Posts about Artificial Intelligence by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness & security training company.
We live today increasingly under the tyranny of algorithms. They rule over us. They shape what we say and how we interact with each other. They shape behavior. They affect whether people get jobs and other essential things in life. And algorithms kill people. Algorithms work behind the curtains, cloaked in secrecy, often unaccountable. Algorithmic […]
This year is the 20th anniversary of my first book, The Digital Person: Technology and Privacy In the Information Age (NYU Press 2004) (Amazon) (free digital copy on SSRN). I thought that it would be a great opportunity to engage in a reflection on some of the points I discussed in the book. Apologies for […]
My latest cartoon – about the AI craze these days. Want More Cartoons? Subscribe to Solove’s Free Newsletter * * * * Professor Daniel J. Solove is a law professor at George Washington University Law School. Through his company, TeachPrivacy, he has created the largest library of computer-based privacy and data security training, with more […]
I am excited to announce that my forthcoming book, ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY (Oxford University Press) is now available for pre-order. It will be in print in January 2025. From the book jacket: Succinct and eloquent, On Privacy and Technology is an essential primer on how to face the threats to privacy in today’s age of […]
I’m posting a new article draft with Professor Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law), The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy. We argue that “scraping” – the automated extraction of large amounts of data from the internet – is in fundamental tension with privacy. Scraping is generally anathema to the core principles of privacy that […]
I’m posting the final published version of my essay with Professor Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law), Kafka in the Age of AI and the Futility of Privacy as Control, 104 B.U. L. Rev. 1021 (2024). It’s a short engaging read – just 20 pages! We argue that although Kafka shows us the plight of the disempowered […]
Over at IAPP News, I wrote a short essay called A Regulatory Roadmap to AI and Privacy. It summarizes my longer article, Artificial Intelligence and Privacy. For those who want the short 2,000 word version of my thoughts on AI and privacy, read the short essay. For those who want more detail, then read the full […]
My new cartoon on how AI might solve the famous Trolley Problem in philosophy.
I’m delighted to post my new article draft, Artificial Intelligence and Privacy. The article aims to provide the conceptual and practical ground work for how to understand the relationship between AI and privacy as well as provide a roadmap for how privacy law should regulate AI. Here’s the abstract: This Article aims to establish a foundational understanding […]
Here’s another cartoon about AI. Enjoy!