A sex robot with AI could eventually become a diverting companion, but it would tell various companies everything about you.

If you use your imagination, a fantasy that costs you nothing can be as enjoyable as an expensive robot, and it won't spy on you.

We All Need to Defend Speech We Hate. Even right-wing bigots such as Ann Coulter or the troll should not be blocked from speaking to people.

The campaign to raise the federal minimum wage has grown considerably stronger since two years ago.

SCROTUS will not support it, but the effort is worth while because it shows that they stand for low wages.

The copyright industry wants to convert the head of the copyright office into its own servant by having the president appoint him.

I expect this to make it very hard to get any significant DMCA exemptions in the future. The DMCA exceptions process is basically a distraction, meant to divert energy away from campaigning to repeal the unjust sections of the DMCA. But it has provided limited relief from the wrong, because the copyright office has granted some exemptions. If it stops, maybe we can mobilize opposition to the DMCA again.

Nonetheless, I oppose this change, and I hope some organization will start a campaign against it that I can support. I do not believe in endorsing a change for the worse on the supposition that it might spur opposition.

The idea that copyright should "balance" interests of copyright holders with those of the public gives the copyright holders too much importance. Copyright is supposed to balance one aspect of public interest with another aspect of public interest.

Russia wants the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to send an investigation team to Khan Sheikhun to verify whether the deadly chemical released there was sarin. The western countries in the organization voted against this, leading to suspicion they are covering something up.

Assad and Russia together can surely assure the safety of inspectors from their side, and if the rebels refuse, the onus will fall on them.