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

Edward Felten
Princeton University
Intellectual Property, Competition Policy and Antitrust, Networks, the Internet, and Cloud Computing, Networks and Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence

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Automation and Inequality

Economics professors Daron Acemoglu, MIT, and Pascual Restrepo, BU, explain why the US and many industrialized countries are seeing rising wage inequality go hand in hand with modest productivity gains.

Daron Acemoglu and Pascual Restrepo

May 2, 2022

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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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Complex Questions as Face Recognition Tech Joins Ukraine War

“One of the most well-known problems with facial recognition technology is that it's not perfect, and it will make errors and in some cases those misidentifications can be life changing.” — Eric Goldman, Co-director, High Tech Law Institute, Santa Clara University School of Law

Eric Goldman
Radio France Internationale (RFI)
March 25, 2022

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The European Union General Data Protection Regulation: What It Is and What It Means

Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most important data protection regulation in decades, and will affect data processing world-wide. Under the GDPR, firms must develop detailed data processing policies.

By: Chris Hoofnagle, Bart van der Sloot, Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

February 10, 2019

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