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Law and Le­gal systems

TagLast edit: Apr 9, 2021, 6:08 AM by Yoav Ravid

Courts, juries, lawyers, Law enforcement, justice, but also the legislative process.

External posts:
Book Review: Legal Systems Very Different From Ours
Legal Systems Very Different From Ours, Because I Just Made Them Up
Slightly Skew Systems Of Government
A Comprehensive Reboot of Law Enforcement

Related tags: Government, Mechanism Design

[Question] What are the best re­sources for build­ing gears-level mod­els of how gov­ern­ments ac­tu­ally work?

adamShimiAug 19, 2024, 2:05 PM
19 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Book Re­view: Work­ing With Contracts

johnswentworthSep 14, 2020, 11:22 PM
167 points
27 comments11 min readLW link

1. A Sense of Fair­ness: De­con­fus­ing Ethics

RogerDearnaleyNov 17, 2023, 8:55 PM
16 points
8 comments15 min readLW link

Al­most ev­ery­one should be less afraid of lawsuits

alyssavanceNov 27, 2021, 2:06 AM
198 points
18 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

Ma­chine Learn­ing Consent

jefftkDec 8, 2022, 3:50 AM
38 points
14 comments3 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Lan­guage Model Me­moriza­tion, Copy­right Law, and Con­di­tional Pre­train­ing Alignment

RogerDearnaleyDec 7, 2023, 6:14 AM
9 points
0 comments11 min readLW link

NYT is su­ing OpenAI&Microsoft for alleged copy­right in­fringe­ment; some quick thoughts

Mikhail SaminDec 27, 2023, 6:44 PM
42 points
17 comments1 min readLW link

My Clients, The Liars

ymeskhoutMar 5, 2024, 9:06 PM
246 points
86 comments7 min readLW link

Who reg­u­lates the reg­u­la­tors? We need to go be­yond the re­view-and-ap­proval paradigm

jasoncrawfordMay 4, 2023, 10:11 PM
122 points
29 comments13 min readLW link
(rootsofprogress.org)

Mid­dle Child Phenomenon

PhilosophicalSoulMar 15, 2024, 8:47 PM
3 points
3 comments2 min readLW link

Con­spir­acy In­ves­ti­ga­tion Done Right

ymeskhoutFeb 19, 2024, 12:09 AM
24 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

Notes on Forgiveness

David GrossJan 26, 2021, 2:05 AM
11 points
4 comments25 min readLW link

The Amanda Knox Test: How an Hour on the In­ter­net Beats a Year in the Courtroom

komponistoDec 13, 2009, 4:16 AM
58 points
649 comments12 min readLW link

Why So Many Cookie Ban­ners?

jefftkOct 10, 2022, 2:20 AM
35 points
28 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Learn­ing so­cietal val­ues from law as part of an AGI al­ign­ment strategy

John NayOct 21, 2022, 2:03 AM
5 points
18 comments54 min readLW link

Can Ads be GDPR Com­pli­ant?

jefftkJan 8, 2023, 2:50 AM
39 points
10 comments7 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

AXRP Epi­sode 28 - Su­ing Labs for AI Risk with Gabriel Weil

DanielFilanApr 17, 2024, 9:42 PM
12 points
0 comments65 min readLW link

Ad Fraud De­tec­tion Pre­dic­tion Market

jefftkJan 17, 2023, 6:10 PM
17 points
0 comments2 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

The im­pos­si­ble prob­lem of due process

mingyuanJan 16, 2024, 5:18 AM
197 points
64 comments14 min readLW link

Bayesian Injustice

Kevin DorstDec 14, 2023, 3:44 PM
124 points
10 comments6 min readLW link
(kevindorst.substack.com)

Oc­cu­pa­tional Li­cens­ing Roundup #1

ZviOct 30, 2024, 11:00 AM
65 points
11 comments11 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How to Corner Liars: A Mi­asma-Clear­ing Protocol

ymeskhoutFeb 27, 2025, 5:18 PM
60 points
23 comments7 min readLW link
(www.ymeskhout.com)

Prevent­ing over­charg­ing by prosecutors

ChristianKlApr 6, 2021, 11:13 AM
29 points
35 comments1 min readLW link

How fac­to­ries were made safe

jasoncrawfordSep 12, 2021, 7:58 PM
185 points
46 comments18 min readLW link1 review
(rootsofprogress.org)

Is Le­gal Rea­son­ing Fun­da­men­tally Ir­ra­tional?

