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...there's been little worry of wily computers inventing ways to outsmart (and replace) their owners. The annoying little paperclip in Microsoft Word is no great testament to the progress of artificial intelligence. But the claim that computers can't create has been challenged by two recent experiments, in which the output of computer programs--rigid algorithms with little room for intellectual freedom--was judged to be indistinguishable (or even better!) than the attempts of unconstrained human imaginations. In other words, originality may be a little more unoriginal than we thought...
...brass at Dow Corning, one of the makers of the now-infamous silicone breast implant. In a preliminary statement, a federal judge announced Tuesday that Dow Corning will pay $4.5 billion in order to come out of bankruptcy - a figure that includes $3.2 billion in damages to women who claim they were injured by the chemical giant's negligence. "This is one of the great cases of product liability in American legal history," says TIME senior writer Adam Cohen. "The whole case is very controversial; there are so many sympathetic plaintiffs saying they've suffered a variety of health problems...
...Jones, the fastest woman in the world, and her husband, world champion shot-putter C.J. Hunter, were on hand at Lavietes Pavilion to watch their close friend, Harvard junior center Melissa Johnson, lead the Crimson (3-2) to an 83-50 blowout win over Sacred Heart (1-3) to claim the Harvard Invitational title...
...that frowns on personal slurs. The mayor is deeply committed to personal slurs. He characterizes anybody who disagrees with him as an irredeemably corrupt human being who holds opinions no rational person would countenance. If Giuliani were faced with a prohibition on such language, he might be forced to claim the protection of the First Amendment for himself...
...ahead is the expected demise of external tariffs sheltering the auto pact, after last month's World Trade Organization interim ruling that they discriminated against Japanese and other automakers. While Ottawa ponders whether to appeal the ruling, doomsayers are predicting the end of the "sweetheart" tariff holiday that they claim has underwritten Great Lakes prosperity for the past three decades. But the tariff ruling is probably irrelevant...