The Ironies of Automation Law: Tying Policy Knots with Fair Automation Practices Principles

Rapid developments in sensors, computing, and robotics, including power, kinetics, control, telecommunication, and artificial intelligence have presented opportunities to further integrate sophisticated automation across society. With these opportunities come questions about the ability of current laws and policies to protect important social values new technologies may threaten. As sophisticated automation moves beyond the cages of factories and cockpits, the need for a legal approach suitable to guide an increasingly automated future becomes more pressing. This Article analyzes examples of legal approaches to automation thus far by legislative, administrative, judicial, state, and international bodies. The case studies reveal an interesting irony: while automation regulation is intended to protect and promote human values, by focusing on the capabilities of the automation, this approach results in less protection of human values. The irony is similar to those pointed out by Lisanne Bainbridge in 1983, when she described how designing automation to improve the life of the operator using an automation-centered approach actually made the operator\u27s life worse and more difficult. The ironies that result from automation-centered legal approaches are a product of the neglect of the sociotechnical nature of automation: the relationships between man and machine are situated and interdependent, humans will always be in the loop, and reactive policies ignore the need for general guidance for ethical and accountable automation design and implementation. Like system engineers three decades ago, policymakers must adjust the focus of Meg Leta (Ambrose) Jones, J.D., Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Communication, legal treatment of automation to recognize the interdependence of man and machine to avoid the ironies of automation law and meet the goals of ethical integration. The Article proposes that the existing models utilized for safe and actual implementation for automated system design be supplemented with principles to guide ethical and sociotechnical legal approaches to automation

Egy szociálpszichológiai tanmese

Októberben mutatták be a magyarországi mozikban A hullám című német filmet, Dennis Gansel alkotását. Nem sokkal korábban került a könyvesboltokba egy amerikai szerző, Todd Strasser A hullám című ifjúsági regénye. Mindkét mű közös forrása egy több, mint negyven évvel ezelőtt, 1967-ben történt esemény. Egy Ron Jones nevű amerikai középiskolai történelemtanár pedagógiai „kísérletet” végzett a kaliforniai Palo Alto egyik középiskolájában. Jones meg akarta magyarázni diákjainak, hogyan is történhetett, hogy Németország polgárainak többsége aktívan támogatta Hitlert és a náci pártot, s hogy sokan közü- lük részt vettek – a parancsoknak vakon engedelmeskedve – a legkülönfélébb kegyetlenségekben, tömeggyilkosságokban

Crimes of the Heart Playbill

Providence College Department of Theatre, Dance & Film Blackfriars Theatre Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley April 8-10 & 15-17, 1994 Director, Loren E. Chadima Scenery/Lighting Design, Brian Jones Costume Design, David Costa-Cabral Cast: Lenny Magrath - Leigh A. Price; Chick Boyle - Jessica A. Salvatoriello; Doc Porter - Neal Pandozzi; Meg Magrath - Ann Marie Lynch; Babe Botrelle - Rebecca Kupka; Barnette Lloyd - Colin Pierre Baermanhttps://digitalcommons.providence.edu/crimes_pubs/1003/thumbnail.jp

Constructing AI Speech

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems such as ChatGPT can now produce convincingly human speech, at scale. It is tempting to ask whether such AI-generated content “disrupts” the law. That, we claim, is the wrong question. It characterizes the law as inherently reactive, rather than proactive, and fails to reveal how what may look like “disruption” in one area of the law is business as usual in another. We challenge the prevailing notion that technology inherently disrupts law, proposing instead that law and technology co-construct each other in a dynamic interplay reflective of societal priorities and political power. This Essay instead deploys and expounds upon the method of “legal construction of technology.” By removing the blinders of technological determinism and instead performing legal construction of technology, legal scholars and policymakers can more effectively ensure that the integration of AI systems into society aligns with key values and legal principles. Legal construction of technology, as we perform it, consists of examining the ways in which the law’s objects, values, and institutions constitute legal sensemaking of new uses of technology. For example, the First Amendment governs “speech” and “speakers” toward a number of theoretical goals, largely through the court system. This leads to a particular set of puzzles, such as the fact that AI systems are not human speakers with human intent. But other areas of the law construct AI systems very differently. Content-moderation law regulates communications platforms and networks toward the goals of balancing harms against free speech and innovation; risk regulation, increasingly being deployed to regulate AI systems, regulates risky complex systems toward the ends of mitigating both physical and dignitary harms; and consumer-protection law regulates businesses and consumers toward the goals of maintaining fair and efficient markets. In none of these other legal constructions of AI is AI’s lack of human intent a problem. By going through each example in turn, this Essay aims to demonstrate the benefits of looking at AI-generated content through the lens of legal construction of technology, instead of asking whether the technology disrupts the law. We aim, too, to convince policymakers and scholars of the benefits of the method: it is descriptively accurate, yields concrete policy revelations, and can in practice be deeply empowering for policymakers and scholars alike. AI systems do not in some abstract sense disrupt the law. Under a values-driven rather than technology-driven approach to technology policy, the law can do far more than just react

