AI Law and Innovation Institute

Law moves at human speed. AI moves at quantum speed. Our mission is to help courts, lawmakers, and administrative agencies adapt.

Directed by @ProfRobnFeldman

[AI Law and Innovation Institute @AILawInstitute]

Robin's Rules of Order for AI is an ongoing series of posts introducing principles to consider on the dangers and opportunities of AI. This page will be updated as additional rules are discussed:

https://t.co/eaw9Ur6Fwf

[Professor Robin Feldman @ProfRobnFeldman]

Should platforms be allowed to block customers from using AI agents to make purchases? Whatever concerns we may have about agents, this particular flavor of the issue comes down to consumer rights. If your executive assistant can buy something on Amazon, why not a computerized assistant?  

https://t.co/CibxG7nxWq

[Professor Robin Feldman @ProfRobnFeldman]

1.5 million* AI agents are talking to each other on Moltbook, a social media platform exclusively for them. And startlingly, they behave a lot like us.

We know social media can have negative externalities for humans—so will it drive AI agents crazy too?
https://t.co/jec4NuVqTn

(*Source for 1.5 million: https://t.co/1YYeKKJVRz - The Economist)

[AI Law and Innovation Institute @AILawInstitute]

@ProfRobnFeldman:

"The law evolves when legal minds seek out the interstices in the doctrine, the spaces where something hasn't been decided, and there is room to make an argument for the client. AI, in its current form, can never do that."

https://t.co/MpjbXSEvDj

[Professor Robin Feldman @ProfRobnFeldman]

The "Mickey Mouse" deal between Disney and OpenAI reminds me of the Sorcerer's Apprentice from the movie Fantasia--a lot of mopping and water going back and forth, but it's not clear anything significant is going on.

https://t.co/97QoA2zAAA

[Professor Robin Feldman @ProfRobnFeldman]

AI companies are using shadow sites to train AI agents.

As I discussed with Cade Metz of NYT, some companies are shooting first and asking questions later. The field is expanding faster than the legal system can track; some decisions may wind up biting the companies making them.

https://t.co/b8CZVp6sdD

[Cambridge University Press - Law @CUP_Law]

'AI versus IP' by @ProfRobnFeldman

Examines how the rise of AI impacts intellectual property, explores challenges posed by AI and offers solutions to preserve IP.

📚 https://t.co/6Y0FbkXots

#commerciallaw

[Professor Robin Feldman @ProfRobnFeldman]

Given the AI arms race with China, it’s critical to establish clear rules of engagement for AI firms in the US.

In that context, I agree with preempting the states on AI regulation…but only if the federal government can act swiftly and effectively.

https://t.co/rzCVIQVSNt

[AI Law and Innovation Institute @AILawInstitute]

Teaming up with her husband, Silicon Valley lawyer Boris Feldman, our own @ProfRobnFeldman shares insights from a monthslong deep dive into the world of AI tools: https://t.co/JWUJ1qMPmE

[AI Law and Innovation Institute @AILawInstitute]

Logistical Details:

The podcast recording will take place tomorrow (Wednesday, 4/9) at 12:30-1:15 pm in the Specter Courtroom.

Lunch provided. Q&A included (time permitting).

Open to all members of the UCLaw SF community. (Participants agree to the use of the recording).

[AI Law and Innovation Institute @AILawInstitute]

Live Recording Tomorrow:

The husband-and-wife team of our own Robin Feldman and her husband Boris Feldman will film a video-podcast discussion about how she used AI to help write her book on AI. Robin will be sharing what she learned from hours of conversation with AI systems.

[AI Law and Innovation Institute @AILawInstitute]

Robin's Rules of Order for AI continues with discussion of how social media, in combination with AI, is an area where adversaries have the dangerous opportunity to conduct experiments on manipulating human thoughts.

[Professor Robin Feldman @ProfRobnFeldman]

To continue the discussion on Robin's Rules of Order, Rule #1 (Distinguish Real-time Dangers from Distant Dangers):

How Social Media + AI → Experimentation on Humans by our Adversaries 1/13

[AI Law and Innovation Institute @AILawInstitute]

@ProfRobnFeldman proposes “Robin’s Rules of Order for AI” as we endeavor to “bring AI into tech and our daily lives responsibly and intentionally”.

Rule #1: Distinguish Real-time Dangers from Distant Dangers

[Professor Robin Feldman @ProfRobnFeldman]

Introducing: Robin’s Rules of Order for AI

Discussions about AI have erupted into the public conversation, reaching from the tech community, to living rooms, to the Vatican. 1/8

[Professor Robin Feldman @ProfRobnFeldman]

Introducing: Robin’s Rules of Order for AI

Discussions about AI have erupted into the public conversation, reaching from the tech community, to living rooms, to the Vatican. 1/8

[Professor Robin Feldman @ProfRobnFeldman]

Key point from my comments last week before the California Law Revision Commission session on AI: We are in a new type of cold war. It is being fought over development of AI.
The US has a slight lead, but we'd be foolish to assume it will last. (1/2)