Example articles from the Privacy Project:
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James Bennet: Do You Know What You’ve Given Up?
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A. G. Sulzberger: How The Times Thinks About Privacy
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Samantha Irby: I Don’t Care. I Love My Phone.
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Tim Wu: How Capitalism Betrayed Privacy
On 04/03/2019,
in 21st century, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, business, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, data related items, emerging technologies, future, intelligent systems, internet, law schools, legislatures / government / legal, workplace,
by Daniel Christian
10 predictions for the future of the IoT — from bbntimes.com by Ahmed Banafa
Also see:
- How Artificial Intelligence will kickstart the Internet of Things — from bbntimes.com by Ahmed Banafa
Excerpt:
Examples of such IoT data:- Data that helps cities predict accidents and crimes
- Data that gives doctors real-time insight into information from pacemakers or biochips
- Data that optimize productivity across industries through predictive maintenance on equipment and machinery
- Data that creates truly smart homes with connected appliances
- Data that provides critical communication between self-driving cars
On 03/29/2019,
in 24x7x365 access, blogs / blogging / vlogging, ideas, law schools, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, RSS, social learning / networks, society, staying relevant, streams of content,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC:
There are all kinds of topics/legal areas represented in this network. Check it out!
On 03/28/2019,
in 21st century, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, bots, business, data related items, digital audio, digital video, emerging technologies, intelligent systems, law schools, legal technologies, legislatures / government / legal, pace of change, platforms, technology (general), tools,
by Daniel Christian
Map of fundamental technologies in legal services — from remakinglawfirms.com by Michelle Mahoney
Excerpt:
The Map is designed to help make sense of the trends we are observing:
- an increasing number of legal technology offerings;
- the increasing effectiveness of legal technologies;
- emerging new categories of legal technology;
- the layering and combining of fundamental technology capabilities; and
- the maturation of machine learning, natural language processing and deep learning artificial intelligence.
Given the exponential nature of the technologies, the Fundamental Technologies Map can only depict the landscape at the current point in time.
Information processing in legal services (PDF file)
Also see:
Delta Model Update: The Most Important Area of Lawyer Competency — Personal Effectiveness Skills — from legalexecutiveinstitute.comby Natalie Runyon
Excerpt:
Many legal experts say the legal industry is at an inflection point because the pace of change is being driven by many factors — technology, client demand, disaggregation of matter workflow, the rise of Millennials approaching mid-career status, and the faster pace of business in general.
The fact that technology spend by law firms continues to be a primary area of investment underscores the fact that the pace of change is continuing to accelerate with the ongoing rise of big data and workflow technology that are greatly influencing how lawyering gets done. Moreover, combined with big unstructured data, artificial intelligence (AI) is creating opportunities to analyze siloed data sets to gain insights in numerous new ways.
On 03/26/2019,
in 21st century, future, ideas, law schools, legislatures / government / legal, society,
by Daniel Christian
Bravely predicting the future of legal work on the Internet’s 30th birthday. — from insights.halebury.com by Liam Brown
Also see:
ElevateNext 2020 Vision Series: Susan Hackett Interview — from
Excerpt:
Q: If the current you could give advice to the future you about anything (doesn’t have to be law-related), what would it be?
Trust your creative brain; it won’t be wasted in the legal profession unless you allow it to be. You’ll have to work harder, take less money, and put up with lots of cynicism to successfully unleash your creativity in a world that wants you to conform your work and your life to the way legal has always been done. But if you’re persistent, you’ll not only succeed, but enjoy the ride. The profession of 1900 or 2000 doesn’t get to dictate what you as a lawyer will do to make your living in 2020 or 2030; it doesn’t get to create any boundaries that you can’t choose to break. And only by thinking outside of the box will you find the most successful path forward to create the profession you want to be in, rather than the one you joined.
On 03/23/2019,
in Canada, ethics, hearts -- matters of the heart, law schools, legislatures / government / legal, morals/values,
by Daniel Christian
The moral issue here — from law21.ca by Jordan Furlong
Excerpt:
“I’m not worried about the moral issue here,” said Gordon Caplan, the co-chair of AmLaw 100 law firm Wilkie Farr, according to transcripts of wiretaps in the college admission scandal that you’re already starting to forget about. Mr. Caplan was concerned that if his daughter “was caught …she’d be finished,” and that her faked ACT score should not be set “too high” and therefore not be credible. Beyond that, all we know from the transcripts about Mr. Caplan’s ethical qualms is that “to be honest, it feels a little weird. But.”
