# Futuristic Lawyer
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## Pages
- [About this site](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/about.md) - Futuristic Lawyer is an independent publication launched in July 2022 by Tobias Mark Jensen. If you subscribe today, you'll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content when it's available. Your subscription makes this site possible, and allows Futuristic Lawyer to…

## Posts
- [What if Claude and Chat Are Secretly Working for the Government?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/what-if-claude-and-chat-are-secretly-working-for-the-government.md)
- [Tech Legal Brief #16: Trump Has a Point About the EU Commission’s Big Tech Fines](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-16-trump-has-a-point-about-the-eu-commissions-big-tech-fines.md)
- [What Is the Future for Me & You?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/what-is-the-future-for-me-you.md) - This is my first post on Ghost. I have migrated all Substack subscribers over to this platform (which is why you receive this mail, if you are wondering). It feels like a small era is over for me, personally, after four years writing on Substack, so now must be a good time to give a quick note of a…
- [Why AI Boyfriends Are a Much Bigger Deal Than AI Girlfriends](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/why-ai-boyfriends-are-much-bigger-than-ai-girlfriends.md) - The American market has been slow to get the memo.
- [The American Disease](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-american-disease.md) - ... was once the American Dream.
- [US Monarchy & Trump v. Slaughter](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/us-monarchy-and-trump-v-slaughter.md) - + implications on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework
- [The Next Phase of American AI Is a Make-It-Or-Break It Moment for the EU](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-next-phase-of-american-ai-is.md) - Digital dependency vs. tech sovereignty
- ['Digital Sovereignty' Is Just a Slogan](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/digital-sovereignty-is-just-a-slogan.md) - with Damien Charlotin
- [Can Copyright Bullies Beat AI?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/can-copyright-bullies-beat-ai.md) - Copyright is structurally bad at protecting individual creators, and it will not save them from AI.
- [Magnifica Humanitas & AI Policy](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/magnifica-humanitas-and-ai-policy.md) - How the Pope’s Encyclical Letter is being implemented.
- [Will AI "Kill All the Lawyers" & Judges?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/will-ai-kill-all-the-lawyers-and.md) - With Irina Carnat
- [The Software Economy Is Eating Itself](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-software-economy-is-eating-itself.md) - Bon appétit!
- [Your GDPR Is No Good Here](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/your-gdpr-is-no-good-here.md) - Digital sovereignty as more than a buzzword.
- [Tech Legal Brief #15 –Google and Meta Are Using AI To Strangle the Media. But For How Long?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-15-google-and-meta-strangles-the-media.md) - + AI and copyright law, CJEU's landmark ruling in Case C-797/23, Meta Platforms Ireland v. AGCOM & Google AI Overview
- [Tech Philosopher on How AI Changes Knowledge Work](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-philosopher-on-how-ai-changes-knowledge.md) - with Sune Selsbæk-Reitz
- [The EU’s AI Strategy Is a Serious Blunder](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-eus-ai-strategy-is-a-serious.md) - and what it should focus on instead.
- [The Digital Services Act Is Protecting Children Less Than the Lawyer-Industrial Complex](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-digital-services-act-is-protecting.md) - Let's talk about it.
- [How the American AI Industry Collapses](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-the-american-ai-industry-collapses.md) - My contrarian bear case
- [Disinformation Expert on the Impacts & Laws](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/disinformation-expert-on-the-impacts-and-laws.md) - with Ricardo Vasquez Dazarola
- [How Can We Defeat Techlordism?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-can-we-defeat-techlordism.md) - Some thoughts based on “Palantir and the New Order” by Yanis Varoufakis.
- [AI Governance in the US vs. China](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-governance-in-the-us-vs-china.md) - Why China is winning.
- [The Implications of Claude Mythos & The Ceiling We Mistook for the Sky](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-implications-of-claude-mythos.md) - A joint post with Aysu Kececi
- [OpenAI’s Terrifying Vision for an ”AI-First” Society](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/openais-terrifying-vision-for-ai-first-society.md) - Something is deeply wrong here...
- [How Will AI Change the Work of Lawyers?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-will-ai-change-the-work-of-lawyers.md) - with Justin Curl
- [How the EU Is Preparing for AI-Driven War](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-the-eu-is-preparing-for-ai-driven.md) - Can Europe defend itself in a time of war?
- [Landmark Decisions in California & New Mexico](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/landmark-decisions-in-california.md) - WE GOT THEM
- [American Algorithms Are Designed to Destroy Civil Society](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/american-algorithms-destroy-civil-society.md) - Dance, human, dance.
