TAP facilitates the dialogue between academic researchers and policy makers on critical technology and innovation issues.
Trending on Tap
Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance
Digital enforcement of rules intended to combat truck driver fatigue erodes drivers’ autonomy without reducing accidents. Truckers are paid by the mile, creating incentives for overwork.
Latest From Tap
Margot Kaminski Delves into the Current State of the Law of AI Ethics
Automation and the Workforce: A Firm-Level View from the 2019 Annual Business Survey
A survey of thousands of firms helps economists understand the spread of advanced technologies such as robotics. Advanced technologies are often used for automation, and generally improves productivity.
WeRobot 2023
Boston University School of LawBoston, MA
We Robot is the most exciting interdisciplinary conference on the legal and policy questions relating to robots. The increasing sophistication of robots and their widespread deployment everywhere—from the home, to hospitals, to public spaces, and even to the battlefield—disrupts existing legal regimes and requires new thinking on policy issues.
Hosted bythe Boston University School of Law
Video Highlight
Erik Brynjolfsson: Why Using AI to Augment Human Capabilities Has More Value Than Automation"
Stanford Professor Erik Brynjolfsson discusses the perils of focusing AI development on systems that outmatch human capabilities as opposed to systems that complement humans.
Recent Blog Posts
Margot Kaminski Delves into the Current State of the Law of AI Ethics
The Quantified Worker: Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa’s Research on Workplace Surveillance and Automated Hiring Systems
Recap of the Economics of Robots Conference
Recent Academic Article Summary
How Will Language Modelers like ChatGPT Affect Occupations and Industries
A method that assesses which occupations will be most affected by artificial intelligence (AI) predicts that advances such as ChatGPT will have significant effects in education and financial services.
Language modeling advances will significantly affect occupations such as teaching and telemarketing.
Events
WeRobot 2023
Boston University School of LawBoston, MA
We Robot is the most exciting interdisciplinary conference on the legal and policy questions relating to robots. The increasing sophistication of robots and their widespread deployment everywhere—from the home, to hospitals, to public spaces, and even to the battlefield—disrupts existing legal regimes and requires new thinking on policy issues.
Hosted bythe Boston University School of Law
24th Annual Berkeley-Stanford Advanced Patent Law Institute
Paul Brest Hall, Munger BuildingStanford University Stanford, CA
Two days of in-depth discussions on patent law with panels of leading experts. More details TBA.
Hosted bythe Berkeley Center for Law & Technology
