New York actually had Air Taxis (passenger van helicopters) that shuttled people around the city until 1979 when a horrible crash ended the company forever.
Life almost certainly exists elsewhere in the universe (particularly if you consider that which is beyond what we define as ”observable”). As others have commented, it’s too large for it not to exist.
However, it does seem extremely rare and could be so rare that it doesn't exist in the observable universe (it's almost certainly not in our Local Bubble).
It is interesting to also think about the likelihood of "intelligent" life. Because while basic, simple organisms are bound to appear somewhere else considering the universe's vastness, the idea that they could develop this intelligence and self-awareness is another big leap that doesn't seem like it necessarily needs to happen wherever life is happening.
What is the actual problem with AI generated text in and of itself?
If it was completely AI generated without any human intervention, it likely would have been fairly generic / poor writing anyway. At least for the time being, AI is a new tool at our disposal but it's still just a tool, like a calculator or a hammer.
Students should be judged on the merit of the work even if some of the work is AI generated.
> - forcing a range means these ranges will skew lower so higher performing people will lose out and average salaries will go down
I could easily see this having the opposite effect: Forcing a range causes employers (particularly those with less name recognition) to increase posted salaries in order to get people interested enough to apply.
I don't see how posting lower salaries would do anything but discourage top applicants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Airways