- [How the EU Should Approach AI - Part 2](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-the-eu-should-approach-ai-part.md) - The EU should strive to build "good enough AI" instead of superintelligence.
- [How Young People Can Survive](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-young-people-can-survive.md) - The key is a specific form of agency.
- [Tech Legal Brief #14 – Positive News in the End Times](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-14-positive-news.md) - Some encouraging tech legal news in dark times.
- [The OpenAIpocalypse Is Nigh](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-openaipocalypse-is-nigh.md) - Thoughts after Pentagon’s partnership with OpenAI
- [How the EU Should Approach AI - Part 1](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-the-eu-should-approach-ai.md) - The EU should strive to build "good enough AI" instead of superintelligence.
- [Antitrust, Big Tech & Societal Collapse ](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/antitrust-big-tech-and-societal-collapse.md) - with Matt Stoller
- [The Toxic Toupee on Adventures](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-toxic-toupee-on-adventures.md) - Thoughts about how authoritarianism became the favored form of governance in the US.
- [AI Is Porn for Cost-Cutting Corporations](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-is-porn-for-cost-cutting-corporations.md) - AI is not about worker empowerment, but worker replacement.
- [Humans Are Becoming Devices](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/humans-are-becoming-devices.md) - Reflection on tech vs. culture
- [Tech Legal Brief #13 – The Myth of European Censorship](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-13-the-myth-of-european.md) - Fascist tendencies and propaganda, how to fight back, the power of Russian misinformation , algorithmic manipulation & European censorship.
- [AI Is Killing the Need for Lawyers, But Increasing the Demand for Legal Thinkers](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/advice-for-law-students-in-ai-age.md) - My honest advice for people considering studying law.
- [The Right to Freedom of Speech Is Irrelevant on Digital Platforms](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-right-to-freedom-of-speech-is.md) - It’s all about the control of information. + Spain’s new initiatives against social media , EU’s “soft ban” of TikTok, and Musk’s interpretation of free speech as a personal censorship right.
- [Let’s Make Futuristic Lawyer a Bestseller](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/futuristic-lawyer-open-for-business.md) - Support unpretentious analysis of the challenges humanity face in the intersection of law, business, IT, and digital ethics.
- [8 Reasons Why Taylor Lorenz Is Wrong](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/8-reasons-why-taylor-lorenz-is-wrong.md) - About the moral panic of children’s smartphone use and social media
- [Privacy & AI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/privacy-and-ai.md) - with Privacat
- [How Much Will Expertise Matter in the Age of AI?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-much-will-expertise-matter-in-the-ai-age.md) - Reader survey and my take on the question.
- [Performative Silence Is The Only Good Response To AI Writing](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/performative-silence-is-the-only.md)
- [Why Must Algorithms Die?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/why-must-algorithms-die.md) - Interview by Alexandra Choli
- [Finding the Real in Reality Distortion](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/trump-as-peace-president.md) - In a strange sense, Trump is a Peace President
- [The Creator Economy Is an American Tech Billionaire Scheme](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-creator-economy-is-an-american.md) - …if not, what is it?
- [Book Launch and Futuristic Lawyer 2026](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/book-launch-and-futuristic-lawyer.md)
- [Introduction to Upcoming Book](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/introduction-to-upcoming-book.md) - A quick note to free subscribers
- [Death To Algorithms - Introduction](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/death-to-algorithms-introduction.md) - Introduction The digital transformation has led to great economic prosperity, more convenience, and more opportunities for finding entertainment, knowledge, social connections, and new partners for business or romance. What’s more, it has granted us the ability to communicate seamlessly and in real…
- [Existential Threats Call For Radical Measures](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/existential-threats-call-for-radical-measures.md) - Data as a new religion, Trump's new Executive Order, and Australia's ban of social media accounts for children under 16.
- [The “World” Has Already Ended, You Are Just Not Aware of It](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-world-has-already-ended.md) - Sorry to inform you about this.
- [Why Privacy Activists Hate the Digital Omnibus](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/why-privacy-activists-hate-the-digital-omnibus.md) - A balanced take.
- [Meta Is a Criminal Company. It’s a Disaster That It Continues to Operate in the EU.](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/meta-is-a-criminal-company.md) - When will the EU Commission wake up?
