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Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Michal Kosinski, Stanford psychologist, claims that AI programs can detect people’s IQ, sexual orientation, and politics by scanning faces. Of course rights groups are attacking the research and not the fact that the researcher is demonstrating the dangerous things AI can be used for. Source: Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing … Continue reading Scientist Claims His AI Can Tell Disturbing Things About You Just by Looking at Your Face
Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
July was also the hottest month on record for dozens of other cities in the western United States, including Sacramento, Las Vegas and Portland, Ore. Source: Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post Continue reading Death Valley just recorded the hottest month ever observed on the planet – The Washington Post
Meet the Scientist Who Wants to Alter Earth’s Atmosphere – The New York Times
Critics say even researching the idea is dangerous. Not sure when scientific research itself has become dangerous. Perhaps implementing the idea is dangerous, but the research itself? Source: Meet the Scientist Who Wants to Alter Earth’s Atmosphere – The New York Times Continue reading Meet the Scientist Who Wants to Alter Earth’s Atmosphere – The New York Times
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General Motors is proof to the world that slashing wages isn’t the ticket to profitability
German and Japanese auto manufacturers succeed despite sticking to a high-wage model The GM layoffs should not be blithely dismissed as another inevitable casualty of globalization.Nor are they a parable illustrating the … Continue reading General Motors is proof to the world that slashing wages isn’t the ticket to profitability
Maybe We Have the Economic-Growth Equation Backward | Bloomberg
The assumption that raising productivity is the key to higher GDP looks like it needs a rethink. During the 2016 presidential primary campaign, some supporters of Bernie Sanders argued that their candidate’s spending proposals … Continue reading Maybe We Have the Economic-Growth Equation Backward | Bloomberg
GDP is not a good measure of wellbeing – it’s too materialistic | Joseph Stiglitz | Business | The Guardian
Why focus on production of goods, rather than on health, education and environment? We need to focus on the wellbeing of the people instead of a number that has no reflection on … Continue reading GDP is not a good measure of wellbeing – it’s too materialistic | Joseph Stiglitz | Business | The Guardian
GOP operative at the center of election fraud investigation reportedly paid woman to collect ballots
She also says she didn’t mail in the ballots she collected, delivering them directly to the GOP operative instead. If that one woman got 8 years in jail for mistakenly voting, I … Continue reading GOP operative at the center of election fraud investigation reportedly paid woman to collect ballots
Freshman Democrats: Legislation, not investigations, should be House priority
Nearly four dozen incoming House Democrats told their future leaders Monday that they should prioritize action on health care, immigration, gun control and other topics over investigations into the Trump administration. Looks … Continue reading Freshman Democrats: Legislation, not investigations, should be House priority
The Problem With Our Democracy Isn’t Gerrymandering. It’s Integers
Our winner-take-all system elects 1 person to represent each House district. What if we elected 2 people instead, and gave each of them a fractional vote in Congress? This would completely fix … Continue reading The Problem With Our Democracy Isn’t Gerrymandering. It’s Integers
Clean coal’s dirty secret: More pollution, not less
@Reuters investigates how a U.S. ‘clean coal’ program that costs taxpayers a billion dollars annually regularly fails to deliver on its environmental promises. Turns out that the chemicals used to make the … Continue reading Clean coal’s dirty secret: More pollution, not less
Paris protest: ‘People are in the red. They can’t afford to eat’
People from across France came to the capital to let the president know how they feel about the new tariffs The Paris protests are not about a new tax on fuel, they … Continue reading Paris protest: ‘People are in the red. They can’t afford to eat’
We Can Pay For A Green New Deal
Here’s the good news: Anything that is technically feasible is financially affordable. And it won’t be a drag on the economy ― unlike the climate crisis itself, which will cause tens of … Continue reading We Can Pay For A Green New Deal
Why Aren’t Millennials Spending? They’re Poorer Than Previous Generations, Fed Says
Millennials are less well off than members of earlier generations when they were young. They have lower earnings, fewer assets, and less wealth, a new Federal Reserve study says. Spending habits of … Continue reading Why Aren’t Millennials Spending? They’re Poorer Than Previous Generations, Fed Says
Why America Has Trouble Fixing Big Problems Like Climate Change
The system of government gets in the country’s way. The fact that small states have 2 senators just like large states with massive populations, creates gridlock, even when the majority of the … Continue reading Why America Has Trouble Fixing Big Problems Like Climate Change
The Game-Changing Promise of a Green New Deal
The “Green New Deal” is not a piecemeal approach that trains a water gun on a blazing fire, but a comprehensive plan to transform society for the better. We have all the … Continue reading The Game-Changing Promise of a Green New Deal
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