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Two recent Census Bureau datasets shed light on the adoption trends of robotics and artificial intelligence, revealing divergent paths for these technologies across different industries.
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Toward the end of this month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold a vote to reinstate a set of rules for internet providers. Consisting of 434 pages and resembling a 2015 order passed during the Obama administration, the new rules are expected to pass given the makeup of the FCC. If enacted, broadband companies and other […]
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Calls for pausing AI development and the surrounding discussion shows the limits of the AI safety crowd. Without detailed legal frameworks or guidelines, it is not clear what a pause will actually entail, and how it will be triggered.
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Automatic stabilizers are government mechanisms will likely regulate the deployment of artificial intelligence without needing direction from Congress.
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The circuitous route to adoption and implementation of past technologies offers a map for understanding the potential path AI adoption will take. In short, much of AI's implementation will hinge on the interdependencies of firms' existing technology.
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FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has initiated a new rulemaking that would enact what are largely the same net neutrality rules tried back in 2016.

The Hagiographer and the Avatar: The Life and Works of Narayan Kasturi, by Antonio Rigopoulos. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2021. xxv + 499 pp., £75 (hb), £25 (pb). ISBN 978-1-4384-8229-3 (hb), 978-1-4384-8228-6 (pb).

Hunter S. Thompson's "Gonzo Journalism" arguably brought a new style to popular and populist writing. In this piece, I emulate some of his style to show how it felt to attend a sports extravaganza, The X Games, in 1997. I mirror some of the sensory aspects of being a spectator at these games, and offer some insights on how alternative/extreme/lifestyle sports have collided with transnational corporate structures.

In this piece, I explore the similarities and differences—in terms of social justice issues—of two historical cases regarding Indigenous peoples: Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand and Navajo in the United States. I look at the foundational documents of the Treaty of Waitangi and the Navajo Treaty of 1868 and explore how they have been enacted in these two cases.

When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping Ma Anandamayi after her Death, by Orianne Aymard. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. xi + 348 pp., £65.00 (hb), £19.99 (pb). ISBN 978-0-19936-861-7 (hb), 978-0-19936-862-4 (pb).