- [Exposing the Labor Exploitation Behind AI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/exposing-the-labor-exploitation-behind-ai.md) - with Celeste Garcia
- [How The Attention Economy Fried the Brains of Millennials](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/attention-economy-millennials.md) - A warning to Generation Z and Generation Alpha
- [Tech Legal Brief #12 – Generative AI Is the World’s Most Expensive Magic Trick](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-12-generative-ai-expensive-magic-trick.md) - + more on AI and copyright litigation.
- [Official Pre-Launch of My New Book: "DEATH TO ALGORITHMS -On the Entertainment and Matchmaking Engines That Rule Our Lives"](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/death-to-algorithms.md) - Official Announcement
- [The Invisible Costs & Inconvenient Truths of Living Online](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-invisible-costs-and-inconvenient.md) - Thoughts about the downsides of digital technology.
- [Note to All Newsletter Subscribers](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/note-to-all-newsletter-subscribers.md) - A short note.
- [How Blockchain Technology Could Radically Transform Europe (No, Really)](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-blockchain-technology-could-radically-transform-europe.md) - Times of crisis call for radical action and experimentation.
- [The Death of Bitcoin](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-death-of-bitcoin.md) - I have held back for a long time from writing this.
- [Why Are You So Miserable? It's the Economy, Stupid.](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/why-are-you-so-miserable-its-the.md) - First solo video
- [Tech Legal Brief #11 – California is Summoning the Antichrist](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-11-california-ai-regulation.md) - … and how AI chatbots should be regulated.
- [American Tech Giants No Longer Have a Home in the EU](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/american-tech-giants-no-longer-have.md) - ... and will increasingly be pushed out of the EU market due to regulation and political resistance.
- [Sora Is a Culture Erasure Machine](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/sora-is-a-culture-erasure-machine.md) - … and a vote for Trump
- [Africa's Struggle & Opportunity with AI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/africas-struggle-and-opportunity.md) - with Rebecca Mbaya
- [Right-Wing Cancel Culture & Anti-Intellectualism](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/right-wing-cancel-culture-and-anti.md) - "If you hire clowns, you should expect a circus" - Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times
- [How to Protect Future Generations From the Twenty Six Words That Ruined the Internet](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-to-protect-future-generations-from-section-230.md) - Why and how Section 230 should be reformed to protect children and future generations.
- [Banning TikTok Is The Right Call](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/banning-tiktok-is-the-right-call.md) - … but not because of Chinese surveillance
- [How Will AI Impact Software Engineers?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-will-ai-impact-software-engineers.md) - With Charlie Guo
- [The Corporate Takeover of America - Status = Complete](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-corporate-takeover-of-america.md) - Google’s Antitrust Win, Silicon Valley’s Super PACs & Must-Read Post by Timothy Snyder
- [Section 230 Made the Internet Possible, But Is No Longer Serving Humanity](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/section-230-made-the-internet-possible.md) - Prelude to a longer post about why Section 230 should be repealed and amended.
- [Tech Legal Brief #10 – The AI Psychosis](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-10-the-ai-psychosis.md) - + major adult entertainment company sues Meta & the challenge of age verification.
- [The Hard Limit on AI Progress](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-hard-limit-on-ai-progress.md) - A philosophical take on the end of the "scaling hypothesis".
- [Former Biden Advisor On Trump's AI Use](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/former-biden-advisor-on-trump-ai-use.md) - with Natalia Cote Muñoz
- [The EU Holds a Regulatory Kill Switch to the Attention Economy](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/eu-regulatory-kill-switch-attention-economy.md) - Or how the EU is on the cusp of killing Facebook and Instagram.
- [Trump Is Winning AI But Losing Europe](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/trump-winning-ai-but-losing-europe.md) - The sharp and rarely-talked-about contrast between the American and European approach to AI + comments on the AI Action Plan & GPAI CoP
- [Social Media & Dating Advice From Gen Z Philosopher](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/social-media-and-dating-advice-gen-z-philosopher.md) - with Maalvika Bhat
- [The 80-20 Rule in Dating & Algorithms](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-80-20-rule-in-dating-and-algorithms.md) - Incels are blaming women for the faults of social media and dating apps.
- [Tech Legal Brief #9 - Is AI Abolishing Copyright Protection?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-9-is-ai-abolishing-copyright.md) - New updates and thoughts on AI vs. copyright laws, why the use of AI should be banned in law school, and more.
- [The Illusion of Thinking & Rebuttal](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-illusion-of-thinking-and-rebuttal.md) - An overdue look at Apple's paper about the reasoning abilities of leading AI models.
