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I first embarked on work at the boundary of NLP and Law around 2008, with @msurd, @nmramesh, Josh Walker, George Gregory, & Mark Lemley. We wrote papers like: https://aclanthology.org/D08-1046/ , launched a startup, @LexMachina, and our data contributed to discussion and reform of patenting during the @BarackObama administration: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/SOFTWARE-PATENTS-AND-THE-RETURN-OF-FUNCTIONAL-CLAIMING.pdf . But, overall, honestly, very few people were interested in using empirical AI/ML/NLP techniques to study Law around 2010…. It’s wonderful to see how things have changed and grown during the last 15 years! Especially the last 5.
Excellent move !! Generalist journals need to embrace empirical work on AI and Law
Excited to see the Law in the Age of Generative AI special feature in @PNASNews! AI Safety & Copyright, but also AI Governance, Statutory Interpretation & more! My idea, but big thanks to Dan Ho, @JulianNyarko, @vanessaparli & @PNASNews for their work! https://www.pnas.org/topic/584
Heads up! @StanfordHAI experts Daniel Ho, @JulianNyarko, @chrmanning, and @vanessaparli co-edited a special feature on the appropriate role of AI in law and the role that law has in helping to govern technology in @PNASNews. Read it here: https://www.pnas.org/topic/584