By definition, the project of artificial intelligence has largely been concerned with replicating human capability for logic and thought. The engineering history of AI reads like a narrative conflict of man versus himself, driven to model the next great feat of thought, capability for strategy, and even humor and punning. Those engineering benchmarks met, we pit man versus the machine in highly publicized feats of strength where AI bests man in his greatest games of chess, go, and Jeopardy.

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In his November 29, 2016, Volokh Conspiracy post, Professor Orin Kerr raised some important points about the unintended or unanticipated consequences of the so-called Microsoft Ireland case.
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Saiu o primeiro de vários vídeos documentando o II Seminário Governança das Redes e o Marco Civil da Internet: Globalização, tecnologias e conectividade, que ocorreu nos dias 26 e 27 de outubro de 2016 na Faculdade IBMEC em Belo Horizonte. Semanalmente, iremos publicar os vídeos integrais de cada um dos painéis do evento. Continue acompanhando nossas publicações!
Paineis: Abertura e Governança Global da Internet & Jurisdição
Participantes: Marcel Leonardi, Carlos Affonso, Demi Getschko, Fabrício Polido, Leonel Lisboa e Dorival Guimarães.

Teresa de Rosendo y Josep Gatell presentan su nuevo libro, “Objetivo writers’ room”
Ambos son profesores del Máster en Guion Audiovisual

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On the eve of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we look at their legal rights relating to financial matters.
The article by Meera Siva was published in the Hindu Businessline on November 27, 2016.

The blog post was published by AIGA.org on November 29, 2016. Subhashish Panigrahi was consulted.

A 26-year-old electrical engineer is forced to hide his disability, for fear of losing his job. His current employer is unaware that he uses an artificial limb.
The article was published in New Indian Express on December 1, 2016. Nirmita Narasimhan was quoted.

Este 17 de noviembre la Universidad de Chile continuó con las actividades de celebración de su 174º aniversario con la Función de Gala en el Teatro de la institución. En la ocasión, la Orquesta Sinfónica de Chile y el Ballet Nacional Chileno presentaron dos piezas artísticas que homenajearon a Cervantes y Shakespeare.A las 19:45 horas se abrieron las puertas del Teatro de la Universidad de Chile, ubicado en el sector de Plaza Baquedano, para que los miembros de la comunidad pudieran disfrutar de una nueva versión de la Función de Gala Aniversario.

Cómo se adaptan los programas académicos a la realidad cambiante de la sociedad, cómo se aproximan a mejorar la enseñanza-aprendizaje y cómo las comunidades aportan a estos cambios, constituyéndose en una institución que aprende y avanza, fueron algunos de los temas abordados en el Primer Seminario de Experiencias de Innovación curricular de la U. de Chile, organizado por el Departamento de Pregrado.

Beth Noveck in the Guardian: “We lack public institutions – a participatory bureaucracy and open parliamentary processes – that know how to tap into the collective intelligence of our communities, and draw power from the participation of the many, rather than the few.

Introduction by Mark Frank, Johanna Walker, Judie Attard, Alan Tygel of Special Issue on Data Literacy of The Journal of Community Informatics: “With the advent of the Internet and particularly Open Data, data literacy (the ability of non-specialists to make use of data) is rapidly becoming an essential life skill comparable to other types of literacy.

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Dyfrig Williams at Medium: “2008 was a difficult time in Iceland.

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Many in Silicon Valley say: thumbs down to fake news! Not so fast. Great satire can be fake news! That's because satire is often "pure fiction masquerading as truth," or even real truth masquerading as fiction. Plus, satire is legally protected. Don't throw the satire baby out with the fake news bathwater. Read how!

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