Neuroscience

Regulating AI – Avoiding an “Artificial Intelligence Safety Incident”

NeuroscienceAugust 29, 2024

This journal entry provides an update on state efforts to regulate artificial intelligence. Sounds dense, but I will try to keep it straightforward. As always, there are a number of fine details, but to stay entertaining, I will keep it high level. I welcome any more specific questions. Overall, this entry attempts to distill these…

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On the Inefficient Economics of University Intellectual Property Licensing

NeuroscienceJuly 18, 2024

This journal entry is a critique of the university intellectual property license market, which is based on my experience negotiating many intellectual property licenses on behalf of a variety of different commercial organizations. In my experience, this market is highly inefficient, due largely in part to university middle men that have obtained perhaps unwarranted control…

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Non-Human Intelligence and “Promoting the Progress of Science and Useful Arts”

NeuroscienceJanuary 25, 2024

Fair warning, this entry is about the relationship between non-human intelligence and the United States intellectual property laws. Give it a try. I personally find the two topics interesting, or at least more interesting than they initially appear. I also find them helpful in understanding the process our federal government is currently undergoing in its…

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Thoughts on generative AI in the legal profession

Artificial Intelligence, Legal Ethics, NeuroscienceDecember 5, 2023

Entry #3 – The importance of the Author’s voice and the ineffable December 5, 2023 First, a common trope: If you were to raise an owl without prior experience, should you try to learn how to raise an owl first, or just go find an owl egg and figure it out. This journal entry is…

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