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https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-018-0851-7

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Can an Artificial Intelligence make distinctions among major works of politics, philosophy, and fiction without human assistance?  In this paper, Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) is used to find patterns in a relatively small sample of notable works archived by Project Gutenberg.  It is shown that an LSA-equipped AI can distinguish quite sharply between fiction and non-fiction works, and can detect some differences between political philosophy...

"Economic Analysis, Environmental Policy, and Intergenerational Justice in the Reagan Administration:  The Case of the Montreal Protocol," International Environmental Agreements:  Politics, Law and Economics 3 (2003)

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Economic arguments played a significant role in the decision by the Reagan Administration to lead the international effort to protect the stratospheric ozone layer from depletion caused by certain otherwise useful industrial chemicals....