That’s the line that stays with me, right through the “But” at the end. I want to tell you why, and I especially want to tell you if you’re a law student or a new lawyer, because it is extraordinarily important that you understand what’s going on here.
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So why does any of this matter to lawyers, especially to young lawyers? Because of that one line I quoted.
“I mean this is, to be honest, it feels a little weird. But.”
Do you recognize that sound? That’s the sound of a person’s conscience, a lawyer’s conscience, struggling to make its voice heard.
This one apparently can’t muster much more than a twinge of doubt, a feeling of discomfort, a nagging sense of this isn’t right and I shouldn’t be doing it. It lasts for only a second, though, because the next word fatally undermines it. But. Yeah, I know, at some fundamental level, this is wrong. But.
It doesn’t matter what rationalization or justification follows the But, because at this point, it’s all over. The battle has been abandoned. If the next word out of his mouth had been So or Therefore, Mr. Caplan’s life would have gone in a very different direction.
On 03/20/2019,
in Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, legislatures / government / legal, United States,
by Daniel Christian
White House Launches AI.gov — from nextgov.com by Brandi Vincent
Excerpt:
All the federal government’s initiatives and resources around artificial intelligence can now be accessed on one dedicated website, AI.gov, which the White House launched today.
“It’s a real hub for all the AI projects being done across the agencies,” Michael Kratsios, the U.S. deputy chief technology officer within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, told attendees of The Economist’s artificial intelligence event in Washington.
The “third, and probably the most important” priority is a sharp focus on supporting the American worker. He said the government needs to address the impacts that the rise of automation and artificial intelligence will have on the economy and workforce. “We need to make sure that the American worker is prepared for the jobs of the future,” he said. “And we need to make sure [workers] are reskilled and retrained for [evolving jobs] and that there’s a pipeline of AI talent that continues to be the fuel for the next great discoveries.”
On 03/20/2019,
in law schools, legislatures / government / legal, productivity / tips and tricks, tools,
by Daniel Christian
ABA TECHSHOW 2019 is in the books, and the reviews are in — from techshow.com
Excerpt:
ABA TECHSHOW 2019 wrapped up on Saturday, March 2, with the now-traditional 60 Tips in 60 Minutes presented by ABA TECHSHOW Co-Chairs Lincoln Mead and John Simek, and Co-Vice-Chairs Heidi Alexander and Catherine Sanders Reach.
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It would be difficult to say it any better than legal tech blogger and the host of the Start-Up Alley pitch competition, Bob Ambrogi, who opined that “(a)fter 33 years, the ABA TECHSHOW remains relevant and essential.” Bob’s reflections on ABA TECHSHOW, including that it struck the right balance of programs and vendors, and offered a range of educational sessions from basic to innovative, were echoed many times in conversation with attendees, from long-time veterans to first-timers.
Yes, it was cold in Chicago – to some of us from naturally warmer climes, bitterly cold – but the buzz of excitement from the 15 start-ups that competed in Wednesday night’s Start-Up Alley competition, the over 40 vendors brand new to TECHSHOW, and the stellar national faculty more than made up for that. Nicole Black, technology evangelist of MyCase, captured the exciting vibe in her blog.
Dan Lear in a reflective post speculated whether it is time to take the “tech” out of TECHSHOW considering growing technology knowledge. Mike Whelan suggested a more interactive, personalized experience might work better. An ABA TECHSHOW highlight was keynote speaker Betsy Ziegler, CEO of the technology and innovation incubator 1871, who enthralled and captivated the audience shocking them with the fact that humans now have shorter attention spans than goldfish.
Looking for more takeaways? Check this summary from Sensei Enterprises, or this one from Jeff Richardson, aka iPhoneJ.D.. or TECHSHOW take-aways from Attorney at Work. The ABA Journal extensively covered ABA TECHSHOW, as did the Legal Talk Network and Above the Law.
On 03/19/2019,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Asia, change, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, ethics, future, game-changing environment, generational differences, human-computer interaction (HCI), law schools, leadership, legislatures / government / legal, morals/values, pace of change, platforms, society, sociology, technology (general), the downsides of how people use tech, tools, United States,
by Daniel Christian
A Chinese subway is experimenting with facial recognition to pay for fares — from theverge.com by Shannon Liao
Excerpt:
Scanning your face on a screen to get into the subway might not be that far off in the future. In China’s tech capital, Shenzhen, a local subway operator is testing facial recognition subway access, powered by a 5G network, as spotted by the South China Morning Post.
