In December 2020, Google fired Timnit Gebru, an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher who was working for Google as co-lead of the ethical AI team. Well-known for her work on systemic bias in AI and how it can perpetuate systemic racism, she had co-authored a draft...
Download as PDF Contents Introduction Social Pressures Under the COVID-19 Pandemic The U.S. Economic Situation Introduction Globally, as of this writing in mid-December 2020, there have been more than 72 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 (number constantly rising),...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the shutdowns and the resulting economic downturn, many supermarkets and retail stores have reported a dramatic increase in shoplifting. When asked about the nature of the current uptick in shoplifting, chief executive of workplace...
The sordid details of Donald Trump’s tax evasion are finally in full view, and add to our understanding of what a self-serving and dishonest individual he is. But there is a larger point going mostly unmentioned in the larger news media: Trump’s behavior is the norm...
After George Floyd’s murder and the protests that have followed across the country, many people are discussing how the police can be reformed so that Black lives aren’t destroyed again and again. This is an old discussion. From the Civil Rights movement on, cities...
