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- Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: Megacorporations Watch Thread
- Replies: 63
- Views: 385529
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Government Investigating Archer-Daniels-Midland by Sky Chadde April 18, 2024 Introduction: (Investigate Midwest) In late 2020, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), one of America’s oldest and most profitable food companies, predicted customers’ preference for foods with “bright and exciting” colors and “f...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:54 pm
- Forum: AI & Robotics
- Topic: AI alignment and ethics
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25810
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Are Tomorrow’s Engineers Ready to Face AI’s Ethical Challenges? by Elana Goldenkoff and Erin A. Cech April 19, 2024 Introduction: (The Conversation) A chatbot turns hostile. A test version of a Roomba vacuum collects images of users in private situations. A Black woman is falsely identified as a su...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: Labor Rights News Thread
- Replies: 329
- Views: 208869
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UAW Wins Big at Volkswagen in Tennessee by Bob Bussell April 20, 2024 Introduction: (The Conversation) A decisive majority of the Volkswagen workers employed at a factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee cast their ballots in favor of joining the United Auto Workers union, the German automaker announced o...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:00 pm
- Forum: Energy & the Environment
- Topic: The Future of Food, Agriculture, and Aquaculture
- Replies: 270
- Views: 805062
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Taiwan-Swiss Collaboration Develops High Vitamin B1 Rice by Michael Nakhiengchanh April 19, 2024 Introduction: TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwan-Swiss team has developed a new strain of rice that contains three to four times the vitamin B1 compared to normal rice. The team included researchers from N...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: The History Forum
- Topic: History of Abortion
- Replies: 16
- Views: 14845
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The History of Arizona’s Civil War-era Abortion Ban by Nicole Narea April 18, 2024 Introduction: (Vox) The Republican-controlled Arizona House has repeatedly refused to take up a measure to repeal a Civil War-era state law that amounts to a near-total ban on abortion following an Arizona Supreme Co...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: AI & Robotics
- Topic: AI alignment and ethics
- Replies: 33
- Views: 25810
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Fareed Zakaria is not my favorite commentator on current affairs. Yet, I do find him to be an intelligent voice to which it is worth listening, even as I sometimes disagree with his conclusions. The interview linked below is Zakaria at his best. Will AI Mean the End of Liberal Democracy? by April , ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:41 pm
- Forum: The History Forum
- Topic: Ancient History (3500 BC – 499 AD)
- Replies: 119
- Views: 145400
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“Forgotten City:” the Identification of Dura-Europos’ Neglected Sister Site in Syria April 19, 2024 Introduction: (Eurekalert) The Dura-Europos site in modern-day Syria is famous for its exceptional state of preservation. Like Pompeii, this ancient city has yielded many great discoveries, and serve...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:22 pm
- Forum: Energy & the Environment
- Topic: The Future of Food, Agriculture, and Aquaculture
- Replies: 270
- Views: 805062
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Looks like surf clams may be a component of the diet of the future despite suffering a die off: Surf Clams Off the Coast of Virginia Reappear – and Rebound April 19, 2024 Introduction: (Eurekalert) The Atlantic surfclam, an economically valuable species that is the main ingredient in clam chowder an...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:29 am
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: The Elon Musk Thread
- Replies: 132
- Views: 112894
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Wall Street Is Souring on Tesla's Pivot Away from Low-cost vehicles Towards Autonomous Driving by Matthew Fox April 18, 2024 Introduction: (Market Insider) Another day, another negative Tesla note from Wall Street. Tesla has come under intense scrutiny from sell-side analysts after a Reuters report...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: Business & Politics
- Topic: 2023-2024 Presidential, senate, house, state and city election thread
- Replies: 1196
- Views: 461514
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RFK Jr. Qualifies for Ballot in Battleground Michigan by Aaron Pellish April 18, 2024 Introduction: (CNN) Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. officially qualified for the ballot in Michigan, a key battleground state that could prove pivotal in deciding the outcome of the 2024 p...