Why the “hard problem” of AI—controlling our superintelligent creations—is impossible.
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Deepfakes are taking old scams to the next level.
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Evangelical military vets are using “counterterror” internet surveillance techniques to help police get search warrants against sex workers.
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The software was licensed as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s troubled Operation Lone Star border crackdown.
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Rob Delaney said, “My melodious voice? My broad shoulders and dancer’s undulating buttocks? I decide how those are used!”
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The ground has been shifting under the feet of the world’s central bankers, including our own Dr Philip Lowe, the outgoing chief of the Reserve Bank. This has weakened the power of higher interest rates to get inflation down. Like all economists, central bankers believe their theory – their ‘‘model’’ – gives them great understanding Continue reading »
The U.S. military’s elite special operations command doesn’t want its planes tracked, according to a procurement document.
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What the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future.
Across the US and around the world, foghorns have disappeared from the coastal landscape.
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A new Senate report calls out the FBI for lying to Congress about its social media monitoring, pointing out the FBI’s hiring of ZeroFox.
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