NEW TEXTBOOK: Advanced Introduction to Law and Digital Technologies, by Urs Gasser @ugasser and John Palfrey @jpalfrey 🛒Available in print e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/978180… 🔗Free sample chapter doi.org/10.4337/978180392448… #ArtificialIntelligence #DigitalTechnologies #Cyberlaw #Cyberspace

With @HollyLynchez and @DrPeterLurie I have a new piece in @JAMA_current about the Supreme Court’s mifepristone decision from last week and the myriad ways @US_FDA is answerable to Congress, the President, the Judiciary, and the American Public.

Nature features our book Guardrails among five of the best science picks in books in brief.  nature.com/articles/d41586-0… More about the book at guardrails.design/ @Viktor_MS

🚨AI Book Club announcement: the chosen book for June 2024 is "Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI" by @ugasser & @Viktor_MS. Selected quotes: "Guardrails for decision variability ought to address such institutional limitations. For instance, instead of mostly emphasizing the acquisition of knowledge in formal education, we could also aim to train our skills to imagine better (or at least additional) decision options. More generally, we could avoid talking about solving problems as if there is only one valid solution - and rather underline that a variety of decision options exist, each with its own pros and cons. (page 78) - "Linking the use of technical tools with social structures and mechanisms necessitates a sharp understanding of what tools can and cannot achieve. It requires a clear definition of the interface between technology and social structures, including resolving questions of agency and control. It also entails a sufficiently defined focus for technical tools to deliver what is expected from them. This means tools must be well understood and evaluated as fit for purpose. And we must equally expect a clarity of design and process from the social structures that make up the system of guardrails, as well as a functioning interface. More challenging but also potentially more useful would be socio-technical setups that are capable of iteration, adaption, and learning - so that the system of guardrails not only helps individual decision-makers to improve but also the system itself to evolve and progress as experience accrues and contexts become clearer." (page 180) - "In considering the role of guardrails, we affirm the importance of individual choice and human volition. Guardrails can guide us, but they ought not and cannot decide for us. This is both a blessing and a curse. The latter because we cannot escape responsibility for the trajectory that humanity takes. And the former because without volition we would not have agency. It's the human condition: to decide as individuals yet be anchored in society. The guardrails we wrote about in this book link one with the other - and good guardrails embrace and deepen this link, while appreciating the limitations of all human decisions and the potential for learning, progress, and evolution this entails." (190) - ➡ The topic of human decision-making and guardrails does not receive a fraction of the attention it should receive in the context of fast-paced AI development and ubiquitous adoption (sometimes imposition). This book is deep, complex, and a breath of fresh air for curious minds who want to help shape the future of technology and policymaking. ➡To join the AI Book Club (950+ members), visit the link below. ➡To stay up to date with the latest developments in AI policy & regulation, subscribe to my newsletter (link below).

Interested in politics and technology? Consider joining our Master's program taught in English at @HfPMuenchen @TU_Muenchen. I can strongly recommend it, also considering Europe's massive regulatory push with global implications, including the AI Act.

💡 What guiding principles would foster a community of informed decision-makers in our tech-driven society? Join us next week to discuss the future of decision governance and the roles of #AI and the human brain within it. We will be joined by: 📌 @ugasser, @TU_Muenchen 📌 Aleksandra Przegalińska, @KozminskiUni 📌 @profAndreaRenda, CEPS Moderated by Paula Gürtler REGISTER HERE 👉 ceps.eu/ceps-events/ceps-dis…

Was hat der Digitalrat eigentlich gemacht? @ugasser war selbst Teil des Expertengremiums und gibt in einer Inside-Out-Studie nun exklusive Einblicke. Wir haben die Studie für euch nun ins Deutsche übersetzt. oeffentliche-it.de/-/der-deu…

Here to address the global concerns of our time and the urgency to comprehend the scope of guardrails available to us in this digital age is @ugasser, Dean and Professor of Public Policy, Governance, and Innovative Technology at @TU_Muenchen #GPS24

📚If you are overwhelmed by the amount of AI-related information, these are some of the most interesting books on the topic published in the last few years: ➵ Atlas of AI, by @katecrawford ➵ The Coming Wave, by @mustafasuleyman & @michaelbhaskar ➵ Unmasking AI, by @jovialjoy ➵ The Worlds I See, by @drfeifei ➵ Guardrails, by @ugasser & @Viktor_MS ➵ Code Dependent, by @madhumita29 ➵ Rebooting AI, by @GaryMarcus & Ernest Davis ➵ The Alignment Problem, by @brianchristian ➵ Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans, by @MelMitchell1 ➵ Human Compatible, by Stuart Russell ➡️Are you an avid reader, interested in discussing AI-related books? Join our AI Book Club!

Guardrails by @ugasser and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger offers a novel approach to shaping decisions by embracing human agency in its social context. Read a free sample of this visionary book: hubs.ly/Q02lJcV00 #AI

A big thank you to @ugasser for a wonderful presentation of his new book, “Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI,” written with his co-author @Viktor_MS at today’s Ideas Lunch!

Honored to talk about *decision governance* - and why we believe privacy professionals are crucial as we design principles and practices for it - at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit. 📙Keynote based on our new book GUARDRAILS (with @Viktor_MS)

We have deep and rich content for you at the @PrivacyPros Global Summit this year. Just added to our keynote stage: @ugasser speaking on his recent book "Guardrails" -- co-authored with @Viktor_MS. Order your copy today! iapp.org/conference/global-p…

Review of our book „Guardrails“ in Science: Governing society with flexible AI | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie… #decisiongovernance @Viktor_MS

Urs Gasser and Viktor Mayer-Schönberger show how the quick embrace of technological solutions can lead to results we don’t always want, and they explain how society itself can provide guardrails more suited to the digital age. #AI hubs.ly/Q02pbX6S0 @Viktor_MS @ugasser

This week on @progress2analog, I speak with @UniofOxford @oiioxford Professor @Viktor_MS about his new book "Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI" (co-authored with @ugasser) Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Dk… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas… More about Guardrails: guardrails.design

In Guardrails, @ugasser and @Viktor_MS explain how society itself can provide guardrails more suited to the #DigitalAge, ones that empower individual choice while accounting for the social good. 🎧 The #audiobook, read by @anandjagatia, is now available: hubs.ly/Q02n1f-10