Little Women (1995) | Program

Performed: 14-17 September 1995; Kristin Laurence\u27s Little Women is a timeless story of the bond of sisterhood and family. The story follows the lives of four sisters, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy, during the Civil War and details their passage from childhood to womanhood. The play was student directed by Kimberly Kinsey, scenic design by Todd Edwards, costume coordination by Neilson Jones and Debbie Johnson, lighting design by Chris Collins, sound design by Randy Blades, technical direction by David Keefer, stage management by Jason St. John and Neilson Jones (assistant), properties by Douglas A. Millington, poster/program design and box office managed by Jan Rhodes, faculty costume advising by Freddy Clements, and produced by Carlton Ward. This item is contained within the Clements drama production materials.https://digitalcommons.jsu.edu/productions_all/1169/thumbnail.jp

The development of cultural identity in early childhood settings.

The aim of this research is to examine the support and development of cultural identity in early childhood settings in Leicester and Leicestershire. The main players are the practitioners, the parents and the children, all of whom participated in a variety of ways. No two settings are alike; each has a philosophy, resources, a mix of practitioners, children and parents, local community, and infrastructure unique to that setting. Each responds accordingly. All are committed to the concept of supporting and developing cultural identity, though they do it in different ways. The research employs both quantitative and qualitative methodology. Initially, setting-questionnaires were employed to establish an overview of resources, opinions, and ethnicity of children and practitioners in twenty-five settings. Seventy-five parents associated with the settings contributed their opinions. Seven varied settings, five in the inner-city and two in the county, were examined in-depth using a comprehensive research strategy employing a range of research instruments. There are those who say we have no cultural identity until we are older, and those who say it begins at birth. Nonetheless, a cultural identity needs nurturing, recognition, and strengthening through the good practices of the practitioners and parents. The research identifies that one end of the continuum of good practice is excellence; well trained and informed practitioners, the ability to put that knowledge into practice, and well resourced settings. Good practice continued to be demonstrated despite having to share facilities; demonstrating how enthusiasm and commitment can overcome obstacles. The setting further along the continuum was by no means demonstrating restricted practice; it was just fixed in a time-scale that was not progressing along cultural awareness lines. Cultural identity is a nebulous and elusive concept, difficult to grasp but with an all pervading influence. We all have a culture, but we don’t always recognise it. Children are our future; it is our responsibility to ensure they grow up confident and purposeful, secure in the knowledge of themselves within their culture. The research leads to the identification of good practice in a sample of settings, through the diversity of approaches appropriate to the users and local community. The intended application of this research, having examined examples of good practice, is to influence the process of initial practitioners’ training and continuing professional development

Creators of the 2020 Peregrine Review

Creators of the 2020 Peregrine Review include: Bethany Armistead Meg Banning Jacqueline Blasko Peyton Cassel Nate Castellitto Matt Dekonty Hannah Desko Alexa Glatfelter Gracie Hamman Jack Houser Fatimah Jan Rosemary Jones Courtney Kehler Aimee Kulp Will Lobossiere Erin Mackenzie Amelia Markey Christiana Martin Molly McKim Nicko McMillen Maddie Miller Chloe Patti Lydia Pebly Lynnea Robinson Janelle Ryan Micaiah Saldaña Jacy Seltzer Nicole Serianni Nathan Simms Courtney Smith Madeline Spivey Aubrey Skoubye Shanny Taylor Dakota Vaughn Hannah Rauhut Wells Clara Y

Book review: ctrl + z: the right to be forgotten by Meg Leta Jones

As more and more data is collected, shared and circulated online, should there be a right for this to be deleted, hidden or anonymised at one’s request? In Ctrl + Z: The Right to be Forgotten, Meg Leta Jones analyses this emerging debate and proposes new ways of thinking about the right to privacy in an increasingly digital world. While the book certainly raises questions for further study, this is an inspiring and pleasurable read that offers some guidance as to how to navigate this complex and controversial policy issue, writes Monica Horten