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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2025-02-01 at 14:02

NSF starts vetting all grants to comply with Trump's EOs

https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-starts-vetting-all-grants-comply-trump-s-orders

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2025-01-25 at 18:17

The TokTok debate continues -- Houston Matters

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/shows/houston-matters/2025/01/23/511764/tik-tok-has-a-temporary-reprieve-but-the-debate-over-the-u-s-ban-continues/

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2025-01-19 at 00:46

International Holocaust Memorial Day

https://events.rice.edu/event/399144-international-holocaust-remembrance-day

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2025-01-13 at 19:19

Risks From AI to the Economy and Society

https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2025/meetingapp.cgi/Session/34275

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2025-01-12 at 16:59

Cynthia Dwork wins National Medal of Science

https://www.i-programmer.info/news/239-awards-and-prizes/17740--national-medal-of-science-for-cynthia-dwork.html

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2025-01-07 at 20:37

World Logic Day Lecture

https://events.rice.edu/event/398881-moshe-vardi-world-logic-day-lecture-homo-ratiocinator

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2025-01-07 at 20:19

National Medals of Science and Technology https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2025/01/05/biden-names-25-recipients-of-national-medals-of-science-technology/

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-12-25 at 15:39

But the belief in the magical power of the free market always to serve the public good has no theoretical basis.

https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/i-was-wrong-about-the-ethics-crisis/

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-12-24 at 16:36

Rice students defeat anti-Israel referendums

https://jhvonline.com/rice-students-defeat-antiisrael-referendums-p34304-281.htm

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-12-22 at 16:44

I now think, however, I was wrong. I think I was right to advocate for laws and regulation to address the adverse impacts of computing, but I now believe we do have an ethics crisis in computing. https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/i-was-wrong-about-the-ethics-crisis/

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-12-20 at 15:50

Niall Ferguson, a Hoover Institution historian, described cyberspace as “cyberia, a dark and lawless realm where malevolent actors range.” https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/i-was-wrong-about-the-ethics-crisis/

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-12-19 at 17:47

Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan described Silicon Valley executives as “moral Martians who operate on some weird new postmodern ethical wavelength” https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/i-was-wrong-about-the-ethics-crisis/

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-12-18 at 22:10

I was wrong about the Ethics Crisis https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/i-was-wrong-about-the-ethics-crisis/

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-12-14 at 01:58

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/13/openai-whistleblower-found-dead-in-san-francisco-apartment/?campaign=sjmnbreakingnews&g2i_eui=2QWoSoo8yrTd0dAR%2BD15W3RiAT7wtWGF&g2i_source=newsletter&active=no&lctg=A45B84DFB47C94E154F92584F2

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-12-04 at 02:29

We have observed actors tied to Iran’s government posing as activists online, seeking to encourage protests, and even providing financial support to protesters. https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2024/3842-statement-from-director-of-national-intelligence-avril-haines-on-recent-iranian-influence-efforts

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-12-03 at 01:18

This talk was given on Oct. 20, 2024, about two weeks before the US presidential election. If you listen carefully, you will hear that I implicitly explained Trump's future win. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2kiR0_eQq4

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-11-30 at 20:52

My talk starts at 12:00

https://www.youtube.com/live/_kSYJ8fD9es

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-11-30 at 19:51

Bottom line: Democrats lost in 2024 because they have abandoned the working and middle classes. Plain and simple. https://medium.com/@vardi/the-united-state-of-america-nov-6-2024-what-happened-785b8437e114

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-11-29 at 20:16

Identity politics is sometimes preoccupied with terminology, but with little progress to show for it.

https://medium.com/@vardi/the-united-state-of-america-nov-6-2024-what-happened-785b8437e114

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Written by Moshe Vardi on 2024-11-27 at 17:39

As the Democrats leaned more into identity politics, the Republicans leaned more into the culture wars. https://medium.com/@vardi/the-united-state-of-america-nov-6-2024-what-happened-785b8437e114

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