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Cars detecting [and recording data] on drunk drivers

dimanche 19 septembre 2021 à 02:00

In principle, making cars detect a drunk driver and refuse to start is legitimate in my opinion. However, it is unjust for the car to record data about these events.

If the car gets it, insurance companies will get it.

Medicare prices

dimanche 19 septembre 2021 à 02:00

A medical patients' interest group is campaigning against three congresscritters that voted to keep Medicare drug prices high.

Phasing out loans to fossil fuel companies

dimanche 19 septembre 2021 à 02:00

Progressives in Congress have launched a bill to require US banks to phase out lending to fossil fuel companies.

Suspending sale of dangerous AI technologies

dimanche 19 septembre 2021 à 02:00

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for suspending the sale of dangerous AI technologies.

(This means those whose use would imperil human rights.)

I don't believe that any kind of usage limits could prevent face recognition from endangering human rights.

Back pay for temps

samedi 18 septembre 2021 à 02:00

*Google workers demand back pay for temps company underpaid for years.*

They are doing the right thing, standing up for better treatment of other workers.

However, the wording of their petition was careless. It calls for paying the unjustly withheld pay to all the temps "who were knowingly underpaid by Google." That means, all those who knew they were being underpaid. But I suspect that none of then knew it, at that time.

I think the employees meant to say, those "that Google knowingly underpaid."