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The Scored Society: Due Process for Automated Predictions
May 9, 2014
Abstract: Big Data is increasingly mined to rank and rate individuals. Predictive algorithms assess whether we are good credit risks, desirable employees, reliable tenants, valuable customers—or deadbeats, shirkers, menaces, and “wastes of time.” Crucial opportunities are on the line, including the ability to obtain loans, work, housing, and insurance. Though automated scoring is pervasive and consequential, it is also opaque and lacking oversight. In one area where regulation does prevail—credit—the...
May 9, 2014
Abstract: Big Data is increasingly mined to rank and rate individuals. Predictive algorithms assess whether we are good credit risks, desirable employees, reliable tenants, valuable customers—or deadbeats, shirkers, menaces, and “wastes of time.” Crucial opportunities are on the line, including the ability to obtain loans, work, housing, and insurance. Though automated scoring is pervasive and consequential, it is also opaque and lacking oversight. In one area where regulation does prevail—credit—the...
Machine Learning and Law
May 9, 2014
What impact might artificial intelligence (AI) have upon the practice of law? According to one view, AI should have little bearing upon legal practice barring significant technical advances. The reason is that legal practice is thought to require advanced cognitive abilities, but such higher-order cognition remains outside the capability of current AI technology. Attorneys, for example, routinely combine abstract reasoning and problem solving skills in environments of legal and factual uncertainty. Modern...
May 9, 2014
What impact might artificial intelligence (AI) have upon the practice of law? According to one view, AI should have little bearing upon legal practice barring significant technical advances. The reason is that legal practice is thought to require advanced cognitive abilities, but such higher-order cognition remains outside the capability of current AI technology. Attorneys, for example, routinely combine abstract reasoning and problem solving skills in environments of legal and factual uncertainty. Modern...
Machines Without Principals: Liability Rules and Artificial Intelligence
May 9, 2014
The idea that humans could, at some point, develop machines that actually “think” for themselves and act autonomously has been embedded in our literature and culture since the beginning of civilization. But these ideas were generally thought to be religious expressions—what one scholar describes as an effort to forge our own Gods—or pure science fiction. There was one important thread that tied together these visions of a special breed of superhuman men/machines: They invariably were stronger,...
May 9, 2014
The idea that humans could, at some point, develop machines that actually “think” for themselves and act autonomously has been embedded in our literature and culture since the beginning of civilization. But these ideas were generally thought to be religious expressions—what one scholar describes as an effort to forge our own Gods—or pure science fiction. There was one important thread that tied together these visions of a special breed of superhuman men/machines: They invariably were stronger,...
Future Law 2014 Recap
May 8, 2014
On May 2, 2014, CodeX hosted its 2nd annual FutureLaw Conference bringing together leading thinkers, entrepreneurs, investors...
May 8, 2014
On May 2, 2014, CodeX hosted its 2nd annual FutureLaw Conference bringing together leading thinkers, entrepreneurs, investors...
Google Calendar Now Adds Locations from Google Maps
May 4, 2014
Early last week Google teased us with rumors of a new Calendar app update that automatically added locations from Google Maps. The update finally arrived to my device this morning (I could have sideloaded the app, but I was lazy). Admittedly, the new feature isn’t that revolutionary — I kind of thought, “duh, why isn’t this already a feature” — but will show just how important getting on Google is. At least that’s my opinion of what the whole thing means.
May 4, 2014
Early last week Google teased us with rumors of a new Calendar app update that automatically added locations from Google Maps. The update finally arrived to my device this morning (I could have sideloaded the app, but I was lazy). Admittedly, the new feature isn’t that revolutionary — I kind of thought, “duh, why isn’t this already a feature” — but will show just how important getting on Google is. At least that’s my opinion of what the whole thing means.
Going Back In Time With Google
May 3, 2014
Google has made time travel possible. Virtually at least. Through their Street View program, Google has been taking 360-degree recordings of every street in just about every city in the country for about 7 years. When this first launched in 2007, I attempted to figure out when the recordings were made. My best effort–I checked the news ticker at the ABC studios in Times Square, and saw a headline about a specific sporting event, and was able to reverse engineer the date it happened. But, when...
May 3, 2014
Google has made time travel possible. Virtually at least. Through their Street View program, Google has been taking 360-degree recordings of every street in just about every city in the country for about 7 years. When this first launched in 2007, I attempted to figure out when the recordings were made. My best effort–I checked the news ticker at the ABC studios in Times Square, and saw a headline about a specific sporting event, and was able to reverse engineer the date it happened. But, when...
Visual Law Services Are Worth a Thousand Words—And Big Money
April 29, 2014
To eliminate the guesswork from settlement negotiations, San Antonio, Texas, mediator Don Philbin developed Picture It Settled,...
April 29, 2014
To eliminate the guesswork from settlement negotiations, San Antonio, Texas, mediator Don Philbin developed Picture It Settled,...
Ignoring Shakespeare’s Butcher, Law Firm Advises How To Cut Legal Bills
April 28, 2014
Companies are slashing legal costs left and right, with consultants lining up to show them how. Curiously, one of those consultants is a Chicago law firm: Seyfarth Shaw LLP. The concept understandably has been a tough sell to some Seyfarth partners, and some general counsels are skeptical of its cost-benefit. Seyfarth has landed only a handful of known consulting clients, including Chicago's CNA Financial Corp., Nike Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., and Rockwell Collins Inc., a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based...
April 28, 2014
Companies are slashing legal costs left and right, with consultants lining up to show them how. Curiously, one of those consultants is a Chicago law firm: Seyfarth Shaw LLP. The concept understandably has been a tough sell to some Seyfarth partners, and some general counsels are skeptical of its cost-benefit. Seyfarth has landed only a handful of known consulting clients, including Chicago's CNA Financial Corp., Nike Inc. of Beaverton, Ore., and Rockwell Collins Inc., a Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based...
Analytics is a Team Sport
April 25, 2014
Often, data science is perceived as clever model building or machine language algorithms. Today’s data science should take a company along four phases of a journey; data management, data analytics, voice of the customer and core process redesign. The successful data science program requires people – data scientists and inquisitive individuals alike – to understand business challenges, listen to customer feedback and engage with front line staff (from customer service, product, operations...
April 25, 2014
Often, data science is perceived as clever model building or machine language algorithms. Today’s data science should take a company along four phases of a journey; data management, data analytics, voice of the customer and core process redesign. The successful data science program requires people – data scientists and inquisitive individuals alike – to understand business challenges, listen to customer feedback and engage with front line staff (from customer service, product, operations...
“Google Glass” – 10 Myths Debunked
April 19, 2014
In order to set the record straight Google felt compelled to debunk myths which “can be fun, but they can also be confusing or unsettling” so on March 20, 2014 Google listed “The Top 10 Google Glass Myths.” eWeek reported concerns that have been raised including: Glass devices have received some serious criticism while being used in public, including outright bans in some bars, restaurants and other businesses, as well as privacy concerns from some people who just don’t like the idea...
April 19, 2014
In order to set the record straight Google felt compelled to debunk myths which “can be fun, but they can also be confusing or unsettling” so on March 20, 2014 Google listed “The Top 10 Google Glass Myths.” eWeek reported concerns that have been raised including: Glass devices have received some serious criticism while being used in public, including outright bans in some bars, restaurants and other businesses, as well as privacy concerns from some people who just don’t like the idea...
