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Ten years ago, AlphaGo trounced human competitors—and its legacy is still present in today’s most advanced bots
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Fargo police stand by their actions after a Tennessee grandmother was jailed based on questionable AI-generated evidence, raising concerns about the reliability of technology in law enforcement.
EJW Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026 Specification Searching in the Race between Education and Technology: Joseph Francis criticizes a canonical model of the American labor market, which has been used to advocate for more funding for education to reduce inequality. He shows how the model has routinely failed to predict the evolution of the college […] The post New issue of Econ Journal Watch appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesSentences to ponderGrade Caps are Not a Good Solut...
It’s well known that grade inflation has “degraded” the informational content of grades at many colleges. At Harvard, two-thirds of all undergraduate grades are now A’s—up from about a quarter two decades ago. In response, a Harvard faculty committee has proposed capping A grades at 20 percent of each class (plus a cushion for small […] The post Grade Caps are Not a Good Solution to Grade Inflation appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsYes. When I was in law school, there was this cl...
As Democrats gain momentum across the country, Republicans rely on redistricting, voting laws, and court rulings to reshape the battlefield
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The Iran war is enriching Russia and China at the expense of the West