I think post-quantum cryptography is a crucial step—we need to protect our data from future quantum attacks. NIST is pushing hard with new standards like HQC, just finalized in March 2025. About Q-Day, experts say it might be 5-20 years away, but some worry it could come sooner
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GenAI Deployment Requires Ethical Governance and Bias Mitigation
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Enterprises racing to deploy GenAI are facing rising ethical risks. Transparency, governance, and bias mitigation aren’t optional. #AIEthics #ResponsibleAI #EnterpriseAI https://
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Federal Research Funding Benefits and Impact Overview
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International Students Drive US Education Exports and Trade Balance
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American exports *increase* when universities educate international students. In 2024, the US exported over $50B in education services –comparable to motor vehicle exports. If the US wants to reduce its trade deficit, it is counterproductive to ban international students.
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Regulatory Theatre Fails to Address Systemic AI Problems
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A lot of theatre; a lot of agencies destroyed; a bunch of lives ruined; no effect on the larger problem. Even FOX sees this.
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China’s Manufacturing Overcapacity and Global Trade Dumping Concerns
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China needs to keep manufacturing and exporting because their domestic market can’t absorb the need to keep their factories churning to avoid social unrest. The concern by countries including ours over dumping is real. It’s got to go somewhere even at a loss.
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NSF Grant Requirements Have Minimal Impact on Funding Decisions
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Now put a number on how many NSF grant funding decisions would have been different if such statements hadn't been compulsory?
Spoiler: almost none.
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Pinker Brings Facts and Sanity to Harvard Academic Debates
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Steven Pinker injects some facts and much-needed sanity in the debates around Harvard and American academia.
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University autonomy versus government control in AI policy
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I don’t think it’s methodical. It’s just a shot in a tug of war between ideologically captured universities and a president that demands fealty or quid quo pro
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Trump Administration’s Impact on American Scientific Research
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The details of the Trump administration's methodical destruction of American science.