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
The Nobel Science Prizes: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
To better reflect the iterative collaboration necessary for scientific progress, the Nobel Prize must expand its recognition to the many contributors of winning discoveries as well as diversify the selection committee, thereby also expanding recognition of the work of underrepresented minorities, argues this Baker Institute Blog post.
Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Kenneth M. Evans, Flora Naylor, Daniel Moralí October 13, 2021
2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the Development of a Tool to Manipulate Molecules
This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry recognizes the development of carbon-based catalysts. S&T Policy research assistant Flora Naylor writes that their discovery emphasizes the value of federal funding in supporting fundamental scientific research.
Flora Naylor October 7, 2021
Rolling Back Trump’s Methane Rules Isn’t Enough: We Need a Methane Tax To Buy Time to Decarbonize
Methane emissions are both "extraordinarily bad" and "easy to fix," so why not address them now? A federal tax of $1,500 per metric ton emitted could curb and counter the impact of U.S. methane emissions, argues this commentary piece.
Jim Krane, Mark Agerton, Ben Gilbert July 12, 2021
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
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