If the people who are in charge of designing and training AI systems are biased (along the lines of race, gender, religion, etc.) do their biases show up in the finished AI? Not so long ago, one of Amazon’s facial-recognition AI’s was revealed to have incorrectly matched US politicians to the identities of US criminals. […]
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Fullmetal Alchemist (GBA) Review: Can You Play This?
TL;DR: the Bottom Line This game feels more like watching an anime than playing a game. (+) True to the source material. (-) Tedious gameplay. Can You Play This? The dialogue is the best aspect to the game, and it’s only in Japanese, so I can’t recommend this to Anglophones. Even if you loved […]
Climbing Mt. Fuji: what you need and what you don’t
What should you purchase for a hike up Mt. Fuji, and what should you avoid? Rain gear It’s not unreasonable to expect rain on your hike. You can rent rain gear from sundry locations, but there may be a better option. Our travel bus stopped at a small rental shop; a couple of our number […]
Danu’s Lock | Magical Treasure Hunt 2013
When I say that the Box of Bog Bryg held an opera, I mean that it in fact held the entire 100-page score to an opera: Atalanta by George Frideric Handel.[1] Naturally, we all understood — to varying degrees but all at once — that Remy’s last words pertained to this opera: Atalanta’s 15th aria, not […]