‘The chronically on-line have stolen Halloween’
Kate Lindsay at The Atlantic
Halloween costumes “past classics corresponding to witches or skeletons have lengthy mirrored popular culture; that the rise of meme tradition would present up at Halloween, too, is comprehensible,” says Kate Lindsay. However “in contrast to conventional tradition, which follows, say, the regular launch of films and TV exhibits, web tradition spirals in on itself.” The “costume-wearer will probably want to supply a prolonged clarification for his or her choose,” and “that is, maybe unsurprisingly, horrible for in-person Halloween gatherings.”
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Lorenzo Vidino and Lara Burns on the New York Put up
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‘This 12 months’s Nobels have been a warning’
Bhaskar Chakravorti at Overseas Coverage
With “declarations of AI’s ‘Nobel second,'” there may be “renewed hope that, lastly, AI is poised to form historical past,” says Bhaskar Chakravorti. Nevertheless, synthetic intelligence “might need gained scientific acknowledgment, however extra important was the popularity of the dangers that include AI’s unfettered development.” The “subsequent Nobel aspirant’s guidelines” ought to embrace “improved oversight; accountability and controls inside organizations and in multilateral fora, together with regulatory authorized frameworks.” AI’s “actual Nobel second could come when we have now invested in these areas.”
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