Artificial intelligence, or AI, is both one of today’s hottest technologies and a significant challenge for lawmakers and regulators. As AI-based applications continue to proliferate, where are guardrails needed, and where might a hands-off approach be smarter? And how can legal scholars impact the discourse while teaching the next generation of lawyers about this important innovation?
In this episode, UC Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky is joined by Stanford Law Professor Daniel Ho(opens in a new tab) and UC Berkeley Law Professors Pamela Samuelson and Colleen Chien.
Ho is the William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law at Stanford Law, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence(opens in a new tab) and the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research(opens in a new tab), and director of the Regulation, Evaluation, and Governance Lab(opens in a new tab) (RegLab).
Samuelson is the Richard M. Sherman Distinguished Professor of Law and a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information. She’s recognized as a pioneer in digital copyright law, intellectual property, cyberlaw, and information policy. She is co-founder and chair of the board of Authors Alliance, a nonprofit organization that promotes the public interest in access to knowledge. She also serves on the board of directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as well as on the advisory boards for the Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Center for Democracy & Technology, and Public Knowledge.
Chien is a UC Berkeley Law alumna and studies a wide range of topics, including innovation, intellectual property, and the criminal justice system. The faculty adviser of the Criminal Law & Justice Center, she also founded and directs two grant-funded research initiatives: the Innovator Diversity Pilots Initiative(opens in a new tab), which develops rigorous evidence to boost inclusion in innovation, and the Paper Prisons Initiative(opens in a new tab), which conducts research to address and advance economic and racial justice.
Samuelson and Chien are faculty co-directors of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, the law school’s hub for technology law.
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“More Just” from UC Berkeley Law is a podcast about how law schools can and must play a role in solving society’s most difficult problems.
The rule of law — and the role of the law — has never been more important. In these difficult times, law schools can, and must, play an active role in finding solutions. But how? Each episode of More Just starts with a problem, then explores potential solutions, featuring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky as well as other deans, professors, students, and advocates, about how they’re making law schools matter.
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