- [AI Is a Distraction Maneuver & Back Door Escape for Tech Billionaires](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-is-a-distraction-maneuver.md) - Superintelligent AI is coming, if it's not already here. But how will it be managed and by who? Let's take the skeptical look.
- [Building Samantha – A New Paradigm for AI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/building-samantha-a-new-ai-paradigm.md) - Let's find out how deep the rabbit hole goes.
- [The Miniature Tariff War](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-miniature-tariff-war.md) - Apple and Google have maintained their app monopolies through tariff-like commission fees and unfair restrictions for more than a decade. Now, the legal challenges are burgeoning.
- [Tech Legal Brief #8 - War Crimes & De-Americanization](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-8-war-crimes-and-de-americanization.md) - + other news in Tech Legal
- [The Intelligence Pill](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-intelligence-pill.md) - Can superintelligence emerge out of a culture of lies?
- [Finding Love & Connection in the Digital Age](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/finding-love-and-connection-in-the-digital-age.md) - A meditation on the success of OnlyFans and the failure of dating apps to foster human connections.
- [Tech Legal Brief #7 –DMA & Existential Antitrust Threats](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-7-dma-and-existential.md) - with a Special Announcement
- [E5 | Regulating the Future: AI, Law & Crypto with Tobias Jensen](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/e5-regulating-the-future-ai-law-and.md)
- [Science Fiction, AI & The Fourth Law of Robotics](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/science-fiction-ai-and-the-fourth.md) - On using science fiction writing to envision and predict the future, the Three Laws of Robotics by Isaac Asamov, and a Fourth Law for the 21st century.
- [The Magic & Horror of ChatGPT's Image Generator](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-magic-and-horror-of-chatgpt-image-sora.md) - with Daniel Nest
- [Is the US Turning Into a Digital Dictatorship?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/united-states-turning-into-digital-dictatorship.md) - Sincere question, by the way.
- [AI Policy in the US & EU](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-policy-in-the-us-and-eu.md) - with Michelle Nie
- [Why Stupidity Is a Threat to Democracy](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/why-stupidity-is-a-threat-to-democracy.md) - + the "Human-to-AI Intelligence Paradox"
- [Futuristic Lawyer's View on AGI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/futuristic-lawyers-view-on-agi.md) - I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords.
- [Ready for the AI Bubble to Burst](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ready-for-the-ai-bubble-to-burst.md) - with Baldur Bjarnason
- [What We Could Learn From China’s Regulation of Recommendation Algorithms](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/what-we-could-learn-from-chinas-regulation-of-recommendation-algorithms.md) - Read to the end for my recommendation.
- [Digital Platforms & AI in the US vs China](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/digital-platforms-ai-us-vs-china.md) - with Xinrou Shu
- [The American Approach to Free Speech & AI Governance](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/american-approach-free-speech-ai-governance.md) - “Free Speech”, Executive Order 14179, the AI Action Plan & tension between MAGA and the AI Act.
- [How Predictive Algorithms Elevate Systemic Inequality in European Countries](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-predictive-algorithms-elevate.md) - With case examples from France and Sweden
- [AI Governance & Digital Laws in Europe](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-governance-and-digital-laws-in-europe.md) - with Katalina Hernández
- [Tech Legal Brief #6 - America's Obsession With AGI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-6-america-obsession-agi.md) - AI tools SIGNIFICANTLY improve the quality of lawyer’s work. AI & national security. How NRx's agenda is taking over the US government.
- [How to Deal With Social Media & Climate Change](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-to-deal-with-social-media-and.md) - with Sam Matey
- [Tech Legal Brief #5 –Europe Is Falling or Rising?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-5-europe-is-falling.md) - Views on Europe’s precarious position, how the best AI tools are now outperforming lawyers, and why you shouldn’t rely on AI for research.
- [AI + Quantum = 🤝](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-quantum.md) - With Meg McNulty
- [The Empty Suits Win in America](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-empty-suits-win-in-america.md) - Capitalism trumps idealism
- [TSMC, Tariffs, DeepSeek & China](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tsmc-tariffs-deepseek-and-china.md) - With Judy Lin
- [The International AI Safety Report](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-international-ai-safety-report.md) - Reflections and key points from “The International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI”, January 2025.
- [China's Position in AI & BigTech](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/chinas-position-in-ai-and-tech.md) - with Grace Shao
- [How Online Dating Algorithms Ruin Dating](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/online-dating-algorithms-ruin-dating.md) - From serendipitous encounters to swiping on an app, from Match.com to Tinder – online dating has changed how we meet, date, and relate. Not for the better, I argue.
