There is no corruption at NSF, except during the last Trump administration when he instructed NSF to mostly fund proposals from Red States.
POLICY
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Legal Liability of AI and Robots: Future Challenges
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That's right. But indeed, as you pointed out, lawyers will have their hands full for the coming decades with AI and robots. Who is responsible in case of error? The technician? The robot manufacturer? The company managing the AI integrated into the robot?
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Engine Company’s ToS Dispute: Compliance and Licensing Challenges
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We had a similar experience—got strange emails from an engine company’s sales team claiming we were breaching ToS and pushing us to switch to an industrial license. They provided no evidence, and we confirmed we were compliant after reviewing the ToS multiple times. After we
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Liberalism as Political System Minimizing Coercion and Control
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Liberalism is not an instrument of power. It is a political system that minimizes coercion. The idea that power would be terminal seems to reflect an ideological distortion instead of systemic thinking; in a dynamic evolutionary environment, order cannot persist without control.
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State Monopoly on Violence and Judicial Authority
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Our society depends on maintaining a state monopoly on violence and a monopoly of the courts
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Human Responsibility in the Face of Machine Superiority
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But if the machine performs better than man, how can we justify that a natural person remains responsible?
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Can Civilization’s Systems Commit to Best Practices?
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Are the nervous systems, immune response and reproductive organs of our civilization still committed to determining and following best practices?
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How ChatGPT Changed My Life: Five Major Shifts
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Ce que ChatGPT a changé dans ma vie 1 Je ne me sers plus de Google 2 Je ne crois plus à la valeur des diplômes sauf exceptions 3 J’ai été choqué d’être dépassé par ChatGPT : il est plus intelligent que moi depuis décembre 2024 4 J’ai découvert que les politiciens ont encore
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X Algorithm Pushes Divisive Content to Maximize Engagement and Conflict
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I feel like X is increasingly pushing posts in front of the people who are most likely to disagree and want to argue with you. My gut tells me that it first puts it in front of existing audience that typically engages but, after that, it thinks “who’s gonna hate this the most?”
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NSF Budget Cuts Threaten US Technological Leadership Position
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NSF budgets slashed by 50%, ongoing grants cancelled, NSF staff drastically reduced, all 37 divisions abolished, and grants will now be reviewed by a political kommissar.
How will that help technological leadership?