Faculty are understandably fixated on AI, but we gotta start planning for persistent recording devices like Meta Glasses and the new Apple Watch.
I wish we could hold two truths at once: some uses of copyrighted works as AI training data may be fair use—getting this right has tremendous implications for other things we like, like reporting and scholarship and education—and it’s tough to name a corporation doing it that doesn’t suck.
I had to row while a guy at the gym blasted his little podcast about how close we are to AI becoming smarter than humans and we’re both unharmed 🙏
AI-generated slides bum me out. I put so my effort into beautiful slides, from illustrating people I cite or perfume bottles to collaborating with human designers, and I think people appreciate their content and aesthetics! (My colleagues can tell me if I’m wrong.)
When lawyers claim that AI is as good as their firm’s first years, I’d humbly suggest that perhaps that is a (hiring) skill issue.
Scholars often cite the Matthew Broderick classic War Games as the catalyst for the controversial Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. But the film is more pointedly about the role of humans in governing AI systems. In this essay I will
I’ve been on the phone for an hour trying to fix errors generated by my insurance’s terrible AI tools. I was told I could submit my reimbursements by mail.
It’s worth remembering that McCarthy & co. only got half their requested funding amount for their AI convening 🙏
When people tout AI as an access to justice issue, I look up their work to see if they’ve been critical of the Wexis duopoly. You’ll be shocked what I’ve found over and over!!
Can’t wait for the AI encyclical to drop. Antiqua et Nova started a conversation that I’m just dyin to have.
