Originally Posted on Substack I had a fascinating conversation with Jessica Silbey (BU Law) and Woodrow Hartzog (BU Law) about their thought-provoking article, AI Slop. A few interesting relevant quotes:
What’s AI Slop? What Should We Do About It?
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Posts about Artificial Intelligence by Professor Daniel J. Solove for his blog at TeachPrivacy, a privacy awareness & security training company.
Teaching AI Law
Originally Posted on Substack I recently had a very insightful conversation with a group of professors who teach AI law or related tech law topics. Below, I’ll provide some resources related to our conversation. First, here’s our discussion:
The Absurd Discourse of AI
Originally Posted on Substack Here are some darkly satirical snippets of discourse about AI, though these days the distinction between reality and satire has almost completely dissolved.
AI’s Tax on Society
Originally Posted on Substack There is recent talk about taxing AI, which is probably a non-starter with policymakers adverse to doing anything to stand in the way of tech companies. But the tax idea isn’t totally crazy because AI these days is, for all practical purposes, a major tax on society. Although AI has many […]
AI Magazine Covers Throughout the Decades
Originally posted on Substack I previously posted my collection of privacy magazine covers. Here’s my collection of magazine covers involving AI, the internet, and related digital technologies. I collected more than 80 magazine covers from the 1950s to the present. I’m excited to share my collection with you. If you have any covers I’ve missed, please share […]
Bizarre Dystopian Superbowl AI Commercial
Here’s a bizarre dystopian Superbowl commercial where AIexa+ tries to kill Chris Hemsworth many different ways, then offers him a massage. And this is to try to convince folks that AI is good? I thought it was a promo for a Black Mirror episode. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ha92_hfK9Po?si=ka8ErdwxqU_evaIs” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; […]
ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY – Video Trailer
I recently released a trailer for my new book, On Privacy and Technology. Can law protect privacy and keep pace with new technologies, especially AI? The oft-heard answer is no – the law is too slow; policymakers lack sufficient expertise to regulate technology; and regulation will stifle innovation. In my short and accessible book, I […]
Artificial Intelligence and Privacy – FINAL VERSION
I’m delighted to share the newly-published final version of my article: Artificial Intelligence and Privacy 77 Florida Law Review 1 (2025) 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. […]
The Prediction Society: AI and the Problems of Forecasting the Future – FINAL VERSION
I’m thrilled to announce the release of the final version of my article. The Prediction Society: AI and the Problems of Forecasting the Future 2025 Illinois Law Review 1 (2025) Abstract: Predictions about the future have been made since the earliest days of humankind, but today, we are living in a brave new world of […]
Cartoon: AI Predictions
Here’s a cartoon on AI predictions. With Hideyuki Matsumi, I have written quite critically of the use of AI algorithmic predictions for human behavior: The Prediction Society: Algorithms and the Problems of Forecasting the Future 2025 University of Illinois Law Review (forthcoming 2025) (with Hideyuki Matsumi)