Robert Zafft

Did Overhyped Marketing Kill Two Tesla Passengers? “Autopilot” That Isn’t

Picking through the charred remains of a Tesla crash last weekend, first responders found two bodies in passenger seats, but none at the wheel. It’s possible they incorrectly used Tesla’s much-touted “Autopilot” feature. If so, did they die from their own folly, or from overhyped marketing? Electric Cars Are Not Carbon Neutral When They Burn …

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Will Electric Vehicles Pull Us Back From The Climate Brink — Or Push Us Over It?

Environmental impact has become a key metric for business ethics and governance. It’s also an issue that should concern everyone. Duty calls for digging into the numbers. Does recent data on electric vehicles (“EVs”) suggest that they will pull us back from the climate brink — or push us over it? What Time Does the …

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Shareholder Democracy: McKinsey Partners Oust CEO Kevin Sneader

In a process as secretive as a papal conclave, involving only slightly less mystique, McKinsey’s senior partners refused Kevin Sneader a second term as CEO. Shareholder democracy has spoken. But what did it say? A Rare “One And Done” McKinsey & Company operates as unified global partnership. The firm’s approximately 650 senior partners elect the …

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Will Artificial Intelligence Produce Synthetic Sociopaths?

Some day soon, computers may convincingly mimic human empathy. Will this lead to ethical artificial intelligence, or synthetic sociopathy? A Turing Test for Ethical Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) Technologists and ethicists have started to explore the form and meaning of a Turing Test for Ethical AI. The Original Imitation Game — Can Machines Think? 20th century …

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