April 15, 2024
MILWAUKEE 鈥� Eric Goldman, professor of law and co-director of the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University, will deliver 糖心viog官方网站 Law School鈥檚 annual Nies Lecture on Intellectual Property on Tuesday, April 16, at 5 p.m. in the Lubar Center at Eckstein Hall, 1215 W. Michigan St.
Goldman鈥檚 lecture, 鈥淕enerative AI Is Doomed,鈥� will compare today鈥檚 proliferation of generative AI with the internet鈥檚 commercialization in the mid-1990s. In each case, it was clear that the technology would have revolutionary but uncertain impacts on society. Yet the public sentiments toward the innovations have differed radically. The internet arrived during a period of widespread techno-optimism, creating a regulatory environment that fostered the internet鈥檚 growth. Generative AI, in contrast, has arrived during widespread techno-pessimism and following decades of conditioning about the dangers of 鈥淎I.鈥� The difference is consequential: The prevailing regulatory and legal responses to generative AI will limit or even negate its benefits. If society hopes to achieve the full potential of generative AI, we鈥檒l need quickly to adopt a new regulatory approach.
Goldman also serves as associate dean for research at Santa Clara鈥檚 law school. He received his degrees from UCLA: a B.A., summa cum laude, in 1988 and a J.D. and M.B.A. in 1994. He practiced law for eight years in Silicon Valley, first as an internet and technology transactions attorney at Cooley Godward LLP and then as general counsel of Epinions, Inc. From 2002 to 2006, before joining Santa Clara, Goldman served as assistant professor of law at Marquette.
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