What Rough Beast…? On AI’s Potential to Surpass Humanity
The recent explosion of AI capacity, along with booming prophecies about its limitless potential, arrives at a moment of profound unease. Just over a century ago, in the aftermath of the First World War, W.B. Yeats gave poetic form to a similar anxiety. In The Second Coming, he described an old order unraveling; “the centre […]
How to Improve America’s Voting System
Professor of Economics Eric Maskin contends that the country’s traditional voting system distorts how citizens are represented and that gerrymandering exploits and worsens these distortions. He will discuss other possible voting systems and how they could make America’s election results fairer.
Gerrymandering and the Midterms
Professors Nicholas Stefanopoulus and Ruth Greenwood discuss where things currently stand with voting maps, what to expect in November, and how partisan gerrymandering may affect future election cycles.