‘What are you dreaming of, sir?’ Mathilde asked him. There was a note of intimacy in her question, and she had come back running and was quite out of breath in her eagerness to be with him. Julian was tired of self-suppression. In a moment of pride, he told frankly what he was thinking. The […]
Author Archive | Kenneth Anderson
“Snowden’s Jig”
Though hesitant to interrupt serious discussion with something so frivolous, in light of today’s New York Times’ editorial describing Edward Snowden as a whistleblower and calling for clemency, I offer you … “Snowden’s Jig.” (Otherwise known as “Genuine Negro Jig,” and composed by the Snowden Family Band, a 19th century African-American musical group based […]
Welcome to 2014
I’ve made a New Year’s resolution to blog more, and I guess one way to begin is with an article from the Washington Post by Julie Zaumer, dating back to July 2013, and the remarkable escape a young woman made when her car went off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, into the river 27 feet below: “How […]
Nelson Mandela, Ave Atque Vale
The Khayelitsha United Mambazo Choir performs Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika.
China Asserts Air Defense Identification Zone Around Disputed Pacific Islands
By Kenneth Anderson on November 27, 2013 7:33 pm in International Law, Uncategorized, War and Armed Conflict
Julian Ku at Opinio Juris notes that while much of the foreign policy community is focused on the Iran deal, China has undertaken a significant political escalation of its dispute with Japan over the Senkaku (or Daioyu) Islands, by invoking a so-called Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) around the disputed islands. The Wall Street Journal […]
RoboticsAlley Expo and a Few Thoughts Re the Regulatory Future of Robotics
By Kenneth Anderson on November 12, 2013 6:11 pm in Drones (UAVs), Robotics, Self-Driving Cars, Uncategorized
I’m in Minneapolis the next two days, taking part in a terrific industry expo show, RoboticsAlley. It covers the broad range of robotics, from industrial robots to health care and assistive robots, along with a number of exhibitors from the electronics industries. Baxter-the-robot is here. It also covers drones and self-driving cars – the UAV […]
Kenneth Andersons Are Particularly Bad People and You’d Be Wise to Steer Clear of Us
Jonathan points to news stories and a NYT editorial about former prosecutor (and former judge and former lawyer) Kenneth Anderson serving 10 days for prosecutorial misconduct. I wanted to point out something different, however. A quick Google search reveals that Kenneth Andersons are a really bad group of people. Apparently we Kenneth Andersons are prone to […]
Why Engaging in More Counterterrorism “Capture” Ops Makes Them Less Feasible Over Time
By Kenneth Anderson on November 2, 2013 9:20 pm in Counter-Terrorism Policy, Drones (UAVs), National Security, Targeted Killing, Uncategorized, War on Terror
(Special note: Lawfare, where I serve as His Serenity, Book Review Editor, is absolutely delighted VC’s own Orin Kerr has agreed to post there when the Spirit of National Security Law moves him.) Over at Lawfare, I have a longish post about the declared US government policy of preferring capture operations over kill operations where […]
We Robot 2014: Risks and Opportunities – Call for Submissions
For those of you working at the intersection of law, policy, and technology of robotics, We Robot 2014 is the conference for you. Now going into its third year, it is the premier meeting on the interdisciplinary issues across law, society, and technology. The 2014 conference will be held in Coral Gables, Florida, on April […]
Banning Autonomous Weapon Systems Won’t Solve the Problems the Ban Campaign Thinks It Will
Although much less visible in the United States than in Europe, the campaign to ban “killer robots” has not gone away. If anything, it’s gathering steam in Europe and also at the UN, where it is likely to be taken up following a report by Special Rapporteur Christof Heyns calling, not precisely for a ban, […]
Just In Time for a Possible US Government Debt Default
Duke University Law School’s Steven L. Schwarcz sent me the draft of his new paper, back in September, but the semester was just getting underway, and in any case, it seemed to me then that a paper titled “Rollover Risk: Ideating a U.S. Debt Default” was referring enough to a possible world that I could […]
Thanks to Bryant Walker Smith for Guest-Posting Last Week on Self-Driving Cars
Thanks to Stanford CIS and CAR fellow Bryant Walker Smith for guest-posting here at Volokh Conspiracy last week on driverless car technologies. You can read his posts on driverless carts as a sort of closed course for introducing driverless vehicles; the impact of automation technologies, including driverless cars, on transportation infrastructure and environmental planning issues; […]
John Bellinger Explains How To Make a UN Security Resolution Legally Binding
Many commentators, including a lot of international lawyers and scholars, have scrutinized the (as yet unnumbered) UN Security Council resolution worked out between the US and Russia and among the P-5 members of the Council regarding Syria and chemical weapons. My quick take when the draft resolution was released on Thursday night is here at […]
Bryant Walker Smith Guest-Blogging This Week About Self-Driving Cars, Automation Technologies, and Their Regulation
By Kenneth Anderson on September 29, 2013 4:58 pm in Automation, Regulation, Robotics, Self-Driving Cars, Torts
Automation and robotic technologies have popped up in Volokh Conspiracy posts several times during the last few years – drone aircraft, autonomous or highly automated weapons, nursing and eldercare assistance machines and, of course, self-driving cars. So I’m pleased to announce that Bryant Walker Smith, a leading expert on automation and the law, will be […]
Off-GPA-Balance-Sheet: Splitting the Higher Education Tension Between Education and Credential Through Online Education
By Kenneth Anderson on September 26, 2013 8:48 pm in Academia, Education, Higher Education, Online Education
The New York Times has a useful article today on MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses. Reporter Alan Finder points out that online education has been around in one form or another for a decade. What’s different today is the rise of the MOOCs; the article walks through the three leading MOOC providers – EdX, […]