2.02.2024: while Brussels was busy to vote the #aiact, at @alti_VU we were actively debating it via a PhD defence 🥳 my thesis on #gnss liability & #artificialintelligence is now defended! Excited to continue the #spacelaw journey at @VUamsterdam
Mission Impossible? #ArtificialIntelligence, Space Debris, and the Legal Implications for Space Sustainability
This chapter examines the techno-solutionism connected to AI systems' role in the #space debris crisis from a law perspective.
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Today at the @alti_VU: Kai Zenner (@ZennerBXL/@Europarl_EN) on the AI Act. The event is put together by the one and only @spaceliability! Some of the points discussed:
➝ Political pressure led to a rush to adopt the AI law: this explains many of the problems in the final version.
➝ The European Parliament is a “divided” institution = weak in the trilogue, although its influence is increasing. The Council’s influence is diminishing and the EC’s influence is ever growing.
➝ The military is excluded from the AI Act; space may be indirectly covered by “critical infrastructure”, but nobody knows for sure, not even the EU Parliament.
➝ The definition of "open source" in the AI Act differs from that in other EU legislation…
We are hiring! Join our growing team focused on law & technology. You will research and teach top-notch topics part of a collaborative working environment, in beautiful Amsterdam! @VUamsterdam@VU_law
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--- ERS-2 reentry day thread ---
Our Space Debris Office currently predicts that the #ERS2reentry will take place at:
15:49 UTC (16:49 CET) today, 21 February 2024
The uncertainty in this prediction is now just +/- 1.76 hours.
The official 'ground track' of the satellite around the time of reentry can be found on our blog. Please be aware that it is still subject to significant uncertainty.
https://t.co/Vu8PRt0wCv
Give them the Moon! 🌕💕
This Valentine’s Day, #SendYourName and the name of someone you love to the lunar surface with VIPER, NASA’s first robotic Moon rover.
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I’m over the Moon for you!
At its closest point during the #Artemis I mission, @NASA_Orion flew within 80 miles of the lunar surface. We hope you are as close, if not closer, to your loved ones today!
@ProfSchrepel@Nature Oh come on!! Is this article trying to abolish double standards from academia?? 🙄 The big question is: did they also get the grant 😂
As of September 2023 we @alti_vu run an official research program Law & Technology https://t.co/rbADjeUMxG at the Law Faculty directed by @thibaultschrepel, and ALTI has new co-directors @spaceliability @TijmenWisman
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Want to study “law & technology” in a top school? No brainer: https://t.co/3E6RjTeYv5 (picture taken in the classroom yesterday) @VUamsterdam@alti_VU
Special offer! Do you work at a Dutch #university? Sign up as a new member of @AObtweets in September. Your employer will then reimburse half to a maximum of 100 euros of your #union membership fee. Read more about union benefits: https://t.co/89p4wcCoBp