Alabama Schedules First Execution After Monthslong Moratorium and 'Sham' Investigation
After an array of botched and unsuccessful executions, the state's Department of Corrections says its ready to start executing inmates again.
After an array of botched and unsuccessful executions, the state's Department of Corrections says its ready to start executing inmates again.
For good and ill, human beings advance through trial and error. The same will be the case with A.I.
Reason first argued for researching such a planetary emergency cooling system 26 years ago.
While the pause comes as a relief to those opposed to the death penalty, Ivey's full-throated defense of the practice makes it clear that she seeks only a temporary pause in executions, not an end to the policy.
And it's not a moment too soon.
Pervasive real-time police surveillance is not just theoretical anymore.
Lethal autonomous weapons are too dangerous to develop.
Permissionless innovation works best for both scientific and moral progress.
Now watch the bioluddites swarm out of the policy woodwork.
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