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That is the title of this 2012 book edited by Claire Finkelstein, Jens David Ohlin, and Andrew Altman. This tome (pictured below) contains 18 essays by a wide variety of scholars. Jeremy Waldron, for example, explores the morality associated with targeted … Continue reading →

Check out this pithy report by Rob Beschizza describing an amazing AI program called Confusing Coleopterists. In brief, this program was trained on illustrations of extant beetles from existing zoological textbooks. In the words of Mr Beschizza: “The extreme formality of this … Continue reading →

To start off the new year on the right track, I have assembled below, for your reading pleasure and intellectual stimulation, my favorite “best of” end-of-year reflections and collection of ideas from 2019. Enjoy! 1. Larry Solum: Downloads of the … Continue reading →

This epic “rap battle of ideas” begins at 1’29”; enjoy!

In addition to my teaching duties and my duties as editor of The Pegasus Review (my home institution’s undergraduate research journal), I published the following scholarly papers on various areas of the law, including copyrights (paper #1 below), judicial decision-making … Continue reading →

This prizewinning chess problem by Paul Bekkelund first appeared in the Norwegian chess magazine Sjakk-Nytt circa 1947 (hat tip: Cliff Pickover).

Yes! “The Elements of AI” is a series of free online courses (all of which are available here) created by the University of Helsinki and Reaktor. According to the official website for the Elements of AI, these courses combine theory … Continue reading →