This may be pretty obvious to many readers, but I thought it would be fun to have a discussion about it: Generative AI should sharply propel forward the development of lifelike Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality environments (and of sub-VR visual environments, such as those for many computer games). That’s particularly clear, I think, for…
Section 230, the court says, immunizes good-faith attempts to block spam—and RNC didn’t introduce enough evidence of bad faith.
George Koob says the U.S. could follow Canada’s lead and recommend no more than two alcoholic drinks per week.
Zombie jokes, perplexing paths, and a handsy officer.
The paper worries that “social media companies are receding from their role as watchdogs against political misinformation.”
A new study from Belgian researchers found that paper straws had higher concentrations of long-lasting, water resistant “forever chemicals” than plastic or steel straws.
The hospital baselessly claimed the teenager’s mother wrote the petition after she was fired without cause. There’s a fine art to refusing to learn lessons that are right in front of your eyes. A recent newspaper column demonstrated mastery of that art, managing to simultaneously acknowledge the failures of America’s drug policy while calling for…
A self-described “anarcho-capitalist” leads in the polls ahead of Argentina’s upcoming presidential election. 8/25/1998: Justice Lewis Powell dies. Justice Lewis Powell The post Today in Supreme Court History: August 25, 1998 appeared first on Reason.com.
The sorority, the court held, had a First Amendment freedom of expressive association right to choose which students to admit (logic that suggests that a sorority would equally be free to exclude transgender members). It’s no surprise President Joe Biden is pursuing policies that use the feds to manage trade rather than allowing the marketplace…
8/26/1964: Lyndon B. Johnson nominated as Democratic candidate for president. He would make two appointments to the Supreme Court: Justices Abe Fortas and Thurgood Marshall. Genital squeezing at jail is “not related to a legitimate penological purpose” and not protected by qualified immunity. Sometimes it seems like the doctrine of qualified immunity—under which police officers…
