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🇨🇦 🇺🇸 The Leaflet 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 I am really honored to be featured in "The Leaflet", Richard Albert's newsletter that connects constitutional scholarship with cutting-edge ideas, updates, and research from around the world.  I doubt you still don't know him: Prof. Albert is co-president of ICON•S (the International Society of Public Law) and one of the most widely-read scholars in the field. If you haven’t already, I highly recommend subscribing to The Leaflet. And, please, allow me to share a screenshot of the opening section of my interview, where I discuss my current research activity on #identitarianpubliclaw , #AIinParliaments and my latest publication. A heartfelt thank to you, Richard, for this invaluable opportunity. #ConstitutionalLaw #Scholarship #ICON_S #AI #AIregulation

We had the pleasure of hosting New York Times best-selling author Susan Casey at our NYO Hub for a discussion about her book, “The Underworld,” which delves into deep-sea exploration and the pioneers of these uncharted territories. The conversation expanded to include lessons that we can apply to the adoption of generative AI with Mayer Brown's Dominique Shelton Leipzig. The parallels between deep-sea exploration and gen AI may not seem like obvious fields to connect, however, our chair, Jon Van Gorp, illustrates the connection wonderfully in his piece for The American Lawyer: https://lnkd.in/eCS9Pu7X. Besides wanting to read all of Susan's books now, and realizing that I'll likely never add "deep-sea explorer" to my resume, the main takeaway for me is that we must carefully manage the benefits and risks in each field—our world depends on it. #innovation #legalinnovation #artificialintelligence #generativeAI

Interesting combination of AI and the classics of literature.

Algorithms could help improve judicial decisions

I love Christie Aschwanden's article "You Don’t Need Words to Think," which challenges the assumption that language is essential for thought. The piece explores research showing that animals, infants, and people without internal monologues can solve complex problems and navigate the world without verbal reasoning. It suggests that thinking can occur through mental imagery, emotions, and non-verbal concepts, revealing that language is just one tool of many for cognition. If thought can exist without words, how does this reshape our understanding of human intelligence and creativity? https://lnkd.in/gZME8VCh

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I just accepted Daniel Gile's offer to write a rebuttal of his scathing review of my chapter in Mellinger (2024). The rebuttal will be published in the next issue. In his review, Daniel Gile claims that: - I overlooked a significant part of the literature on the relationship between production and cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting. I will argue that the sources he quotes only support my view that production is overwhelmingly studied as an effect of load, and that empirical research into the contribution of production to cognitive load in interpreting is scarce. - I only discussed load in a dual-task framework. I will argue that this is a reflection of how the two models I discussed approach load in simultaneous interpreting. - I wrongly insisted on the importance of statistics, because "statistics are not endowed with divine powers". Yeah right. - I misrepresented and creatively criticized the models I discussed in the chapter. I will give him an opportunity to list the issues, because this is mere inuendo as far as the review is concerned. I will then discuss these topics one by one. I thus hope to contribute to a better scientific debate and to improve the quality of a resource that many young researchers turn to.

I have a long-term practice of reading multiple books at one time to encourage unexpected connections. Typically, it's some combination of historic non-fiction (pre-2000), contemporary non-fiction, and a work of fiction (either classic literature or contemporary). This week's combination of seemingly disparate selections — John Dewey's "On Human Nature and Conduct" (1922), Max Bennett's "A Brief History of Intelligence (2023), and Oscar Wilde's "The Portrait of Dorian Gray" (1890) — have proven particularly rich in weaving together ideas about the nature of experience, morality, behavior, and intelligence. Dewey rejects the idea of fixed human nature and a prescribed moral code instead suggesting it's a dynamic interplay of environment, habits, and desires (guided by intelligent deliberation) that shape our choices and, thereby, our actions in an ongoing process of learning and adaptation. Meanwhile, Bennett explores how humans (and human intelligence) evolved and what we can learn from these developments as we pursue artificial intelligence. Wilde, in turn, offers a fictitious cautionary tale of Dorian Gray whose pursuit of pleasure, unmoored from consequences, leads to a downward spiral. Embodying Dewey's conceit of adaptive human nature, Gray's social environment reinforces his hedonism, warping his desires and subsequently his actions. In the end, his soul is corrupted — a decay only visible in his painted portrait that once showed his youthful innocence. As we worry about how AI will reshape our society, Dewey's ideas on human nature and conduct remain relevant even a century on. Have you ever had a similar experience where seemingly unconnected books sparked a new line of thinking? Share your recommendations in the comments! #literature #philosophy #artificialintelligence #johndewey #oscarwilde #maxbennett #synergy #unexpectedconnections // cc JOHN DEWEY SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF EDUCATION & CULTURE

“One thing we’ve learned about humans over thousands of years is that people often desire the truth to be different from what it is.” Yuval Noah Harari’s astute analysis of the human condition has made him one of the world’s most influential public intellectuals and a best-selling author. His 2014 book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, studies how human societies emerged from cooperation and trust, built through shared stories and narratives. His latest book, Nexus A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI, looks at how the latest technological revolution may soon control the narrative and ultimately undermine trust. This edition of Café Economics covers thousands of years of human development in an exclusive interview with Yuval Noah Harari. https://lnkd.in/e78eBrda