal if they can't recognize black people? it's not like i can recognize any of their robot asses either. ( laughter ) remember, the robots aren't racist on purpose. it's not like they're shouting the n-word in binary code or putting up statutes of robo e.

lee. ( laughter ) that south ain't raising again. ( laughter ) no, the problem is there's not enough black people in silicon valley, so the first time robots see a black person, they malfunction like an amish dude in times square. and it's not just that machines don't recognize black faces. sometimes they don't recognize black anything. have you seen this video on youtube? >> black hand, nothing. larry, go. black hand, nothing. larry, go. racist mother sinks. ( applause ) ( laughter ) >> you see that? put robots in charge of the bathroom and they make it whites

only again. >> trevor: i had no idea there are soap dispensers that don't see black people. >> i know! how do they even get the little taxi driver inside of there? ( laughter ) don't affect me. i take lyfts. ( laughter ) but trevor, i'm trying to look on the bright side. see, some day the robots are going to take over the world. >> trevor: i'm waiting for the bright side. >> think about it. they can't kill us if they can't see us. ( cheers and applause ) black people are going to be the only survivors, trevor. listen, i've had a vision of the robot apocalypse, and it doesn't look too bad -- for us. ( gunfire ) >> ooh! good shot laser tron. >> who said that? >> it was chad.

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helped produce a special commemorative issue of the magazine called "king: a look at the life and legacy of martin luther king, jr.." please welcome vann newkirk. ( cheers and applause ) ♪ >> trevor: welcome to the show. >> thanks for having me. >> trevor: man, i have been a fan of your writing for so long. you touch on so many different topics, you know, from "black panther" through to racism in america, the second amendment. one of the more interesting conversations that i got started because of your writing was specifically about teachers being armed, and you argued that, in its very essence, it goes against the second amendment. why would you make that argument? >> yeah, so the second amendment is supposed to be this thing that protects people from the government. >> trevor: right. >> the whole entire ethos of it is you get people, you give them guns, and you give them guns so they can build a militia to protect themselves against

tyranny. >> trevor: right. >> so you have teachers who are state agents, right, paid by the state who are taking care of our kids who have sometimes done bad things to those kids and give them guns. especially in florida you have a guy known to use the n-word with his students and was suspend for doing it, you give that guy a gun. >> trevor: that's a tyrannical government. >> yeah. >> trevor: i never thought of that as an idea. it's one of those ideas where people goes, like, this seems like a good idea because everything leads to more guns. give people more guns because it solves the guns because if everyone has a gun -- >> i give my gun a gun. >> trevor: guns don't kill people. kilpeople kill people. >> what about guns killing guns. >> trevor: no one talks about gun on gun violence. ( laughter ) you have an interesting way of looking at the world. this issue of "the atlantic" i

think looks at martin luther king from so many different places and through so many different lenses which i really find interesting. martin marpt is one of those figures in america which i felt is me theologized and oftentimes misunderstood. why do you think it's necessary to have an entire article about martin snarnt. >> we want to challenge people. peept people to read every single article in this issue and come bay thinking about something -- come away thinking about something new, something they never fathomed thinking about dr. king. as a whole, sometimes people who have an agenda bring up dr. king. they quote the dream speech. he wanted us to live in a color blind society where our kids can go to school together. they quote this one part but they don't quote the part about him being against the environment war. they don't say his letter from birmingham jail where he talks

about the white moderate and nobody asked themselves, am i the white moderate? >> trevor: right. >> so everybody now is pro-king and not racist, but nobody is reading king now for how to be anti-racist. >> trevor: how do you think it plays out? because martin luther king exists in a place where some people use him to stage a protest and others go, we should use him to sell trucks in america. every one sees him in a different light. if martin luther king were around today, from what you've read and learned, like, how happy do you think he would be? would he think people would have reached a mountaintop? >> i think, from reading him, his thing was never being satisfied with where we are because there's always space. a mountaintop, in that speech, wasn't the place where we need to be in terms of rails. the mountaintop was having the vision to see where we needed to go, and i think that vision was that the road is ever lasting.

>> trevor: right. >> the moral arc of the universe is always bending towards justice and we bend it. so i think king would be protesting regardless of whatever situation is on the ground right now in america, hoe would be protesting because that's -- he would be protesting because that's what an activist does, always agitating. his activism was always agitating, was always moving forward and progressing. you see in the last year of his life, before he was assassinated, he sat down and thought how do i move this forward? and came forward with the most ambitious program to fight poverty, to fight militarism and racism across the globe, and this was king. >> trevor: that was king. it's an amazing article. thank you so much for being here. amazing issue of "the atlantic." "king: a look at the life and legacy of martin luther king, jr.." commercial commemorative issue of "the atlantic" on stands now through may. go to theatlantic.com/mlk to purchase a copy.

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( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: that's our show for tonight. stay tuned, "the opposition" with jordan klepper is coming up next. now here it is... your moment of zen. >> a new study indicating dogs respond better to a