What about Justice?

The second main theme of WAW is Justice. Is the most abstract theme of all because of the Justice idea only affects to humans...

...and it is because is only a human problem.
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Wednesday, 23 December 2015

Justice for AI

Deep Mind and other AI new technologies are so powerful that is necessary to provide some príncipes for develop this kind of science.


  1. AI should benefit the many, not the few.
  2.  AI research and development should be open, responsible and socially engaged.
  3.  Those who design AI should establish best practices to avoid undesirable outcomes.

Resources:

Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen on Technology in 2016 | TIME

Eric Schmidt: AI should have verification systems to avoid 'undesirable outcomes' | The Verge

Thursday, 17 December 2015

Health, generic drugs and prizes

This is a case for U.S. but... is a worldwide problem

High cancer drug prices are influenced by the availability of generic cancer drugs in a timely manner. Several strategies have been used to delay the availability of affordable generic drugs into the United States and world markets. These include: reverse payment or pay-for-delay, patent settlements, authorize generics, product hopping, lobbying against cross-border drug importation, buying out the competition, and others. In this Forum, we detail these strategies and how they can be prevented.

Resources:

Blood Journal | Strategies that delay or prevent the timely availability of affordable generic drugs in the United States

Eight Reasons Why 'No-Authorized-Generic' Promises Constitute Payment by Michael A. Carrier :: SSRN


Monday, 21 September 2015

Wednesday, 4 March 2015

Bacterias can kill... and escape?

Deadly bacterias are stored in "controlled" facilities. Sometimes... not all is under "control".


Resources:

Deadly bacteria release sparks concern at Louisiana lab