Faculty Fellow Andrew Maynard on the Risks of AI
Andrew Maynard – LSI Faculty Fellow, Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society, and Director of ASU’s Risk Innovation Lab – presents the potential risks associated with the development of artificial intelligence (AI). This excellent video briefly discusses 10 risks that should be in the minds of AI researchers and consumers alike (though, Maynard […]
ASU Startup Summit Focuses on Design
Changemaker Central is taking cues from Steve Jobs for its upcoming bi-annual ASU Startup Summit. This year’s theme is “All things design” – inspired by Steve Jobs’ 2005 Commencement Speech delivered at Stanford University. Summit organizers believe that “creativity and design thinking are important elements of an entrepreneurial mindset whether you are a professional designer or a creative […]
LSI Hosts Workshop on Anti-Aging Innovation
This article was written by Lucy Tournas, LSI Scholar and 3L at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, who attended LSI’s Third Annual Workshop on Healthspan Extension Policy and Regulation. What if there were currently drugs with the potential to treat aging? Specifically, these proposed treatments may delay heart disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, and overall frailty. […]
Marchant Publishes Paper and Study on Genomic Malpractice
Faculty Director Gary Marchant published a groundbreaking paper and empirical study on genomic malpractice litigation. Genomic Malpractice: An Emerging Tide or Gentle Ripple? – co-authored with Rachel A. Lindor, a physician and researcher at the Mayo Clinic – was published in the latest issue of Food and Drug Law Journal. Genomic Malpractice includes the first ever comprehensive […]
LSI’s New Interest Group on AI and the Law
LSI is launching an Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Law Interest Group. This group will explore research projects, conference presentations, papers, and activities relating to the use of AI in the practice of law, and the role of law in governing AI technology. The AI and Law Interest Group, headed by Faculty Director Gary Marchant, is open to […]
Coffee Challenge: Winter Olympics Edition
During the semester we feature a technology with legal, social, and ethical implications and ask: What’s your answer? One $25 gift card to City Central Coffee, located on the 6th floor of the Beus Center for Law and Society, will be awarded based on the thoughtful comments below. Deadline to be eligible for this month’s gift card is March 2, […]
LSI Scholar Profile: Jordan A. Brunner
The Center is home to an incredible faculty and host to the top minds at the intersection of law, science, and technology. But we also attract the brightest student scholars around; you should meet them. Jordan Alexander Ross Brunner Class of 2018 Hometown: Mesa, Arizona Education: B.S. Political Science, Arizona State University Jordan is a […]
Michael Arkfeld is Teaching the Future of the Practice of Law
Michael Arkfeld is a teacher at heart. He has been at the head of the ASU-Arkfeld eDiscovery and Digital Evidence Conference since its inception, continues to pen the authoritative treatise Arkfeld on Electronic Discovery and Evidence, and regularly speaks across the county. He is proud of educating legal professionals and pushing the dialogue forward in this complex area […]
Faculty Fellows Join Nature Nanotechnology Advisory Panel
Nature Nanotechnology, the preeminent journal on nanoscience and nanotechnology, has introduced an advisory panel of experts to guide the journal’s coverage at the intersection of nanotechnology and society. Faculty Fellows Andrew Maynard and Diana Bowman have been selected to be among seven or so experts from around the world to serve on this advisory panel. Scientific and technological progress […]
LAST CALL: GETS Abstracts Due Jan. 31
We are still accepting abstracts for proposed presentations for the Sixth Annual Conference on Governance of Emerging Technologies & Science (GETS) at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Deadline is this Wednesday (January 31, 2018). The conference consists of plenary and session presentations and discussions on regulatory, governance, legal, policy, social, and ethical aspects of […]