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What’s An Unethical AI Project?
Everyone is paralyzed by the complexity of the topic and transfixed by the money it’s going to make. Ethics is a sidebar discussion.
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AI Bias Isn’t The Problem
Shouldn’t we be talking about the merits of giving up jobs and our personal autonomy instead of fine-tuning how good AI will be at running things?
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A Return To Broke Capitalism?
False choices lead to bad decisions…which is the point of those who promote them. The fight against “woke capitalism” is one such example.
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Two Revelations Behind Disney’s News
Disney’s plans for a huge cost-cutting initiative say at least two things about American businesses today: Corporate purpose is a sham, and digital marketing isn’t the science it’s cracked up to be.
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Adani Hosts Master Class In Communications Failure
In response to accusations of fraud by an investment firm, a huge Indian business conglomerate called the Adani Group issued a 413-page rebuttal. That’s about 113,000 words… …or 112,977 too many. The attack, from a firm called Hindenburg Research, alleges “brazen accounting fraud, stock manipulation, and money laundering” that add Read more…
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From Science To Science Fiction
CERN scientists collaborated with sci-fi writers on stories that explore the speculative implications of their work. It’s a brilliant idea.
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Rolls-Royce & The Tyranny of “Value”
Rolls-Royce’s new CEO told his employees that the company is a “burning platform” and that they should be prepared for an aggressive efficiency and optimization program (i.e. job cuts). Why? “Every investment we make, we destroy value,” he explained, according to news reports of his recent global broadcast to staff. Read more…
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Video Gaming Needs To Be Disrupted
Millions of homes possess technology that can involve users as co-creators and participants in deeply nuanced immersive experiences, and all we get are games that let us shoot things or play sports. The gaming world is diverse. Games can be played on consoles, smartphones, and online. People can play them Read more…
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It’s Time Again For The Davos Charade
The world’s ruling elite are going to gather in Davos in a few days “to address the state of the world and discuss priorities for the year ahead.” It’s deja-vu all over again, to quote noted social theorist Yogi Berra. Fifty heads of state. Fifty-six finance ministers. Nineteen heads of central Read more…
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Saudi Oil’s PR Coup
There’s been much reported on the aggressive efforts Big Oil made at the recent COP27 to obfuscate the issue of climate change and delay any action on it. Today’s “Big Read” in the Financial Times builds on this PR strategy, and the story borders on journalistic malfeasance. Headlined “Saudi Arabia’s Read more…