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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to technologies that perceive, learn and reason in ways that simulate human cognitive abilities. TAP scholars consider AI’s effects on labor, business, policing, law, medicine, war, free speech, privacy and democracy, and discuss potential solutions to mitigate harms.

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TAP Academics

Daron Acemoglu
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Innovation and Economic Growth, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work

Alessandro Acquisti
Carnegie Mellon University
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising, Artificial Intelligence

Susan Athey
Stanford University
Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet, Search and Advertising, Media and Content, Artificial Intelligence

James Bessen
Boston University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Intellectual Property, Open Source, Patents, Artificial Intelligence

danah boyd
Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Erik Brynjolfsson
Stanford University
Innovation and Economic Growth, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work

M. Ryan Calo
University of Washington
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence, Future of Work

Théodore Christakis
Université Grenoble Alpes
Privacy and Security, Artificial Intelligence

Danielle Citron
Boston University
Privacy and Security, Artificial Intelligence

Kate Crawford
Microsoft New England Research & Development Center
Privacy and Security, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

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Professors Acemoglu and Athey Share Their Expertise on the Impact of AI on Jobs and the Economy at Today’s Congressional Hearing

Economists Susan Athey, Stanford, and Daron Acemoglu, MIT, will be testifying at today’s House Budget Committee hearing on artificial intelligence and the workforce.

TAP Staff Blogger

September 10, 2020

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Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to technologies that perform learning and reasoning in ways that simulate human cognitive abilities.

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Getting the First Amendment Wrong

Clearview AI is wrong about privacy and wrong about the First Amendment. It would have you believe that the moment you post a photo of yourself on Facebook or walk outside your house, you abandon any privacy interest in your image or your whereabouts because they are now “public.” — Woodrow Hartzog, Professor of Law, Northeastern University and Neil Richards, Professor of Law, Washington University

Woodrow Hartzog
Boston Globe
September 4, 2020

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Resilience: A New Tool in the Risk Governance Toolbox for Emerging Technologies

The risks of nanotechnology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and neuroscience are hard to assess in advance, making these sectors hard to regulate. Regulators should adapt their rules on an ongoing basis, as the technology’s effects are understood.

By: Gary E. Marchant, Yvonne A. Stevens

January 2, 2017

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