Please join the Tech Policy Lab for a conversation with Langdon Winner on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 5:30 PM PDT. “Technological Innovation and the Malaise of Democracy” Decades of enthusiasm for the magic of digital devices has generated a society largely passive as regards democratic participation in the shaping of new technologies that will […]
On Thursday, May 13 at 4 p.m. PDT, the University of Washington’s Tech Policy Lab and Center for an Informed Public will co-host a virtual book talk featuring Kate Crawford, a leading scholar of the social implications of artificial intelligence and author of the recently published book, Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary […]
On December 10th (12:00 PM to 1:00 PM PST), the University of Washington Tech Policy Lab in partnership with Microsoft will host a public panel exploring the broad range of potential options available for providing redress when an individual’s privacy is violated.
An Introduction to Space Law Over the last years, New Space activities seem to be redefining the rules of space exploration and utilization. The brilliant success of SpaceX Dragon capsule’s launch a couple of weeks ago perfectly illustrates the growing influence of private companies on this sector. But who owns space? Are there some laws […]
We invite participants who are currently developing NLP datasets to join us for a one-day working meeting at LREC 2020 to develop data statements for their datasets and develop and refine best practices for data statement creation.