Nicolas Saunier

@aphex_twin
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Prof at Polytechnique Montreal
Intelligent and active transport, road safety, and data science/AI for transport
themestransport, artificial intelligence, open science, open source
homepagehttps://nicolas.saunier.confins.net
bloghttps://opentransport.bearblog.dev

"How many girls are riding their bikes to school?" is a better measure of a country's success than GDP.

It tells you about so much more; about access to education, gender equality, road safety, the environment...

#KiaTikaKiaPono

1. AI Is a Research Field
2. AI Is an Approach to Cognitive Science
3. AI Is a Parlor Trick
4. AI Is an Ideology
5. AI Is a Way to Hide and Devalue Human Labor
6. AI Is a Way to Shift Accountability
7. AI Is a Way to Centralize Power

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warming myself on this post like it's a space heater

Andrew Coyne and other conservative pundits join Pierre Poilievre in calling
#Canada's Alto High-Speed Rail project a $90-billion "boondoggle."

There's no business case for it, they say.

What's the business case for Ontario Premier Doug Ford's proposed $93B car tunnel under Highway 401?

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RE: https://tldr.nettime.org/@remixtures/116411630981256573

Remember folks: if they can use it against β€˜them’ they can use it against you.

#USFascism #USNazis

Amid quarrel with pope, Trump strips Miami charity of funding to house migrant kids https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article315410233.html

Catholic Charities does outstanding work. My South Jersey synagogue has partnered with the Camden chapter many times. To suddenly cancel Miami's funding in what can only be viewed as a petty, retaliatory act is disgraceful.

#Trump #PopeLeo

I feel like if your biggest fans are all enormous assholes, you should take a moment to contemplate what about your work is so attractive to enormous assholes

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/dave-chappelle-republicans-weaponized-transgender-jokes-1236565189/