Why What We Decide to Name New Technologies Is So Crucial
https://singularityhub.com/2024/01/18/why-what-we-decide-to-name-new-technologies-is-so-crucial/
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Google DeepMind’s New AI Matches Gold Medal Performance in Math Olympics
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EIA Says 40 Percent of US Electricity Is Now Emission-Free for the First Time
Mon, 08 Jan 2024 20:08:07
The pace of the green energy transition has accelerated significantly in recent years. Figures released at the end of last year show roughly 40 percent of US electricity production is now emission-free. With growing concern that climate change is accelerating, rapidly decarbonizing power generation is more important than ever. The US has long been seen […]
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https://terikanefield.com/no-time-to-panic/
No Time to Panic
Teri Kanefield
..."The way to make sure #Trump loses the #election is not to spread panic because people who can’t tolerate all the crisis and spectacle will stop listening. The way to do it is the old-fashioned way. Talk to people about #issues that matter to them. Do they care about the right to choose? Make sure they know that women are being prosecuted for having abortions and some women are having their health endangered by being denied medically-necessary abortions. Do they care about the environment? Talk to them about #Republican #policies about the environment. Do they care about economic fairness? Talk to them about the implications of Republicans tax policies.
Panic is Draining and Leads to Burn Out
No one can do the work necessary to save democracy if they’re worn out from all the panic. Susan B. Anthony, Thurgood Marshall, and Pauli Murray didn’t panic when they saw the injustice around them. They got to work. (To find out what you can do to help with the next election, click here.)
Panic (like shock) comes from faulty thinking
Part of the faulty thinking goes like this: “All was going well until Trump appeared and now we are in trouble!” The faulty thinking comes from the idea that nothing like this has ever happened or would ever happen in the United States. (If you think the United States has never had an autocratic regime, think about what life was like for a Black woman in 1850.)
The heros of the past have brought us a long way, but there is always more work to do, and democracy is always fragile.
The Anecdoate to Panic is Knowledge and Perspective
The better we understand the current political situation in the context of American history, the better able we are to understand how to move forward. History teaches us possibilities.
Here are a few suggestions (I posted this list previously):"...
Mice Just Passed the Mirror Test. Here’s What That Says About Our Sense of Self
Thu, 07 Dec 2023 23:26:47
Here’s a fun test: Dab some blush onto the forehead of a six-month-old baby and plop them in front of a mirror. They might look at their reflection with curiosity but ignore the rouge. Redo the experiment at two years old. Now they’ll likely furrow their brows, touch the blush, and try to wipe it […]
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A Revolution in Computer Graphics Is Bringing 3D Reality Capture to the Masses
Mon, 06 Nov 2023 15:23:55
As a weapon of war, destroying cultural heritage sites is a common method by armed invaders to deprive a community of their distinct identity. It was no surprise then, in February of 2022, as Russian troops swept into Ukraine, that historians and cultural heritage specialists braced for the coming destruction. So far in the Russia-Ukraine […]
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The Supreme Court is speaking with one voice in response to recent criticism of the justices’ ethical practices: No need to fix what isn’t broken.
The justices’ response on Tuesday struck some critics and ethics experts as tone deaf at a time of heightened attention on the justices’ travel and private business transactions. That comes against the backdrop of a historic dip in public approval as measured by opinion polls.
Deeply divided on some of the most contentious issues of the day — including abortion, gun rights and the place of religion in public life — the court’s six conservatives and three liberals seem united on this particular principle: on ethics they will set their own rules and police themselves.
Charles Geyh, an Indiana University law professor and legal ethics expert, said everything the justices detailed Tuesday evening about ethics was essentially outlined in Chief Justice John Roberts’ annual year-end report from 2011, more than a decade ago.
“They’re basically saying ... What we’ve been doing is just fine. Let’s just re-say it for those of you at the back...That just strikes me as, you know, pretty empty,” Geyh said.
The most recent stories about the questionable ethics practices of justices began earlier this month. First came a ProPublica investigation that revealed that Thomas has for more than two decades accepted luxury trips nearly every year from Republican megadonor Harlan Crow without reporting them on financial disclosure forms. Thomas responded by issuing a statement saying that he was not required to disclose the trips.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ethics-clarence-thomas-2f3fbc26a4d8fe45c82269127458fa08
What is the Fediverse? (Mastodon Social, ActivityPub, Pleroma etc)
#lol #fun #fediverse #communities #social #issues
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