In the realm of space, humanity’s presence is a mixed bag: we have numerous autonomous satellites, a significant amount of space debris, and a small crew aboard the ISS. Given this current state, the average person may question the necessity of implementing specialized space laws: why do we need them…

The latest post by Andrew Ng on LinkedIn goes like this: ChatGPT is sometimes amazing, and sometimes hilariously wrong. Here, it explains to me why an abacus is faster than a GPU. 😀 It is hilarious how AI can reason about topics faulty from the beginning. Let’s rewrite the last…

The debate about how the state should regulate sex work seems to be everlasting. Some feminists strongly insist on the need for regulation, while others point out an inherent ethical contradiction: “How can one be a feminist and opt to legalize a trade that harms the very selfhood of a ‘worker’?” The two sides are forever batting arguments and curses back and forth, often causing friendships to break apart and collaborations to come to an end.

Labor migration from Ukraine to Russia has somewhat changed since 2014. Despite the apparent enmity between the two countries, it proliferates. I present an ethnographic account of what has been happening with it since the Revolution of Dignity. — As a 45-year-old woman scoops up another spoonful of cereal for the three year old child she has professionally taken care of during the past couple of years, she tells me :

Many scientists prefer to believe that they have nothing to do with politics. The reality is that the grant applications review process goes hand in hand with politics. The commission’s objective is to evaluate from which of the proposed projects society would benefit the most. …