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Killer robots

mercredi 22 avril 2015 à 14:00

The complexities of defining what constitutes a killer robot.

I am confident a good criterion can be worked out. If it is more than one sentence long, that is not a flaw.

Jailed, fined and forced to plead guilty

mercredi 22 avril 2015 à 14:00

St Anne, Missouri, jailed Juan Thompson's mother until she pled guilty to accusations against another woman, and her family had to pay $1000 to get her out of jail.

The state later acknowledged this was mistaken identity, but the guilty plea remains on her record and they can't get the money back. They don't take trouble to correct mistakes for a poor person.

Juan's aunt has been unemployed for six years because of a car fine she could not pay, and his uncle is in jail because he can't pay the fees for a previous jailing for an unpaid ticket.

Fictional "leftist media bias"

mercredi 22 avril 2015 à 14:00

The right-wing owners of the mass media create a myth that each one opposes a fictional "leftist media bias". The latest iteration is the "metropolitan elite".

Scapegoat Economics

mercredi 22 avril 2015 à 14:00

Scapegoat Economics 2015.

Sexism

mardi 21 avril 2015 à 14:00

Subtle sexism, impossible to prove in a court, holds women back in their careers.

This issue is far more important than the Ellen Pao case itself, because it affects a lot of women, not executives only.

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