- [AI & Newsletter Writing](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-newsletter-writing.md) - With Riccardo Vocca
- [Tech Legal Brief #4 – The Deeper Implications of DeepSeek](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-deepseek-implications.md) - + How the international community should respond to the tech broligarchy
- [Key Things to Know About China’s Quiet Humpback Whale](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/key-things-to-know-about-chinas-quiet.md) - Understanding the Hype and Implications of DeepSeek-R1
- [How Trump, China & Trade Wars Will Affect the Global AI Landscape in 2025](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-trump-china-and-trade-wars-will.md) - A deep dive on the American tradewar with China and thoughts on Trump
- [The State of Media & Journalism](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-state-of-media-and-journalism.md) - with Gideon Lichfield
- [Tech Legal Brief #3 – Three Essays from Late 2024 & One Must-Read Book](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-3-three-essays-from.md) - Highlighting important work from 2024
- [Fighting the Brussels Effect Is Futile](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/fighting-the-brussels-effect-is-futile.md) - American AI and tech businesses can only continue to flourish if the US government cooperates with European digital lawmakers.
- [Spirituality, Corporate Work & AI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/spirituality-corporate-work-and-ai.md) - with Chad Woodford
- [My Tech Prophecy for 2025](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/my-tech-prophecy-for-2025.md) - + Major Announcement
- [My Portfolio for 2024](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/my-portfolio-for-2024.md)
- [The Existential AI Threat & Game Theory](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-existential-ai-threat-and-game.md) - What is the most existential risk posed by AI?
- [Tech Legal Brief #2 – EU’s Meta Fine, Open-Source AI Definition & CoP for GPAIs](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-2-eus-meta-fine.md)
- [Australia Is Close to Adopting a Digital Ulysses Pact for Children](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/australia-is-close-to-adopting-a.md) - Banning social media for kids is not only a smart move but the right thing to do.
- [Is EU’s Regulation Holding It Back in AI?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/is-eus-regulation-holding-it-back.md) - The shortest answer is: no.
- [Understanding the Actual Risks of AI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/understanding-the-actual-risks-of.md) - The structure and key findings of the AI risk repository + comparison with risk frameworks applied by BigTech.
- [Trump Will Run the US Government Like a BigTech Company](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/trump-will-run-the-us-government.md) - My thoughts on Trump's potential reelection from a perspective of law and technology.
- [Tech Legal Brief #1 – The Copyright Dilemma](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-legal-brief-1-the-copyright.md) - More on the copyright/AI issue and a book recommendation.
- [Understanding the New AI Laws in California](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/understanding-the-new-ai-laws-in.md) - How 19 new laws in California may impact AI for better or for worse.
- [Could OpenAIs Hype Machine Drive Down the Economy?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/could-openais-hype-machine-drive.md) - A closer look at the claims made in Sam Altman's essay "The Intelligence Age" and the marketing material for o1.
- [Why the Training of Generative AI Models Is a Violation of Copyright Law](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/why-the-training-of-generative-ai.md) - The case for requiring licensed AI training based on new research.
- [What Is Futuristic Lawyer?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/what-is-futuristic-lawyer.md) - Everything you need to know about Futuristic Lawyer and why you should consider a subscription.
- [To Sit Quietly in a Room Alone](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/to-sit-quietly-in-a-room-alone.md) - Reflections on smartphone usage, media consumption, and a new study that shows how switching between video clips intensifies boredom.
- [Freedom of Speech & Platform Liability](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/freedom-of-speech-and-platform-liability.md) - Sunsetting Section 230, the decision against TikTok in the "blackout challenge" case, the charges against Telegram's CEO, and Brazil banning X.
- [The BigTech Cartel Is Threatened After Judge’s Ruling on Google’s Search Monopoly](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-bigtech-cartel-is-threatened.md) - A look at Judge Mehta's court ruling against Google, and how the DOJ's antitrust enforcement is challenging BigTech's iron grip on the industry for digital services and IT.
- [The Biggest Challenges in Law That AI Can Help Us to Solve](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-biggest-challenges-in-law-that.md) - Reflections on the role of courts in a technologically driven society, how AI tools can help lawyers, how they can't, and how to be wise enough to tell the difference.
- [AI in Higher Education](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-in-higher-education.md) - with Jeppe Stricker
- [The Loneliness Crisis Calls for Boring Tech](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-loneliness-crisis-calls-for-boring.md) - New devices are trying to fix the loneliness crisis caused by smartphones and social media. What we really need to is boring tech.
