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• Sony’s Robot Dog Banned In Illinois Over Facial Recognition

  02-04-2019 17:10 via technocracy.news
  Illinois law blocks facial recognition technology for private industry, but not for government or police. The last paragraph of the bill states, “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to apply to a contractor, subcontractor, or agent of a State agency or local unit of government when working for that State agency or local unit of government.” ⁃ TN EditorI’m watching Aibo, Sony’s robo-dog, scuttle around the office. Its mechanical joints make slow, noisy work o
  
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• Google’s AI Ethics Council In Disarray After One Week

  02-04-2019 16:52 via technocracy.news
  Chaos reigns as Google employees, management and even outsiders have taken it upon themselves to act like a Senate confirmation committee where they choose or deny who sits on the ethics panel. ⁃ TN EditorGoogle recently appointed an external ethics council to deal with tricky issues in artificial intelligence. The group is meant to help the company appease critics while still pursuing lucrative cloud computing deals.
  In less than a week, the council is already falling apart, a develo
  
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• The Climate Apocalypse Keeps Getting Postponed

  02-04-2019 16:36 via technocracy.news
  It’s always just around the corner, but it never arrives. Prophets of climate doom like Al Gore and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are almost laughable except that so many people continue to be lured by their siren call. ⁃ TN EditorIn recent years, the controversial subject of global warming and a potential “climate disaster” has received a lot of media attention.
  There are progressive politicians who are now arguing that unless profound changes in public policy are made
  
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• Back in the black, but vision for science veers off track

  02-04-2019 13:05
  The national peak body for scientists has warned that the 2019/2020 Budget has missed the opportunity to invest in solution-making scientific and technological research and Australia’s world-class institutions and agencies that make it possible. President of Science & Technology Australia, Professor Emma Johnston AO, said the Federal Budget was a mixed result for Australia’s science […]
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