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Should we consider the international security under threat? Are we underestimating any risk?
Tommaso Lecca talks to Caitlin Ryan, Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen-Centre for International Relations, and with MA students in International Security Orion Noda and Georgia Petropoulou. Continue reading “The Future of International Security. Paramount or Paranoia?”
Originally published on https://zeitwurst.wordpress.com
Words by Tommaso Lecca, in Groningen
Professionals and academics urge for a deeper focus on ethical issues regarding artificial intelligence (AI). Increasing concerns are arising about robots’ behaviour and the way they will soon influence people’s lives. For example, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced earlier this week that he’s launching a startup called Neuralink. The declared aim is finding a way to merge human brains with computers to avoid human intelligence being overtaken by artificial devices. Continue reading “Ethics class for robots”
Originally published on http://www.thespokenews.com
The Flying Spaghetti Monster Lands on the Netherlands
Can the Government Define a Religion as Fake?
By Spela Krajnc, Tommaso Lecca, Petra Ondrisakova, Anna Severinenko
The Dutch secularism has been challenged since the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster engaged a legal battle to be recognized as a religion. What might seem to be a complete nonsense for outsiders is actually a fight for a religious freedom and equality in the Dutch society. Many of the 12 000 members of the church registered in the Netherlands are meeting obstacles when wearing their religious headgear, a spaghetti strainer, in ID photos. Continue reading “The Flying Spaghetti Monster Lands on the Netherlands”
LIVE BROADCAST!
At 11am (UTC+1) on Thursday 22nd December, The Spoke broadcasted LIVE on radio, directly from a studio in Groningen!
If you want listening to my segment, please go to minute 50.30
The Night of the Guitars is a one-night music festival where musicians are invited to play cover songs by the most popular artists worldwide. I met two of the organizers–Peter and Everhard–to understand why this event has become so popular over the last ten years.
More info: www.nightoftheguitars.com
Originally published on http://www.thespokenews.com
The story of a man addicted to people
After leaving a park, two friends were walking on a quiet street on the Asian side of Istanbul. All of a sudden, they saw a bunch of people running towards them wearing gas masks. More surprised than scared, the two men could only watch in surprise until the Turkish Army fired tear gas into the sky. Their eyes started tearing and burning. They took shelter in a restaurant, but Berto’s idea to wash the tears away with fresh water was the wrong move. While his eyes were blazing even more than before, his Italian buddy Emanuele was shouting “I’ll never travel again with you! Every time that we are together, I find myself in trouble!” Continue reading “The story of a man addicted to people”
Originally published on http://www.thespokenews.com
Italian lawmakers fail to tackle revenge porn and cyberbullying
The suicide committed two weeks ago by Tiziana Cantone brought the topic of privacy on the Internet under the public spotlight. Continue reading “Italian lawmakers fail to tackle revenge porn and cyberbullying”
Originally published on http://www.thespokenews.com
While city improvements fail to materialize, property owners lose income
By Tommaso Lecca and Cătălin Radu
Real estate owners from the former red light district A-kwartier of Groningen are furious with the mayor’s office after losing tens of thousands of euros in rent. Continue reading “While city improvements fail to materialize, property owners lose income”
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A new house for the emergent brewery Bax Bier
Groningen’s artisanal beer aficionados will have another place to try local brews when a new microbrewery opens its doors this evening. Continue reading “A new house for the emergent brewery Bax Bier”
An unexpected partnership between the University of Cagliari (“UniCa”) and The John Marshall Law School of Chicago
Originally published on justinians.org Continue reading “Chicago sei UniCa!”
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