The Day After a Nuke Goes off in Space
The US should continue pursuing arms control efforts aimed at preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons in space. However, it must also be prepared for the possibility that these efforts fail.
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Are Robotaxis Prepared to Pick up Fares?
The hopes of a safer, easier world have proven elusive for the manufacturers of robotaxis. Hundreds of accidents with prototypes have attracted investigations.
The Case for Coding Automated Vehicles With Human Values
Michelle Lazarus Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences While fully self-driving cars are a hypothetical product of the future, some levels of autonomous vehicles (AVs) are already here. As with other forms of AI, humans must weigh the costs and benefits of incorporating this new technology into
When Family Connections Are Closer than You’d Like
The widespread adoption of DNA testing from genealogy websites has had some intriguing outcomes. Law enforcement have used family trees to trace down suspects in cold cases, most famously the Golden State Killer. On a more personal level, DNA tests have rattled skeletons in family closets, unearthing unexpected siblings, secret
Project Total Control: Everything Is a Weapon
John & Nisha Whitehead Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. “The biggest mistake I see is people waiting for A Big Sign that’ll tell them that things have gone too far. One Big Thing that police or lawmakers or the
AI, Chatbots May Make NZ News Less Visible and Reliable
Merja Myllylahti, Auckland University of Technology Evidence is mounting that the new generative AI internet search tools provided by OpenAI, Google and Microsoft can increase the risk of returning false, misleading or partially correct information. Despite the implications of this for the news industry and an informed democracy, the New
AI Is Going to Decimate IT Jobs
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is going to decimate the IT job market. This isn’t me making a doomsday prediction; it’s fact. After all, why pay a whole team of developers big bucks when you can get the job done in a fraction of the time at fraction of the
We Need to Think about How to Protect Our Data
Markus Luczak-Roesch, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington The Conversation New Zealand shifted closer towards digital credentials for access to online services this week with the launch of the Trust Framework Authority. It will determine which organisations are verified to provide digital identity services. The digital ID scheme aims
100% Pure Can’t Do Attitude
As an astute reader noted, I recently referred to New Zealand as Australia’s “Very Special sibling”. I should mock, though: I live in Tasmania. Tassie and NZ have a lot in common: we’re small, remote and like to sell ourselves on our natural beauty. But we’re also
The Real ‘One Health’ Agenda
Tracy Thurman Tracy Thurman is an advocate for regenerative farming, food sovereignty, decentralized food systems, and medical freedom. In my previous articles, we looked at the global war on farmers, the organizations pushing for the Great Food Reset, the tactics used to foist these changes on the public, the projects
NZ’s Digital Identity Services Trust Framework
NZDSOS New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science Digital ID is being sold as an essential change to modern society via public-private partnerships as global as the World Economic Forum to as local as Digital Identity New Zealand. The stated vision of Digital Identity NZ, whose members include large corporations
Considering the AI Hype and Just Regulation
Ridoan Karim Ridoan is a Lecturer at the Department of Business Law & Taxation, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia. He has taught and researched in the fields of business and international trade law. When OpenAI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, it provoked extreme reactions: “Oh my God! It’s
What Will a Robot Make of Your Résumé?
Melika Soleimani, Massey University; Ali Intezari, The University of Queensland; David J Pauleen, Massey University, and Jim Arrowsmith, Massey University The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has begun, spreading to almost every facet of people’s professional and personal lives – including job recruitment. While artists fear copyright breaches or simply being