The problem with the new chatbots is not just that they are often stupid and naive; it is that they are not “stupid” or “naive” enough to pick up on the nuances, ironies, and revealing contradictions that constitute human culture and communication. Worse, by relying on them, we risk succumbing to the same obtuseness.
fears that the rise of powerful chatbots will spell the death of irony and nuance in human thought.
Following the latest banking crisis, monetary authorities should seriously consider how modern digital technologies could be used to avert such problems in the future. A central bank digital currency would both eliminate many barriers to financial transactions and end the risk of bank runs once and for all.
explains how central bank digital currencies would end bank runs and banks' excessive risk-taking.
布达佩斯—匈牙利媒体委员会于去年9月拒绝延长国内仅存的反对派媒体电台克鲁布电台(Klubradio)的决策并不出乎任何人的预料。该委员会并未费心佐证其所谓克鲁布电台一再违反媒体法的说辞,也没有人真会指望它这么做。这不过是匈牙利政府长期反对独立媒体运动的一段最新篇章。
2010年大选刚刚结束,一俟总理维克托·奥尔班及其右翼青民盟政党重新掌权,这场袭击就已经开始了。政府立即通过了一系列限制媒体渠道的新法律,同时成立了由效忠者组成的媒体委员会来执行这些举措。在一年左右时间里,所有供职于公共媒体的独立记者均被赶下台,而公共广播公司也因此成为政府的喉舌。
自那以后,青民盟稳步强化了其对匈牙利媒体的控制。借助一大批对该党持支持态度的寡头之手,青民盟控制了主要电视台和广播电台、新闻门户网站和纸媒体出版机构。在2018年下半年,与奥尔班结盟的寡头们成立了中欧新闻和媒体基金会,该基金会目前控股高达约500家媒体机构。
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