- [EU’s Chat Control Proposal Could End Encryption](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/eus-chat-control-proposal-could-end.md) - You should know about chat control, the political discussions, and the implications it would have on society.
- [How AI Is Shaping Education](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-ai-is-shaping-education.md) - With Leon Furze
- [Meta Called OpenAI’s Bluff & Open-Access AI Is Winning](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/meta-called-openais-bluff-and-open.md) - The safety concern and business opportunity of open-access AI
- [AI's Impact on Studying and Working](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ais-impact-on-studying-and-working.md) - A hype-free assessment of AI's legitimate impact on knowledge work.
- [Writing & Teaching the World about AI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/writing-and-teaching-the-world-about.md) - with Devansh
- [The Science of Social Media Mobs](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-science-of-social-media-mobs.md) - Internet communication, the addictive effect of moral outrage, and powerful social media mobs.
- [Going Deep on AI and Copyright Law](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/going-deep-on-ai-and-copyright-law.md) - with Andres Guadamuz aka TechnoLlama
- [AI Music Is a Technologically Sophisticated Form of Plagiarism](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-music-is-a-technologically-sophisticated.md) - An in-depth look at RIAA’s lawsuits against Suno and Udio and why the “fair use”-defense seems out of the question.
- [Podcasting & AI as a Culture Study](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/podcasting-and-ai-as-a-culture-study.md) - with Pranath Fernando
- [The Most Effective Way to Regulate AI Is to Govern Compute](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-most-effective-way-to-regulate.md) - A controversial but highly effective approach to controlling the use of AI + Conversation with Claus Aasholm
- [Striving for the Extraordinary](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/striving-for-the-extraordinary.md) - With Carsten Lillelund Pedersen
- [The Legality of Perplexity](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-legality-of-perplexity.md) - Legal and ethical considerations on the controversy regarding Perplexity, AI search engines vs Section 230 protection, the web crawler problem, and the hallucination problem.
- [AI Could be Heading Towards the Trough of Disillusionment](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-could-be-heading-towards-the-trough.md) - Is AI really heading towards super intelligence? Or the trough of disillusionment?
- [The Gamification of Human Relationships](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-gamification-of-human-relationships.md) - How Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms gamify human relationships to the tune of great profits. The results are not pretty.
- [How noyb is Challenging the Privacy Practices of US Tech Giants in Europe](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-noyb-is-challenging-the-privacy.md) - A look at noyb's recent complaints against Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI.
- [OpenAI Is a Leader in AI Unsafety](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/openai-is-a-world-leader-in-ai-unsafety.md) - OpenAI is ruthlessly pushing the boundaries of AI without a satisfying risk framework.
- [Will the Copilot Era include AI in Legal Workflows?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/will-the-copilot-era-include-ai-in.md) - Will we have a GitHub Copilot or a Microsoft Copilot for lawyers? Who leads in the legal copilot space? Originally published on AISupremacy.
- [AI Music Is Not Art. It's... The Opposite](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-music-is-not-art-its-the-opposite.md) - A look at legal and ethical issues with AI-generated music.
- [How Will AI Change Law & the Legal Industry? (Level 3)](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-will-ai-change-law-and-the-legal.md) - The deeper, philosophical question of how AI will change society.
- [How Will AI Change Law & the Legal Industry? (Level 2)](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-ai-will-change-law-and-the-legal-133.md) - The AI Act's risk-based approach to regulation and three conflicts between AI and law: the copyright issue, the black box issue, and the evaluation issue.
- [How Will AI Change Law & the Legal Industry? (Level 1)](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-ai-will-change-law-and-the-legal.md) - A brief look at the leading AI tools for lawyers, and how lawyers may choose to work with AI in the future.
- [Coopting Disruption - How Five Companies Dominate the Web](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/coopting-disruption-how-five-companies.md) - A new paper titled "Coopting Disruption" exposes the tricks and tactics used by BigTech to stay ahead of startups and potential competitors.
- [Thoughts on AI Writing Assistance](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/thoughts-on-ai-writing-assistance.md) - Reflections on why relying too heavily on AI writing assistance may be a disservice writers impose on themselves.
- [Understand the Essentials of the Digital Markets Act & the Digital Services Acts](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/understand-the-essentials-of-the.md) - Both acts, especially the Digital Services Act, will be burdensome for the tech giants to comply with. The EU is imposing a lot of paper pushing and compliance work but it's arguably for the better.
