Back in the summer Primavera De Filippi took the stage at Friends With Benefits to discuss ‘Protocolism: New Artistic Practices in the Age of Blockchain and Generative AI’ 🌟Catch up on the talk, which featured an in-depth introduction to alias.studio and how it’s redefining creative workflows

In Germany, corporate documents are "minutes" of "meetings", real not virtual. Theoretical assurance that the parties have actual knowledge of the terms, even if they nod off. An odd inversion of the fiction of tl;dr contract "consent" in US and other laws.

Social physics. nytimes.com/2024/11/30/art…. .

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The GA4GH Model Data Access Agreement Clauses provide guidance language to be incorporated in data access agreements that support biomedical data sharing to help researchers access data efficiently and ethically in line with local legislation. Read more: bit.ly/41lzPua

Was thinking about the way we did meetings when I was in government, and there was no excuse for the level of choreography and even rehearsal at private meetings. If discussion & finding truth is one goal of a meeting, formalized occasions really don't get you anywhere

I’m with Jennifer Pahlka, Chris Anderson, @JohnArnoldFndtn, and tylercowen in cheering on Elon and DOGE. One attraction of Twitter these months will be having an inside view on how the project plays out.

I think it's more likely the CRUD will be the 'system of record' and will be the equivalent of "tool use" for the AI agents. The sheer fact LLMs are somewhat unpredictable makes the CRUD part of applications a feature, not a bug.

This is a good case study in government spend: I think we can all agree that the IRS should root out tax fraud and deliver a great service to all taxpayers seeking help. But, we can also ask whether hiring 80,000 additional IRS employees is the best way to accomplish those goals

New Paper: Opportunities & Challenges in Legal AI. AI & #LLMs could transform the legal industry—but adoption faces hurdles: Limited access to quality data, Misaligned biz models, Tech challenges. We explore strategies to overcome & unlock innovation: law.stanford.edu/publications/o…

this started as a "build it for myself" project, so while it's so far focused on how i normally interact with new laws&rules, i'd love to hear what others would like to see in this!

"i've seen things you people wouldn't believe. fifteenth century writs etched in iron gall, the barrage of tariffs from trade wars long forgotten. patents, intricate as clockwork universes, birthing inventions now turned to dust. i drank the hollow truths of a million corporate

great articulation of why sony/betamax is not relevant in light of the medium vs medium+content difference. again, imagine every tape sold was used and not properly wiped before distribution. seller/distributor would clearly be liable under at least contributory theories

#Deepfakes are coming to courts. How will judges deal with them? The Federal Rules of Evidence set a low bar for admissibility, yet allowing juries to see deepfakes could be unfairly prejudicial. My coauthors (listed below) and I are pleased that our article is now available in

A 1.5M-parameter neural net that masters whole body motor coordination: x.com/DrJimFan/statu…

How can the Agent-Based principles of MAIDs help structure @cadCAD models, especially for teams that need structured low-demand coding practices? Join Research Engineer Robert Anderson to explore Complex Systems Modeling w/ MAIDs, GDS & @cadCAD bit.ly/3ZIpSUS

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon says that AI can draft 95% of an S1 IPO prospectus “in minutes” (a job that used to require a 6-person team multiple weeks). “The last 5% now matters because the rest is now a commodity,” per Solomon.

Identity is a complex problem to solve and it has to be uttermost, human-centric, not solely state-centric. An excellent book about identity and looking towards the right direction, was written a couple of years ago by iang - and it's free: iang.org/identity_cycle…

At UO School of Law today, talking about my new book, Good Governing. State constitutionalism and the police power. Northwestern Law Cambridge University Press - Law