ThomasMoreOct 7, 2021, 8:22 AM
3 points
4 comments4 min readLW link

What the Head­lines Miss About the Lat­est De­ci­sion in the Musk vs. OpenAI Lawsuit

garrisonMar 6, 2025, 7:49 PM
97 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(garrisonlovely.substack.com)

In Defense of Lawyers Play­ing Their Part

Isaac KingJul 1, 2024, 1:32 AM
32 points
9 comments9 min readLW link

Re­peal the For­eign Dredge Act of 1906

ZviMay 5, 2022, 3:20 PM
159 points
16 comments19 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Scien­tific Ev­i­dence, Le­gal Ev­i­dence, Ra­tional Evidence

Eliezer YudkowskyAug 19, 2007, 5:36 AM
134 points
18 comments3 min readLW link

Notes on Jus­tice (as a virtue)

David GrossNov 5, 2020, 8:27 PM
6 points
4 comments8 min readLW link

“Should Black­mail Be Le­gal” Han­son/​Zvi De­bate (Sun July 26th, 3pm PDT)

Ben PaceJul 20, 2020, 4:06 AM
36 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What so­cieties have ever had le­gal or ac­cepted black­mail?

clone of saturnMar 17, 2019, 9:16 AM
33 points
23 comments1 min readLW link

Free Speech as Le­gal Right vs. Eth­i­cal Value

ozymandiasNov 28, 2017, 4:49 PM
14 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

I Am not a Tax Lawyer

Jacob FalkovichDec 24, 2017, 3:20 AM
12 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(putanumonit.com)

The US Already Has A Wealth Tax

jefftkAug 19, 2020, 2:50 PM
46 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
(www.jefftk.com)

Beyond Rea­son­able Doubt? - Richard Dawk­ins [link]

Dreaded_AnomalyFeb 10, 2012, 2:28 AM
33 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Knox and Sol­lecito freed

komponistoOct 3, 2011, 8:24 PM
40 points
114 comments1 min readLW link

An up­com­ing US Supreme Court case may im­pede AI gov­er­nance efforts

NickGabsJul 16, 2023, 11:51 PM
57 points
17 comments2 min readLW link

Rus­sian par­li­a­men­tar­ian: let’s ban per­sonal com­put­ers and the Internet

RomanSJul 25, 2023, 5:30 PM
11 points
6 comments2 min readLW link

A Fed­eral Judge on Bi­ases in the Crim­i­nal Jus­tice Sys­tem.

CostanzaJul 3, 2015, 3:17 AM
30 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

A Case for AI Safety via Law

JWJohnstonSep 11, 2023, 6:26 PM
17 points
12 comments4 min readLW link

From Per­sonal to Pri­son Gangs: En­forc­ing Proso­cial Behavior

johnswentworthJan 24, 2019, 6:07 PM
153 points
26 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

[Question] How to Le­gally Con­duct “Ra­tion­al­ist Bets” in Cal­ifor­nia?

Davis_KingsleyFeb 9, 2022, 8:16 AM
9 points
8 comments1 min readLW link

Law-Fol­low­ing AI 1: Se­quence In­tro­duc­tion and Structure

CullenApr 27, 2022, 5:26 PM
18 points
10 comments9 min readLW link

Law-Fol­low­ing AI 2: In­tent Align­ment + Su­per­in­tel­li­gence → Lawless AI (By De­fault)

CullenApr 27, 2022, 5:27 PM
5 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

Law-Fol­low­ing AI 3: Lawless AI Agents Un­der­mine Sta­bi­liz­ing Agreements

CullenApr 27, 2022, 5:30 PM
2 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Could Pa­tent-Trol­ling de­lay AI timelines?

Pablo RepettoJun 10, 2022, 2:53 AM
1 point
3 comments1 min readLW link

Par­li­a­ments with­out the Parties

Yair HalberstadtJun 19, 2022, 2:06 PM
18 points
18 comments2 min readLW link

Law-Fol­low­ing AI 4: Don’t Rely on Vi­car­i­ous Liability

CullenAug 2, 2022, 11:26 PM
5 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

What Should AI Owe To Us? Ac­countable and Aligned AI Sys­tems via Con­trac­tu­al­ist AI Alignment

xuanSep 8, 2022, 3:04 PM
26 points
16 comments25 min readLW link

Lev­er­ag­ing Le­gal In­for­mat­ics to Align AI

John NaySep 18, 2022, 8:39 PM
11 points
0 comments3 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

The AI Con­trol Prob­lem in a wider in­tel­lec­tual context

philosophybearJan 13, 2023, 12:28 AM
11 points
3 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] Should AI writ­ers be pro­hibited in ed­u­ca­tion?

Eleni AngelouJan 17, 2023, 12:42 AM
6 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Post se­ries on “Li­a­bil­ity Law for re­duc­ing Ex­is­ten­tial Risk from AI”

Nora_AmmannFeb 29, 2024, 4:39 AM
42 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

Mo­ti­vat­ing Align­ment of LLM-Pow­ered Agents: Easy for AGI, Hard for ASI?

