I am confused by the outrage over Admiral’s plan to use analysis of Facebook posts to determine car insurance premiums. I am not convinced it is properly directed….
Read More… from Facebook and Admiral: A Real Cause for Concern
Agnieszka Jablonowska considers the role of data in the digital economy, focusing on the input from the BEUC, the EDPS and the Article 29 Working Party on the review of the e-Privacy Directive…
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Heike Felzmann and Rónán Kennedy address many of the issues surrounding the use of algorithms to assess mental health from public social media contributions, including some legal and ethical concerns…
While all commercial contracts are supposed to encapsulate some of the drafter’s intelligence, Kevin Gidney explains a concept that seeks to go beyond this (and beyond smart contracts) and make fuller use of artificial intelligence. He also highlights some possible applications for Intelligent Contracts….
Read More… from Intelligent Contracts – Is this the Way Forward?
This issue has a special focus on algorithms, government and the law which I hope will awaken an interest in the topic among SCL members. I am very grateful to John Danaher and Rónán Kennedy for their help in producing these articles, which arise from a seminar organised by Galway University. For reasons of space…
Peter Gallagher considers the autonomous weapons debate in international humanitarian law…
Aisling de Paor highlights some of the ethical and legal concerns arising with use of algorithms based on genetic information, and advocates the need to appropriately control and regulate these new technologies….
Read More… from The Legal Consequences of Genetic Prediction
John Danaher introduces our focus on algorithms in legal and governmental decision-making and explains some of the basic problems. You can find further linked articles in the side-panel….
Read More… from Algorithmic Decision-Making and the Problem of Opacity
If algorithmic government does ever achieve its full potential, John Morison offers an intimidating insight into the world we might see…
Read More… from Algorithmic Governmentality: Techo-optimism and the Move towards the Dark Side
Niall Ó Brolcháin asks how sovereign governments that were constituted in a bygone age can move into a new technological era that demands openness and transparency….