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Modern Toolbox: Governments banning cryptocurrency demonstrates it can become a powerful financial revolution

Jaeyoung Choi March 31, 2021
A governmental ban only tells me cryptocurrency is a powerful threat and an imminent future.
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I Call Foul Play: Earth should come before Mars

Luca Becker March 5, 2021
Musk and Bezos, with their wealth and influence, have the power to be major players in humanity’s fight against climate change. They should use their resources for good rather than to tackle the next frontier.
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Modern Toolbox: Cryptocurrency is the future

Jaeyoung Choi February 24, 2021
Cryptocurrency is set to change the world, for better or worse. If you want to be part of the biggest financial revolution since the creation of the International Monetary Fund in 1945, the time is now.
Luca Becker

I Call Foul Play: Billionaires Will Continue to Act Immorally — Tax Them

Luca Becker September 29, 2020
The American people must call for change. In a climate where the same wealth inequalities that plagued their grandparents are being exacerbated, citizens must ask themselves if billionaires should even exist.
Boston University professors Kate Saenko underscore the need to know what artificial intelligence machines have learned and how they will use the knowledge to make decisions. COURTESY OF MIKE MACKENZIE/ FLICKR

Professor Kate Saenko explores AI decision-making complexities in research

Alisha Amado October 11, 2018
Artificial intelligence has infiltrated the lives of over 39 million Americans who have purchased smart speakers such as Amazon’s Echo or Alexa. Within the field of AI, another trend has developed: technology that is complex and inscrutable. Kate Saenko, a professor in Boston University’s College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Computer Science, delved into the networking behind AI machines and how the technology functions to make decisions.
Boston University filed a letter of intent to begin construction on a data science building on Commonwealth Avenue next to the Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. COURTESY OF RACHEL LAPAL

BU releases data sciences center plans

Daily Free Press Staff October 2, 2018
Boston University released a project notification form Monday for a planned data sciences center on Commonwealth Avenue.
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