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Stephen Hawking warned about the perils of artificial intelligence – yet AI gave him a voice

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Jaharis Faculty Fellow in Health Law and Intellectual Property, DePaul University
Stephen Hawking both warned about and benefited from artificial intelligence.Hoo-Me.com/MediaPunch/IPX/AP

The late Stephen Hawking was a major voice in the debate about how humanity can benefit from artificial intelligence. Hawking made no secret of his fears that thinking machines could one day take charge. He went as far as predicting that future...

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Sustainable cities need more than parks, cafes and a riverwalk

  • Written by Trina Hamilton, Associate Professor of Geography, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Small tankers unload along New York's Newtown Creek in 2008.Jim Henderson

There are many indexes that aim to rank how green cities are. But what does it actually mean for a city to be green or sustainable?

We’ve written about what we call the “parks, cafes and a riverwalk” model of sustainability, which focuses on providing new...

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Zero tolerance discipline policies won't fix school shootings

  • Written by Derek W. Black, Professor of Law, University of South Carolina
The Trump administration aims to revisit school discipline policies. Roman Bodnarchuk/Shutterstock

As outrage over the Parkland school shooting persists, lawmakers are looking for actual policy solutions. Unfortunately, they sometimes misunderstand or misuse the facts that should drive policy.

The Trump administration and its supporters are latching...

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What is a tariff? An economist explains

  • Written by Amitrajeet A. Batabyal, Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics, Rochester Institute of Technology
Foreign goods wait to be unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles. AP Photo/Nick Ut

President Donald Trump recently slapped tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on foreign aluminum, prompting significant concern and discussion about the wisdom of this action.

As an economist who shares some of those concerns, I believe it’s...

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Fearless leader or lame duck? Putin's certain triumph heralds fresh uncertainty

  • Written by Cynthia Hooper, Associate Professor of History, College of the Holy Cross
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a massive rally in his support n Moscow, March 3, 2018 AP/Pavel Golovkin

Long before it happened, Russia’s ruling party had already called it “the ultimate victory.”

On March 18, Russians go to the polls where they will – without doubt – re-elect President Vladimir Putin to a fourth...

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Pompeo's rise will make Mideast war more likely

  • Written by Gregory Aftandilian, Lecturer, Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
The newly nominated secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, is a foreign policy hawk who opposes the Iran nuclear deal. Scrapping it could unleash a chain reaction of violence across the Middle East.AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

After U.S. president Donald Trump fired his secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, many analysts have focused on how this high-level...

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Can Haspel bring the CIA in from the cold?

  • Written by Brent Durbin, Associate Professor of Government, Smith College
Trump speaks at the CIA on Jan. 21, 2017AP Photo/Andrew Harnik

The CIA had a tough first year under President Donald Trump.

It started with the president making a brashly political speech in front of the agency’s Memorial Wall, which is hallowed ground to CIA officers. This was soon after Trump seemed to compare U.S. intelligence agencies to...

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Haspel is Trump's chance to reset his bad start with the CIA

  • Written by Brent Durbin, Associate Professor of Government, Smith College
Gina Haspel addresses The Office of Strategic Services Society in 2017.OSS Society, CC BY

The CIA had a tough first year under President Donald Trump.

It started with the president making a brashly political speech in front of the agency’s Memorial Wall, which is hallowed ground to CIA officers. This was soon after Trump seemed to compare...

Read more: Haspel is Trump's chance to reset his bad start with the CIA

Stephen Hawking as accidental ambassador for assistive technologies

  • Written by Martin E. Blair, Executive Director of the Rural Institute for Inclusive Communities, and Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning, The University of Montana
A computer-generated voice was essential to Hawking's participation in the world around him.AP Photo/John Raoux

Imagine you’ve contemplated the great scientific theories of the past and arrived at new insights based on your own observations. Imagine you’ve organized these thoughts into compelling arguments. Imagine that what you have to...

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In Pennsylvania's 18th, a very important, unimportant election

  • Written by Christopher Beem, Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Pennsylvania State University
Democrat Conor Lamb celebrates in Pennsylvania's 18th, long considered a GOP stronghold. AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar

By just about any objective standard, the special election in the Pennsylvania 18th Congressional District was about as inconsequential as they come. At the same time, the race, and Conor Lamb’s apparent and very narrow victory,...

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