Rated A Citizen's Guide to Artificial Intelligence 8/10
A good introduction to AI technologies and their ethical, legal, and social implications, even if verging on techno-optimism at times.
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Finished reading Advanced Introduction to Technology Policy
Finished reading Aspectos relevantes da Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados
Rated The Ethical Spirit of EU Law 6/10
Provides a systemic overview of the references to ethics in EU law, presenting a (mostly, but not solely) deontological "ethical sprit" that is still undergoing a development process but is already reflected in primary, secondary, and tertiary legislation.
Wants to read How Buildings Learn: What Happens After They're Built
Wants to read Judith Shklar and the liberalism of fear
Rated Empirical Legal Research: A Primer 10/10
Rated Between Truth and Power: The Legal Constructions of Informational Capitalism 10/10
A robust analysis of the relationship between law and technology in our information economy. Rather than being entirely driven by technology — or, in the opposite direction, being its sole master — both legal institutions and technological platforms act as mediators that are at the same time shaped by the political economy and profoundly influence social life in ways that current regulatory instruments, designed for an industrial economy, are ill-equipped to deal with. Part I of the book deals with the legal structures that enable informational capitalism by establishing patterns of entitlement and disentitlement over digital resources, while Part II provides a deep dive into the changes legal institutions undergo in response to the dynamics of informational capitalism. While the book focuses on US perspectives, it often brings discussions from other jurisdictions: contrasts with EU approaches are common, while the last few chapters highlight international and transnational organisms. All in all, this book provides an excellent job of showing the substantial impacts of information technologies while avoiding technological determinism, in both its "technology will save us" and "technology will doom us" variants.
Rated Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence 5/10
3.5/5 stars. A compelling presentation of the power relations that affect the creation, deployment, and use of the technologies we usually label as artificial intelligence, situating them as material objects that exist within a specific political economy.
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Wants to read The Psychology of Computer Programming
Rated Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore 8/10
Rated Inventing Accuracy: A Historical Sociology of Nuclear Missile Guidance 10/10
A fascinating book on politics and technology, examining the contingency of technological development through an analysis of the history of nuclear missile guidance until the end of the 1980s. Increased accuracy is not an inevitable or natural consequence of technical change, but rather the product of a complex process of conflict and cooperation between various social actors, such as technologists, laboratories and corporations, and political and military leaders. The book provides a good antidote to technical and political determinisms, coupled with accessible explanations of relevant technical concepts, which are crucial for understanding how seemingly small "technicalities" become focal points in political disputes over visions of the future of certain technologies.
Rated EU Constitutional Law: An Introduction 6/10