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US deportation thugs set up fake university

mercredi 18 décembre 2019 à 01:00

The US deportation thugs set up a fake university, the University of Farmington, to lure foreign students into committing fraud against their visa requirements. But it made the university so realistic that students had no way of knowing it wasn't valid — which means it wasn't fraud.

Of course, the deportation thugs punished them anyway.

Conman to coordinate his own trial

mercredi 18 décembre 2019 à 01:00

McConnell plans to coordinate the conman's trial with the conman himself.

This means, I suppose, mocking the idea of justice and the idea of truth.

Rate of Amazon deforestation doubles

mercredi 18 décembre 2019 à 01:00

The rate of deforestation in the Amazon has doubled since a year ago.

Destabilization of weather

mercredi 18 décembre 2019 à 01:00

As Arctic sea ice dwindles, Greenland could become the center of coldness in the Arctic. Because Greenland is far south of the pole, this could increase the destabilization of weather in the Northern hemisphere, causing even bigger and longer rains which will often ruin harvests.

This trend has already been observed in recent years. The point is that the Greenland effect could make it get much worse, and quickly, in a few decades.

It's not a certainty. Want to bet your life that it won't happen?

Biased, inconsistent, and inscrutable decision-making

mercredi 18 décembre 2019 à 01:00

Computerized algorithms are not the only decision-makers that can be biased, inconsistent and inscrutable. "Before humans become the standard way in which we make decisions, we need to consider the risks and ensure implementation of human decision-making systems does not cause widespread harm."

This simplistic argument is only half-right. With algorithms, we can insist they are nonbiased, consistent, and transparent — but in many cases institutions don't bother to even try. We need rules to insist that this be done.