Isaac Asimov, in 1942, introduced the three laws of robotics as a way to prescribe some rules for robotic moral judgement. The three laws are: 1) A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; 2) A robot must obey the orders given it by […]
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This analysis argues that the existing task-based approach to evaluating how machines substitute for and complement workers is based upon an outdated paradigm of automation. This paradigm says that machines can only substitute for tasks that follow explicit rules. Non-routine tasks, however, are harder to automate because there are no explicit rules to be applied […]
Etsy is an e-commerce site focused on selling handmade and vintage goods. It allows independent artists to sell their goods in the Etsy craft economy–from jewelry to furniture, from clothing to craft supplies. Each seller on Etsy has his own personal storefront and sells his own goods according to market rules specified by Etsy. Furthermore, […]
The Census publishes a module on disability reaching back to 1850. During the 1800’s, the categories of disability included deaf and dumb, idiotic, and insane–labels that have since given way to contemporary categories such as cognitive difficulty and independent living difficulty. According to the Census description, insanity means: The term Insanity applies to individuals who […]
Glassdoor.com is a website for prospective employees to look for jobs as well as a portal for finding reviews of companies. It also includes a section for interviewees to comment on the interview process and report on the interview questions they were asked during the interview. I focused on collecting all the interview questions for […]
Indeed.com is a portal for finding jobs and employee evaluations of what it is like to work for a particular company. I examined three years worth of reviews for Target in New York City, New York. I analyzed 118 total reviews–covering the time period between February 12, 2018 to December 19, 2020. The reviews for […]
The Covid pandeminc spread to Hawaii in March 2020. The timeline of the response to Covid began with a refusal to allow a cruise ship disembark on March 19, 2020. On that same day, the mayor of Honolulu announced the closure of parks and instituted a 15-day ban of dining-in at restaurants and bars. On […]
This post begins with a simple graph that shows that the percent of people, particularly teens, who have texted or e-mailed while driving increases with age. Chart 1, below, shows the trend line. At the ages of 14 and 15, when most teens begin acquiring learner’s permits and restricted licenses, the percent of them who […]
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) collected data on the percent of weekly substance and alcohol use-related emergency department visits to total emergency department visits pre-Covid-19, after the White House declared a national emergency, during stay-at-home orders, and after the lifting of restrictions. The headline is that alcohol and substance abuse-related emergency […]
This post looks at the correlation between the prevalence of cigarettes, marijuana, and alcohol on a student’s grades. More specifically, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Data Archive (SAMHDA) asked youth respondents, “How many of the students in your grade at school would you say use cigarettes?” They then repeat this question, substituting cigarettes for […]