- [Is This the End for Stability AI?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/is-this-the-end-for-stability-ai.md) - Deep Dive on Stability AI + interview with Cyrus Johnson
- [The Social Costs of Meta’s AI Playbook](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-social-costs-of-metas-ai-playbook.md) - Also, OpenAI's Sora, Apple Vision Pro, and conversation with Nick Potkalitsky about AI's impact on education.
- [To Open-Source or Not to Open-Source?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/to-open-source-or-not-to-open-source.md) - Defining open-source AI vs open-source software, why Meta's Llama models are not open-source, and how open foundation models could help us sidestep the traps we fell into with social media.
- [How to Deal with Data Harvesting AI Girlfriends?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-to-deal-with-data-harvesting.md) - Chatbots everywhere, privacy study by the Mozillla Foundation on "romantic AI chatbot apps" and considerations on why they are so popular.
- [Lawyers Need Wisdom, Not to Call GPT](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/lawyers-need-wisdom-not-to-call-gpt.md) - LLMs as writing editors, existential thoughts on the role of lawyers, and a case study of corporate product promotion disguised as academic research + OpenAI lawsuits
- [AI’s Labor Market Impacts Are Slower Than Expected](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ais-labor-market-impacts-are-slower.md) - Key findings in a recent paper on AI's labor market impact by MIT and IBM + conversation with Renée Shaw.
- [Potential Landmark Case on Social Media's Destruction of Youth Mental Health](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-meta-profoundly-altered-the-psychological.md) - The multi-state class action against Meta, social media's harmful effects on the youth, manipulative product features, and Meta's denial of key findings in internal research.
- [Why Amazon Was Hit with a GDPR Fine of €32 Million by the French Data Authority, CNIL](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/why-amazon-was-hit-with-a-gdpr-fine.md) - Amazon's heavily criticized surveillance of stock workers is not allowed under the strict data privacy laws of the European Union. + My appereance on the STAY Sustainable Blog.
- [Rabbit R1 & The Future of Operating Systems](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/is-rabbit-r1-the-future-of-operating.md) - A future without smartphones, LLMs as operating systems, AI mind reading devices + conversation with Conrad Gray.
- [Biggest Global Risk in 2024 is Misinformation](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/biggest-global-risk-in-2024-is-misinformation.md) - The number 1 risk in WEF's Global Risk Report 2024 is misinformation. Impacts and countermeasures to AI propaganda, synthetic media and deepfakes, and the urgent need for more boredom.
- [OpenAI’s Mounting Legal & Ethical Problems](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/openais-mounting-legal-and-ethical.md) - UK, EU, and US considering investigations of the OpenAI/Microsoft partnership, copyright lawsuits, many private companies blocking the GPTBot, OpenAI's journalism blog post + EU AI Act Leak
- [A Sensible Approach to Regulating AI in Copyright Law – The Input Phase](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/a-sensible-approach-to-regulating.md) - A new class-action lawsuit against Microsoft and OpenAI, Gary Marcus and Reid Southen in IEEE Spectrum, Public vs. Private datasets + Podcast with Sairam from Gradient Ascent
- [The NYT Lawsuit Against Microsoft and OpenAI Could Signal GenAI’s Napster Moment](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-nyt-lawsuit-against-microsoft.md)
- [Announcements for 2024](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/announcements-for-2024.md) - Happy New Year! I have some important announcements to share regarding this publication.
- [A Sensible Approach to AI Regulation in Copyright Law – The Output Phase](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/a-sensible-approach-to-ai-regulation.md) - Who should be held responsible for AI copyright infringements? The user should.
- [Levels of Autonomy in AGI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/levels-of-autonomy-in-agi.md) - Trying to understand the categorization of AGI from Level 0-5 in a recent paper by Google DeepMind
- [Here’s what to know about EU’s AI Act](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/heres-what-to-know-about-eus-ai-act.md) - Including a bunch of links in the Reads of the Week section
- [What are “Foundation Models” and why are they breaking down EU’s negotiations of the AI Act?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/what-are-foundation-models-and-why.md)
- [How Humans Can Defeat Centaurs and Cyborgs in the Modern Workplace](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/how-humans-can-defeat-centaurs-and.md) - My take on AI assistance at work and a critical look at a paper from Harvard Business School.
