New York Times (October 20)
“China’s assertive campaign to police discourse about its policies, even outside of its borders, and the acquiescence of American companies eager to make money in China, pose a dangerous and growing threat to one of this nation’s core values: the freedom of expression.” U.S. companies shouldn’t cave. They “have an obligation to defend the freedom of expression, even at the risk of angering China.”
Tags: Assertive, China, Companies, Dangerous, Discourse, Freedom of expression, Obligation, Police, Risk, Threat, U.S.
1843 (July Issue)
“Legions of robots now carry out our instructions unreflectively. How do we ensure that these creatures, regardless of whether they’re built from clay or silicon, always work in our best interests? Should we teach them to think for themselves? And if so, how are we to teach them right from wrong?” Though “there are a number of competing ideas in circulation about how best to teach morality to machines” and so far no clear answers, “at the very least, we have a moral obligation to figure out what to teach our machines about the best way in which to live in the world.”
Tags: Machines, Morality, Obligation, Right, Robots, Think, Unreflectively, Wrong
