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The current fever of AI anxiety sweeping the globe is based on confusion over the relationship between rationality and language. That’s not to say that AI isn’t dangerous. Nor does it mean the companies pioneering AI research are acting responsibly. AI can be destructive in the same way that an airplane on autopilot carrying explosives
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Scrolling online one night, you see pictures of someone’s weekend trip or even their lunch meal, all arranged for an audience. Essentially, these images drag someone else’s hidden thing into the light. And the life we choose in the light and in the dark depends on the audience – our good deeds want a witness,
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The “problem of evil,” which asks, “How is God good when there is so much evil in the world?” has long remained one of the most contested questions in philosophy. For many the deeper issue is not that evil exists, but that God, in some way, causes evil. But is this the case? The common
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In the past few years, something has increasingly troubled me regarding my fellow females. Many of them have never looked better—at least in the polish and perfection of today’s picture-perfect Instagram world. Indeed, female podcasters, politicians, and other public figures all race to capture the hair blowouts, lip fillers, and contoured faces that society tells
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Lindsay Clancy’s trial ended in a mistrial several weeks ago after a jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision on whether she was criminally responsible for the deaths of her three children. Massachusetts Democratic Gov. Maura Healey sensed her citizens’ worry that the precedent of this case would lead to copycat cases, so she
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A couple of years ago, my son and his family moved to Topsail Island, a barrier island south of North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Only one roadway, Island Drive, runs north to south, which means it is molasses-thick with traffic in the summer, especially on weekends when tourists are either leaving or arriving at the houses
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