The trial is limited to a single station thus far, and it’s not immediately clear how this will work for twins or lookalikes. People entering the station can scan their faces on the screen where they would normally have tapped their phones or subway cards. Their fare then gets automatically deducted from their linked accounts. They will need to have registered their facial data beforehand and linked a payment method to their subway account.
From DSC:
I don’t want this type of thing here in the United States. But…now what do I do? What about you? What can we do? What paths are open to us to stop this?
I would argue that the new, developing, technological “Wild Wests” in many societies throughout the globe could be dangerous to our futures. Why? Because the pace of change has changed. And these new Wild Wests now have emerging, powerful, ever-more invasive (i.e., privacy-stealing) technologies to deal with — the likes of which the world has never seen or encountered before. With this new, rapid pace of change, societies aren’t able to keep up.
And who is going to use the data? Governments? Large tech companies? Other?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m generally pro-technology. But this new pace of change could wreak havoc on us. We need time to weigh in on these emerging techs.
Addendum on 3/20/19:
- Chinese Facial Recognition Database Exposes 2.5 Million People — from futurumresearch.com by Shelly Kramer
Excerpt:
An artificial intelligence company operating a facial recognition system in China recently left its database exposed online, leaving the personal information of some 2.5 million Chinese citizens vulnerable. Considering how much the Chinese government relies on facial recognition technology, this is a big deal—for both the Chinese government and Chinese citizens.
On 03/15/2019,
in 21st century, emerging technologies, innovation, law schools, legislatures / government / legal,
by Daniel Christian
713% growth: Legal tech set an investment record in 2018 — from forbes.com by Valentin Pivovarov
Excerpt:
Among other things, this is due to the relevance of e-Discovery as one of the most popular destinations in the whole legal tech industry.
Also see:
Future law school. What does it look like? — from forbes.com by Valentin Pivovarov
Excerpt:
Can technology upgrade legal education?
If we are promoting a society where everyone feels enfranchised, we must come up with ways to democratize access to legal education.
To speak about access to legal education in the US, only a small sliver of American citizens can afford to get a legal education at a university. Even part-time degree programs typically extend over four years and require three to four nights a week of extensive study time on top of lengthy commutes.
Also, a significant percentage of the country’s population doesn’t live within commuting distance of a law school.
We are at the beginning of a gigantic world trend in law schools and universities, investing major resources in technological solutions to ensure that future lawyers will exhibit competitiveness and a high level of training. Already, at least 10% of US law schools teach knowledge related to the use of AI. Their number will increase as law schools begin to more effectively implement technologies in the practice of applying current legislation.
On 03/13/2019,
in 21st century, analytics, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, Asia, Australia, biology, Blockchain, bots, business, career development, change, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, colleges, community colleges, computer science, corporate / business world, education, emerging technologies, Europe, future, game-changing environment, global / globalization, higher education, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, India, innovation, intelligent systems, law schools, learner profiles, legislatures / government / legal, media/film, society, tools, trends, UK, United States,
by Daniel Christian
The Future Today Institute’s 12th Annual Emerging Tech Trends Report — from futuretodayinstitute.com
Excerpts:
At the Future Today Institute, we identify emerging tech trends and map the future for our clients. This is FTI’s 12th annual Tech Trends Report, and in it we identify 315 tantalizing advancements in emerging technologies — artificial intelligence, biotech, autonomous robots, green energy and space travel — that will begin to enter the mainstream and fundamentally disrupt business, geopolitics and everyday life around the world. As of the publication date, the annual FTI Tech Trend Report report has garnered more than 7.5 cumulative views.
Key findings for 2019 (emphasis DSC)
- Privacy is dead. (DC: NOT GOOD!!! If this is true, can the situation be reversed?)
- Voice Search Optimization (VSO) is the new SEO.
- The Big Nine.
- Personal data records are coming. (DC: Including cloud-based learner profiles I hope.)
- China continues to ascend, and not just in artificial intelligence.
- Lawmakers around the world are not prepared to deal with new challenges that arise from emerging science and technology.
- Consolidation continues as a key theme for 2019.