RogerDearnaleyJan 11, 2024, 12:56 PM
35 points
4 comments39 min readLW link

In­cor­po­rat­ing Jus­tice The­ory into De­ci­sion Theory

StrivingForLegibilityJan 21, 2024, 7:17 PM
13 points
20 comments5 min readLW link

Pro-Choice: Right for the Wrong Reasons

peteroldaniJan 25, 2024, 7:28 PM
1 point
0 comments2 min readLW link

Fif­teen Law­suits against OpenAI

RemmeltMar 9, 2024, 12:22 PM
27 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

AI, In­tel­lec­tual Prop­erty, and the Techno-Op­ti­mist Revolution

Justin-DiamondJan 31, 2024, 6:30 PM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(www.researchgate.net)

Tort Law Can Play an Im­por­tant Role in Miti­gat­ing AI Risk

Gabriel WeilFeb 12, 2024, 5:17 PM
39 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

Dis­cord space for peo­ple with FTX claw­backs/​claims request

kotrfaFeb 16, 2024, 9:04 AM
1 point
0 comments1 min readLW link
(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

An­thropic is be­ing sued for copy­ing books to train Claude

RemmeltAug 31, 2024, 2:57 AM
20 points
4 comments2 min readLW link
(fingfx.thomsonreuters.com)

AI Labs Wouldn’t be Con­victed of Trea­son or Sedition

Matthew KhoriatyJun 23, 2024, 9:34 PM
9 points
2 comments3 min readLW link

La­bor Par­ti­ci­pa­tion is an Align­ment Risk

alexJun 25, 2024, 2:15 PM
−5 points
2 comments17 min readLW link

That which can be de­stroyed by the truth, should be as­sumed to should be de­stroyed by it

Thac0Jul 9, 2024, 7:39 PM
6 points
0 comments3 min readLW link

Game The­ory and Society

Zero ContradictionsAug 5, 2024, 4:27 AM
4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

In­quisi­tive vs. ad­ver­sar­ial rationality

gbSep 18, 2024, 1:50 PM
6 points
9 comments2 min readLW link

AI Rights for Hu­man Safety

Simon GoldsteinAug 1, 2024, 11:01 PM
45 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(papers.ssrn.com)

Case Story: Lack of Con­sumer Pro­tec­tion Pro­ce­dures AI Ma­nipu­la­tion and the Threat of Fund Con­cen­tra­tion in Crypto Seek­ing As­sis­tance to Fund a Civil Case to Estab­lish Facts and Pro­tect Vuln­er­a­ble Con­sumers from Da­m­age Caused by Au­to­mated Sys­tems

Petr 'Margot' AndreevAug 8, 2024, 5:55 AM
−9 points
0 comments9 min readLW link

Ex-OpenAI re­searcher says OpenAI mass-vi­o­lated copy­right law

RemmeltOct 24, 2024, 1:00 AM
0 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(suchir.net)

Pa­tent Trol­ling to Save the World

DoubleJan 17, 2025, 4:13 AM
23 points
7 comments3 min readLW link

Fake Op­ti­miza­tion Criteria

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 10, 2007, 12:10 AM
73 points
21 comments3 min readLW link

How would you gov­ern Mars?

BernhardDec 31, 2020, 2:32 AM
5 points
14 comments6 min readLW link

Map of all 40 copy­right suits v. AI in U.S.

RemmeltMar 26, 2025, 7:57 AM
36 points
2 comments1 min readLW link
(chatgptiseatingtheworld.com)

Given the Restrict Act, Don’t Ban TikTok

ZviApr 4, 2023, 2:40 PM
97 points
9 comments4 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Bayesian Punishment

Rob LucasOct 27, 2023, 3:24 AM
1 point
1 comment6 min readLW link

The 6D effect: When com­pa­nies take risks, one email can be very pow­er­ful.

scasperNov 4, 2023, 8:08 PM
277 points
42 comments3 min readLW link

2. AIs as Eco­nomic Agents

RogerDearnaleyNov 23, 2023, 7:07 AM
9 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

3. Uploading

RogerDearnaleyNov 23, 2023, 7:39 AM
21 points
5 comments8 min readLW link

4. A Mo­ral Case for Evolved-Sapi­ence-Chau­vinism

RogerDearnaleyNov 24, 2023, 4:56 AM
10 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Hearsay, Dou­ble Hearsay, and Bayesian Updates

Mass_DriverFeb 16, 2012, 10:31 PM
68 points
107 comments6 min readLW link
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