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Government

The OpenAI meltdown will only accelerate the artificial intelligence race

11/22/2023 The Guardian

Optimists and ‘doomers’ are fighting over the direction of AI research – and those who want speed may have won this round, Sarah Kreps writes in an op-ed in The Guardian.

Two people in suits shake hands — Photo by kremlin.ru/Creative Commons license 3.0 Vladmir Putin and Joe Biden at the 2021 Russia–United States summit

History

Keynes warned the world against using economic sanctions

1/20/2022 The Guardian

In an op-ed in The Guardian, Nicholas Mulder argues that aiding allies is more effective than sanctioning foes.

Philosophy

Female victims are people in their own right – not just some man's wife, mother, sister or daughter

2/16/2021 The Guardian

We should care about rape simply insofar as it harms many and various human beings, Manne writes in an op-ed.

History

Amazon wants goodies and tax breaks to move its HQ to your city. Say no thanks.

11/3/2017 The Guardian

Noam Maggor, a postdoctoral associate in the Department of History in the �鶹��Ƶ & �鶹��Ƶ, writes in this op-ed for The Guardian that Amazon's search for a second North American headquarters has generated a race to the bottom bidding war to please Amazon that parallels the rise of capitalism in the19th century.