- [Centaurs, OpenAI’s Push for AGI & AI Agents](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/centaurs-openais-push-for-agi-and.md)
- [A New Job Market is Opening for Futuristic Thinkers](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/a-new-job-market-is-opening-for-futuristic.md)
- [A Sobering Antidote to Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimism](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/a-sobering-antidote-to-marc-andreessens.md)
- [Guest Lecture at NUST - AI's Impact on Work](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/guest-lecture-at-nust-ais-impact.md)
- [Six of the Best Funded AI Startups in 2023 Worth Knowing About](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/six-of-the-best-funded-ai-startups.md)
- [Social Media in Plain Text?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/social-media-in-plain-text.md)
- [GPT-4 in Law School](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/gpt-4-in-law-school.md)
- [The Authors Guild Class Action Lawsuit Against OpenAI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-authors-guild-class-action-lawsuit.md) - A quick look at an important copyright case against OpenAI
- [Recommendation Algorithms & Lost Childhoods](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/recommendation-algorithms-and-lost.md)
- [Tech Is Booming, Trust Is Collapsing](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/tech-is-booming-trust-is-collapsing.md)
- [Anthropic’s Research and Approach](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/anthropics-research-and-approach.md) - Looking at key research in AI safety by one the leading companies in the field
- [Talk with Brian Beckom on the Lessons from Leaders Podcast - Artificial Intelligence & The Future of Work](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/talk-with-brian-beckom-on-the-lessons.md)
- [Story of an Old Crypto Trick in New Clothing](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/story-of-an-old-crypto-trick-in-new.md) - Analysis of the concerns surrounding Sam Altman's new crypto-project, Worldcoin
- [AI & Meaningless Work](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/ai-and-meaningless-work.md) - Automation could be an opportunity to focus on more meaningful work. It could also lead to more "bullshit jobs". Which one is it?
- [Understanding AI & Its Impact on Education](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/understanding-ai-and-its-impact-on.md) - How "AI smartness" could present an opportunity for education by challenging the notion of grades.
- [Inflection AI & The Future of Personal Intelligence](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/inflection-ai-and-the-future-of-personal.md) - Everything about Inflection AI and Pi, privacy concerns, and drawing parallels to "the metaverse"
- [Thoughts on Threads](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/thoughts-on-threads.md)
- [Stable Diffusion, Copyright Law & Modern-Day Luddites](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/stable-diffusion-copyright-law-and.md)
- [The Legal Copyright Battle Against AI: Closed vs. Open-Source AI](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-legal-copyright-battle-against-145.md)
- [The Legal Copyright Battle Against AI – Introduction to EU’s Requirements](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-legal-copyright-battle-against.md)
- [The Autonomous Agents Are Coming and It’s Time to Prepare](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-autonomous-agents-are-coming.md)
- [The Guinea Pigs](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-guinea-pigs.md)
- [Week 1 - Antifragility & Bitcoin Black Paper](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/week-1-antifragility-and-bitcoin.md) - Nassim Taleb's take on antifragility and Bitcoin + some news I have paid attention to this week.
- [Week 52 - GPT-4, Crypto Winter & Renewable Energy Boom](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/week-52-gpt-4-crypto-winter-and-renewable.md)
- [Week 51](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/week-51.md) - BigTech News, Crypto Regulation & Closing Message of 2022 by Russell Brand
- [Week 50](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/week-50.md) - Binance FUD, Twitter Files & the push for open social media
- [Week 49](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/week-49.md) - Crypto Anno 2022 & Response to Sam Altman
- [Week 48](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/week-48.md) - SBF at NY Times Event & ChatGPT
- [Where we stand with Bitcoin according to ECB](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/where-we-stand-with-bitcoin-according.md) - Brief comments on the European Central Bank's blog post about Bitcoin
- [The Solution for Content Moderation?](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/the-solution-for-conten-moderation.md)
- [Encountering the Invisible Enemy of Coordination Failure](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/encountering-the-invisible-enemy.md) - The story of "Moloch" and why most problems humanity faces today are products of coordination failure.
- [Crypto has Lost Its Way – The Past, Present, and Future](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/crypto-has-lost-its-way-the-past.md) - Here is a post about the past, present, and future of crypto, how it can change the world for the better, and how it is changing the world for the worse.
- [Opportunities & Dangers of DeFi](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/opportunities-and-dangers-of-defi.md) - Here is Part 1 of a beginner-friendly, eye-opening post where I try to demystify the complex world of DeFi.
- [Down the Rabbit Hole of AI You'll Find Yourself](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/down-the-rabbit-hole-of-ai-youll.md)
- [Elaborating on the Need for Futuristic Thinkers](https://www.futuristiclawyer.com/elaborating-on-the-need-for-futuristic.md)

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