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Thought #14. Freedom (not of judgment)

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Living is not easy. As long as you are still alive, you had better be ready to make very tough decisions every now and again . When complications arise , some individuals are prone to bury their head in the sand .  You can effortlessly draw a parallel between this behaviour and cowardice , to say the least , but then your comparison would be tantamount to the absurd . From my point of view, more often than not you will have to resort to a bit of imagination if you really want to show sound judgment . Being shrewd enough not to  take a dim view of your fellow's way of tackling problems is again not easy.  Freedom of speech and freedom of thought would have been unthinkable two generations ago. Now that we have these rights, we must be cautious and vigilant about coming to hasty conclusions when assessing whether someone has acted badly or not. That is easier said than done . Luckily, practice makes perfect. 

Thought #13. AI bias.

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Once upon a time, people knew the difference between rightness and badness . As if it was an Opera, the history of AI (acronym of Artificial Intelligence) began promisingly, but then things started to go wrong. The opening of AI goes back to ancestry when the Greek mythology created Pandora, the first “artificial” woman. Each Olympus god was commissioned to make a contribution to Pandora’s process of creation with the sole aim of taking beauty into account. During the interlude, step by step, new features and unique gifts were conscientiously added by the band of male creators . They went to great lengths to make Pandora in their own image (a mental image of a sexually arousing creature). Pandora received a jar as a wedding present and was told not to open it. Thinking that it was a mere misdemeanour , she could not help opening the jar, triggering unexpected consequences. To the astonishment of the ancient Greek gods (and goddesses) of the epoch, the sad coda was th...