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42 Essential Apps for Trial Lawyers in 2016
March 22, 2016
Settlement Apps Picture It Settled (free). Most cases never make it to trial, of course. If you are trying to reach a settlement...
March 22, 2016
Settlement Apps Picture It Settled (free). Most cases never make it to trial, of course. If you are trying to reach a settlement...
Liar! Liar! Pants on Fire!
March 21, 2016
Knowing the truth and being able to tell when someone is lying would make an attorney’s job much easier. You need not speculate as to who is telling the truth or trust your “gut” when it comes to piecing together what actually happened. Speaking and hearing the truth would make negotiations and mediations much more straightforward. Researchers at the University of Michigan – Flint are creating software to help separate those telling lies from those telling the truth, according to The Michigan...
March 21, 2016
Knowing the truth and being able to tell when someone is lying would make an attorney’s job much easier. You need not speculate as to who is telling the truth or trust your “gut” when it comes to piecing together what actually happened. Speaking and hearing the truth would make negotiations and mediations much more straightforward. Researchers at the University of Michigan – Flint are creating software to help separate those telling lies from those telling the truth, according to The Michigan...
Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image
March 20, 2016
Today, that changes thanks to the work of Tobias Weyand, a computer vision specialist at Google, and a couple of pals. These...
March 20, 2016
Today, that changes thanks to the work of Tobias Weyand, a computer vision specialist at Google, and a couple of pals. These...
Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat
March 20, 2016
The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary. A two-legged humanoid robot trudges through the snow, somehow maintaining its balance. Another robot with two arms and pads for hands crouches down and lifts a brown box and delicately places it on a shelf -- then somehow stays upright while a human tries to push it over with a hockey stick. A third robot topples over and clambers back to its feet with ease. Tens of millions of people viewed the video over the next few weeks....
March 20, 2016
The video, published to YouTube on Feb. 23, was awe-inspiring and scary. A two-legged humanoid robot trudges through the snow, somehow maintaining its balance. Another robot with two arms and pads for hands crouches down and lifts a brown box and delicately places it on a shelf -- then somehow stays upright while a human tries to push it over with a hockey stick. A third robot topples over and clambers back to its feet with ease. Tens of millions of people viewed the video over the next few weeks....
Neuroprediction: New Technology, Old Problems
March 19, 2016
Neuroprediction is the use of structural or functional brain or nervous system variables to make any type of prediction, including medical prognoses and behavioral forecasts, such as an indicator of future dangerous behavior. This commentary will focus on behavioral predictions, but the analysis applies to any context. The general thesis is that using neurovariables for prediction is a new technology, but that it raises no new ethical issues, at least for now. Only if neuroscience achieves the ability...
March 19, 2016
Neuroprediction is the use of structural or functional brain or nervous system variables to make any type of prediction, including medical prognoses and behavioral forecasts, such as an indicator of future dangerous behavior. This commentary will focus on behavioral predictions, but the analysis applies to any context. The general thesis is that using neurovariables for prediction is a new technology, but that it raises no new ethical issues, at least for now. Only if neuroscience achieves the ability...
Three Types Of Claims Metrics Every Department Should Be Looking At
March 18, 2016
There is gold at the end of the rainbow! Good news! – claims departments are now flooded with great data. Seems like great news doesn’t it. It is great news, or can be, if you’re using the data to help improve the operations, lower cost or predict the future. However, many firms aren’t using the data they have to provide valuable information for the operation. With the advent of more modern claim technology there has been a push to input more and more information about claims. Claims...
March 18, 2016
There is gold at the end of the rainbow! Good news! – claims departments are now flooded with great data. Seems like great news doesn’t it. It is great news, or can be, if you’re using the data to help improve the operations, lower cost or predict the future. However, many firms aren’t using the data they have to provide valuable information for the operation. With the advent of more modern claim technology there has been a push to input more and more information about claims. Claims...
Trust and Collaboration in the Aftermath of Conflict: The Effects of Contract Structure
March 15, 2016
Leveraging a longitudinal dataset concerning 102 inter-firm disputes, we evaluate the effects of contract structure on trust...
March 15, 2016
Leveraging a longitudinal dataset concerning 102 inter-firm disputes, we evaluate the effects of contract structure on trust...
Google AI Beats South Korean Go Professional 4-1
March 15, 2016
Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program on Tuesday beat South Korean professional Lee Sedol in the ancient board game...
March 15, 2016
Google's artificial intelligence (AI) program on Tuesday beat South Korean professional Lee Sedol in the ancient board game...
Measuring the Complexity of the Law: The United States Code
March 13, 2016
Einstein’s razor, a corollary of Ockham’s razor, is often paraphrased as follows: make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. This rule of thumb describes the challenge that designers of a legal system face — to craft simple laws that produce desired ends, but not to pursue simplicity so far as to undermine those ends. Complexity, simplicity’s inverse, taxes cognition and increases the likelihood of suboptimal decisions. In addition, unnecessary legal complexity can drive a misallocation...
March 13, 2016
Einstein’s razor, a corollary of Ockham’s razor, is often paraphrased as follows: make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. This rule of thumb describes the challenge that designers of a legal system face — to craft simple laws that produce desired ends, but not to pursue simplicity so far as to undermine those ends. Complexity, simplicity’s inverse, taxes cognition and increases the likelihood of suboptimal decisions. In addition, unnecessary legal complexity can drive a misallocation...
IBM’s Watson Can Sense Sadness in Your Writing
March 13, 2016
The AI just got a big emotion-detecting upgrade. Artificial intelligence won't be truly convincing until it can understand emotions. What good is a robot that can't understand the nuances of what you're really saying? IBM thinks it can help, though. It just gave Watson an upgrade that includes a much-improved Tone Analyzer. The AI now detects a wide range of emotions in your writing, including joy or sadness. If you tell everyone that you're fine when you're really down in the dumps, Watson should...
March 13, 2016
The AI just got a big emotion-detecting upgrade. Artificial intelligence won't be truly convincing until it can understand emotions. What good is a robot that can't understand the nuances of what you're really saying? IBM thinks it can help, though. It just gave Watson an upgrade that includes a much-improved Tone Analyzer. The AI now detects a wide range of emotions in your writing, including joy or sadness. If you tell everyone that you're fine when you're really down in the dumps, Watson should...
