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Algorithms
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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Science and Ethics of Algorithms in the Courtroom”
The title of this post is the title of this new paper authored by Kia Rahnama now available via SSRN. Here is its abstract: This Article analyzes the societal and…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
The Gendered Effects of Using Algorithms of Recidivism
By Tracy Thomas
Melissa Hamilton, The Sexist Algorithm, 38 Behavioral Sciences & the Law 145 (2019)Algorithmic risk assessment tools are informed by scientific research concerning which factors are predictive of recidivism and thus…
Internet Newsletter for Lawyers
Understanding algorithms
On Urban Dictionary “algorithm” is defined as “a word used by programmers when they don’t want to explain what they did.” As the pace of practical AI adoption increases, there…
InsureReinsure
New Guidance on Insurers’ Use of Big Data and Algorithms in New York
By Zachary Lerner, Troutman Pepper Locke
Having concluded an investigation into New York life insurers’ underwriting guidelines and practices, the New York Department of Financial Services has issued Insurance Circular Letter No. 1 (2019) to advise…
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A Short Story About Dynamic Programming
Having just finished my midterm in Analysis of Algorithms (yes, the class is as dry as it sounds), my brain is still sharp on a few topics; one of them…
Technology and AI
Why Study Algorithms?
This is a question that is plaguing me at the moment as I force myself to relearn calculus for Analysis of Algorithms at Oregon State University. In moments like this,…
Media Law Prof Blog
Wang on Whether IP is “Disrupted” By the Algorithm That Feeds You Information in an Era of Fake News
Celeste Tien-hsin Wang, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, has published Is Intellectual Property ‘Disrupted’ by the Algorithm That Feeds You Information in an Era of Fake News? at…
The Right Coast
Universal Method to Sort Complex Information Found | Quanta Magazine
And unlike the coffee shop example, nearest neighbor questions are often very hard to answer. Over the past few decades, top minds in computer science have applied themselves to finding…
The Right Coast
Secret of eHarmony algorithm is revealed….
Dr Christopher Hamilton, a lecturer in philosophy and religion at King s College London, said: There are things that one can t predict. Being open to chance events seems to be…
Media Law Prof Blog
Lombardi on the Illusion of a “Marketplace for Ideas”
Claudio Lombardi, KIMEP School of Law, is publishing The Illusion of a ‘Marketplace for Ideas'. Here is the abstract.Our behaviour on the internet is continuously monitored and processed through the…