The Ethics of Autonomous Cars
Cross-posted from The Atlantic. If a small tree branch pokes out onto a highway and there’s no incoming traffic, we’d simply drift a little into the opposite l…
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Looking at My Vehicle Automation Entries in the Rear-View Mirror
Thank you for reading my posts this week. If you happen to be Eugene Volokh or Ken Anderson, thank you in particular for making them possible. And if you were o…
Planning for the Obsolescence of Technologies Not Yet Invented
Cross-posted from The Volokh Conspiracy. The automated motor vehicles that I have discussed this week are just one example of the remarkable technologies comin…
The Reasonable Self-Driving Car
Cross-posted from Volokh Conspiracy. A common debate in many circles–including the comments on my posts here–is whether legal burdens, technical limitations, o…
The Impact of Automation on Environmental Impact Statements
Cross-posted from Volokh Conspiracy. Since the 1950s, the Long Beach Freeway has linked the massive Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles to, roughly, the rest o…
Reforming FISA: A Critical Look at the Wyden/Udall Proposal and Foreign Surveillance
A new bipartisan bill co-sponsored by two of the most vocal critics of the NSA does not go far enough to protect the average non-U.S. person from indiscriminate…
Driverless Carts Are Coming Sooner Than Driverless Cars
Cross-posted from Volokh Conspiracy. I’m delighted to be spending this week committing overt acts in furtherance of the Volokh Conspiracy. Since joining Stanfo…
Debate (Round 2): Metadata and the Fourth Amendment
This post is one in a series of posts from Just Security‘s Jennifer Granick and Guest Author Orin Kerr debating the constitutionality of the NSA’s telephony met…
Debate: Metadata and the Fourth Amendment
This post is the first in a series of posts from Just Security‘s Jennifer Granick and Guest Author Orin Kerr debating the constitutionality of the NSA’s telepho…
NSA Leaks Bring the Whole Idea of “Net Neutrality” Into Question
Cross-posted from Slate. Last week, in the midst of ongoing NSA secret spying revelations ranging from billion-dollar efforts to make the private accessible to…
Better Engineering, and Better Laws
Part of the New York Times Room for Debate series. It’s a noisy, nosy world. For example, our cellphones are nonstop tracking devices that occasionally make ca…
Sales Pitches From Your Refrigerator
Part of the New York Times Room for Debate series. Everyday devices are getting smarter, more connected. Soon your refrigerator will tell you when it’s time to…