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Capitol Connections Blog
The Long Way Down: Venezuela’s Crisis in Slow Motion
March 08, 2019March 5, 2019 In order to explain the long history behind Venezuela’s current crisis, former Ambassador to Venezuela and director of Duke’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Patrick Duddy delivered a Capitol Hill briefing, March 1. Duddy spoke Read More...
Controlling the Rise of Artificial Intelligence is a Two-Way Street
February 19, 2019February 15, 2019 The problem with artificial intelligence is that is still fairly stupid. It is prone to bias and misunderstands context clues. It misreads street signs and confuses humans for robots. But humans also succumb to biases and false Read More...
Updates - Government Shutdown December 2018/January 2019
January 25, 2019Update: 1/25/19 Tonight, Jan. 25, President Trump signed a continuing resolution government funding bill that will re-open the shuttered portions of the federal government until Feb. 15. The bill does not include funding for Trump’s border wall. The funding bill Read More...
Research Spotlight
Human-Computer Interactions - Drones
Missy Cummings, Associate Professor, Duke University Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, the Duke Institute of Brain Sciences, and the Duke Electrical and Computer Engineering Department