{"id":528873,"date":"2022-12-18T04:11:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T01:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-17-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-12-18T04:11:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T01:11:54","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-dec-17-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-17-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Dec. 17, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d422641dd1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d422641dd1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-17-2022\/#%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Dec_17_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Dec. 17, 2022&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Dec_17_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Dec. 17, 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/121222kHochul4wf.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p><strong>Raises for pols<br \/><\/strong>Even by New Yorkers\u2019 low-grade expectations of their elected officials, Gov. Hochul\u2019s support for Assembly and state Senate raises is astounding (\u201cKat: Yes, return &amp; raise your own pay!\u201d Dec. 10).<\/p>\n<p>The governor, her predecessor and both Democratic legislative conferences have imposed the worst crime spree on our citizenry in decades \u2014with no sanction.<\/p>\n<p>In the five boroughs, they\u2019ve destroyed the beautiful city bequeathed to us by Mayor Michael Bloomberg\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>One legislator, referencing the prospective raises, remarked \u201cYou get what you pay for.\u201d I say, \u201cWe should pay more for this disaster?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld<\/em><br \/><em>Great Neck<\/em><br \/><em><br \/><\/em><strong>Robot cop danger<br \/><\/strong>Rich Lowry takes the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to task for reversing their decision to allow their police department to deploy killer robots under limited circumstances (\u201cKiller Robots? Hooray,\u201d PostOpinion, Dec. 10).<\/p>\n<p>He argues that fear is unwarranted and based upon a century of fictional portrayals of robots gone amok. Three specific arguments are offered: 1) Robots to date have not caused any significant problems. True. 2) Robots are very useful tools and, in some cases, robot-administered lethal force has saved innocent lives. True. 3) \u201cWe are extremely far away from the time when robots achieve human-like autonomy, or when AI matches our intelligence.\u201d Not so fast.<\/p>\n<p>The I in AI usually is taken as human-like intelligence. Robot autonomy and intelligence need not be human-like, nor should we expect them to be so.<\/p>\n<p>Like Thomas Nagel\u2019s famous bat, computers and robots may manifest both autonomy and intelligence in a manner very alien and even incomprehensible to us. That makes them no less dangerous, and it is not obvious that time of reckoning is far away.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lawrence Bodenstein<br \/>Manhattan<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eatery group nix<br \/><\/strong>I just read the article \u201cChristian group denied service at Virginia restaurant over religious views\u201d (Dec. 11).<\/p>\n<p>The group should quit their bellyaching. If a baker can choose not to make a cake for a same-sex couple, the same can be said for not being served at an establishment that doesn\u2019t agree with what that Christian group stands for.<\/p>\n<p>I say this as a lifelong Catholic, but if we are going to be outraged by this, we also must remember how the couple felt when that baker refused to make their cake.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, as a businessman, the thing I\u2019d care about is the bottom line. But splitting hairs is how we got to where we are.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time we all stop this petty bickering and get back to things that matter. Getting this country back on track should be the only concern of every citizen of this once-great nation.<\/p>\n<p>We all have to live here. Do we need to be miserable, too?<\/p>\n<p><em>James Schwartz<\/em><br \/><em>Summit, NJ<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><br \/><\/em><strong>Dems\u2019 gun folly<br \/><\/strong>I\u2019d like to thank Kevin D. Williamson for getting at the truth on guns in his piece \u201cA Shot in the Dark\u201d (Post<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Script<\/a>, Dec. 11).<\/p>\n<p>President Biden, Gov. Hochul, Mayor Adams and their ilk seem to work hard at circumventing the law and placing an array of obstacles and delays in front of their constituents. If only they worked as hard on the true issues effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe someday legislators will learn you can\u2019t deter criminality by legislating against inanimate objects. Think Prohibition, drugs, gambling, etc.<\/p>\n<p>With all their talk about areas turning into the Wild West, why don\u2019t they back that up with evidence and figures?<\/p>\n<p><em>A. James Tortora<\/em><br \/><em>Staten Island<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? Send your thoughts (along with your full name and city of residence) to letters@nypost.com. Letters are subject to editing for clarity, length, accuracy and style.<\/em><\/strong>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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