Tiny Terminators riding in tiny drones?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-influenced-weapons-need-better-regulation/
AI-Influenced Weapons Need Better Regulation
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the backdrop, the United Nations recently held a meeting to discuss the use of autonomous weapons systems, commonly referred to as killer robots. These are essentially weapons that are programmed to find a class of targets, then select and attack a specific person or object within that class, with little human control over the decisions that are made.
Russia took center stage in this discussion, in part because of its potential capabilities in this space, but also because its diplomats thwarted the effort to discuss these weapons, saying sanctions made it impossible to properly participate.
… when military operations are proceeding poorly countries might be tempted to use new technologies to gain an advantage. An example of this is Russia’s KUB-BLA loitering munition, which has the ability to identify targets using AI.
The legal field can’t afford to be left behind.
AI Reflections: 5 Artificial Intelligence-Related Themes of Legalweek 2022
… The application of artificial intelligence and analytics to the practice of law was a hot button topic and at the forefront of people’s minds this year. The conference was a perfect setting to cultivate new ideas on this topic since it brought together attorneys, industry experts and legal business leaders who are pushing the envelope in terms of adopting artificial intelligence and machine learning to legal practice. After several days of reflection from a jam-packed three-day conference earlier this month, I have synthesized five AI-related themes coming out of Legalweek 2022.
An Economics question: Could any US city handle an immediate 2X (let alone a 10X) increase in public transportation usage?
https://thenextweb.com/news/berlin-introduces-9-euro-monthly-public-transport-ticket
Berlin sticks it to Russia by offering a €9 monthly public transport ticket
In summer 2022, people living in Berlin can get a monthly public transport ticket for only €9 euros per month — a tenth of its usual price.
… It’s unclear how much impact the subsidized public transport will have on car ownership or usage.
It’s likely to lead to more people purchasing the low-cost tickets. But this doesn’t necessarily translate to more people abandoning their cars for a trip by train, tram, or bus.
Or that people will continue using public transport once the summer ends — no one likes waiting in the cold for a bus.
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