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There is evidently trouble in Syria. Handout this morning to the effect that – most unfortunately and much against H.M. Government’s will – General de Gaulle is insisting that Syria is still under a French mandate and it is impossible … Read more

Robert Barsky examines the profound impact of Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia” on Noam Chomsky’s early embrace of left-libertarian and anarchist ideologies. By: Robert F. Barsky Unlike the many members of the left who captivated him as a young man — … Read more

Back in 2014, Elon Musk referred to AI as summoning the demon. And it wasn’t hard to see that view. Soon, Go agents would beat top humans learning from self play. By the end of 2017, the same algorithm mastered … Read more

Essential revisions: 1) Include a diagram to illustrate the experimental workflow of the study We have made this diagram and included it as Figure 1. 2) Improve the quality of images and colors in Figure 3 and 4. In Figure … Read more

George Orwell published his essay “Politics and the English Language” in April 1946 after a second world war and one of the most extensive uses of propaganda in an era of mass media. In the essay, he offers an argument, … Read more

Until a New York Times exposé on George Santos revealed exaggerations in his resume, finances, and even his family history, few knew about the alleged allegations – except readers of The North Shore Leader, a local Long Island newspaper with … Read more

* “It is a sign of the speed at which events are moving that Hurst and Blackett’s unexpurgated edition of Mein Kampf, published only a year ago, is edited from a pro-Hitler angle. The obvious intention of the translator’s preface and … Read more

George Hotz wants to build a human. During our afternoon meeting in his San Diego apartment, I asked him why. “To truly understand what I am. If you want to understand what a radio is,” he said, “build it from … Read more