To Regulate Tech, Nullify Click-Through Contracts
The techlash phenomenon emerged in 2018, as many scandals erupted and Big Tech's reputation took several blows. Surveillance…
Moshe Vardi August 30, 2023
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Who Is Responsible Around Here?
In January 2012, I wrotea about the past and future of artificial intelligence (AI). I reiterated Bill Joy's 2000 question: …
Moshe Vardi March 1, 2023
Accountability and Liability in Computing
In 2017, I wrote:a "So here we are, 70 years into the computer age and after three ACM Turing Awards in the area of…
Moshe Vardi November 16, 2022
Engineers and Economists Prize Efficiency, but Nature Favors Resilience — Lessons From Texas, COVID-19 and the 737 Max
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar and University Professor Moshe Vardi analyzes three recent crises — the 2021 winter storm in Texas, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Boeing 737 Max software failure — that highlight the cost of valuing efficiency over resilience and provide lessons for bringing society into balance.
Moshe Vardi May 19, 2021
Did the Budget Control Act Work?
As the Budget Control Act nears expiry, it is important to reflect on its effectiveness — does the BCA provide a framework for curtailing unsustainable deficits and moving to a sustainable fiscal policy? Read the authors' analysis at the Baker Institute Blog.
John W. Diamond, Autumn Engebretson February 4, 2021
Financial Regulation After COVID-19
Our current economic situation is not permanent, and laws should not be altered based on the idea that domestic shutdown will last forever. However, we should remain flexible as our economy recovers.
John W. Diamond, Autumn Engebretson December 14, 2020
Where Have All the Domestic Graduate Students Gone?
University Professor Moshe Vardi condemns the actions taken by the U.S. government to restrict the immigration of technical workers into the country but also questions why the U.S. has become so dependent on international students as the major workforce for its academic science and engineering research enterprise. Baker Institute Blog: https://bit.ly/3llmHg2
Moshe Vardi October 6, 2020
Saudi Arabia’s Yemen Dilemma
The deepening civil war in Yemen poses more challenges than solutions for Saudi Arabia, writes Middle East scholar Andrew Bowen.
Andrew Bowen January 20, 2015