3 Questions: How AI is helping us monitor and support vulnerable ecosystems

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A recent study from Oregon State University estimated that more than 3,500 animal species are at risk of extinction because of factors including habitat alterations, natural resources being overexploited, and climate change. To better understand these changes and protect vulnerable wildlife, conservationists like MIT PhD student and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researcher Justin Kay are developing computer vision algorithms that carefully monitor animal populations. A member of the lab of MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and […]

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The Christmas Season as Gift

The Christmas Season as Gift

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In her new book, The True Gifts of Christmas: Unwrapping the Meaning Behind Our Most Cherished Traditions, TV’s Megan Alexander shares the origin of her love for the Yuletide season and the meaning behind many of its most beloved traditions. Continue Reading…

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The UK Has It Wrong on Digital ID. Here’s Why.

The UK Has It Wrong on Digital ID. Here’s Why.

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In late September, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his government’s plans to introduce a new digital ID scheme in the country to take effect before the end of the Parliament (no later than August 2029). The scheme will, according to the Prime Minister, “cut the faff” in proving people’s identities by creating a virtual ID on personal devices with information like people’s name, date of birth, nationality or residency status, and photo to verify their […]

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The Economics of the Sacred: Politics as a Covenant Exercise

The Economics of the Sacred: Politics as a Covenant Exercise

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The lie that religion has no bearing on politics has yielded the kind of politics we have now: managerial, sterile, and devoid of moral conviction. The idea that political office could be a covenantal trust or that economic policy might have covenantal implications would strike most technocrats as medieval sentimentality; yet, the biblical worldview insists that public life is precisely where covenants are lived or broken. Continue Reading…

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Expert Available: Senate Surveillance Provision Highlights Need for Privacy Protections

Expert Available: Senate Surveillance Provision Highlights Need for Privacy Protections

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Recently, the United States Senate passed legislation allowing Members of Congress to sue the federal government for up to $500,000 if they are subjected to unconstitutional surveillance practices. The Director of the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice, Matthew Cavedon, wrote a recent op-ed highlighting the need for stronger privacy laws to protect American citizens: lead , The choice before Congress is clear. The Senate can award its members half a million dollars while leaving the surveillance state intact […]

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Some Final Replies to Owen and Meyer

Some Final Replies to Owen and Meyer

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Steven Pittz I would like to begin this final reply by thanking Professors Owen and Meyer for their thoughtful comments on my initial essay. I also thank Jason Kuznicki at Cato for the opportunity and for so expertly managing the conversation. In this brief response I will not be able to address all that Owen and Meyer proffer in the way of criticism, but I am sure that their ideas will help shape my continuing work on these […]

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