Why “Law” is being discussed
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I'm reminded of how the head of Oregon's DMV once described the legalities of merging onto the highway. "Yielding is the law, merging is what we do." Technically the merging tra…
by rootusrootus · Oct 31, 2026
That doesn't matter since they committed their copyright crimes BEFORE the law was changed to allow it. Congress cannot change the law retroactively, so what happens afterwards…
by spwa4 · Oct 31, 2026
> I don't understand how OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft ... get to do this They wrote the law to serve them. They will modify the law to serve them. It is funny how…
by hulitu · Oct 31, 2026
I understand your desire to have smaller models that are SOTA, but it may be more difficult than you realize. Think of it this way, a 100m model is like an infant, in fact we ca…
by kalenkilgore · Oct 31, 2026
Is there a reason people who have been shown to abuse public positions of trust, authority, or both, should not be prevented from doing so again? Though I am reminded of the fed…
by FireBeyond · Oct 31, 2026
Thatcher was a scientist, but no more an academic than most politicians. She had a honors bachelors degree. An Oxford MA is awarded three years later on application, and is not…
by robotresearcher · Oct 31, 2026
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Law is a set of rules that are created and enforced by governmental or societal institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a legislature, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or by judges' decisions, which form precedent in common law jurisdictions. An autocrat may exercise those functions within their realm. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history, and society in various ways and also serves as a mediator of relations between people. Read more on Wikipedia