Running List of My Research on AI, ML & Robotics Policy

As I continue to work hard to complete my new book project on the governance of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics, I thought I would start a running list of all the essays and reports I’ve already rolled out on these issues just so I can keep track of everything. I also want to use this as an opportunity to seek out potential intellectual allies in what will become the biggest technology policy battle of our lifetime.

I have so many forthcoming essays and papers planned that I can’t begin to list them all here, but stay tuned because much more is to come. Anyway, here’s the list of what I’ve done so far. I will continue to update this as more material is released:

Adam Thierer, “ Existential Risks & Global Governance Issues around AI & Robotics ,” [DRAFT CHAPTER, July 2022].Adam Thierer, “ How Science Fiction Dystopianism Shapes the Debate over AI & Robotics ,” Discourse, July 26, 2022.Adam Thierer, “ Why is the US Following the EU’s Lead on Artificial Intelligence Regulation ?” The Hill, July 21, 2022.Adam Thierer, “ Algorithmic Auditing and AI Impact Assessments: The Need for Balance ,” Medium, July 13, 2022.Adam Thierer, “ What I Learned about the Power of AI at the Cleveland Clinic ,” Medium, May 6, 2022.Adam Thierer, Governing Emerging Technology in an Age of Policy Fragmentation and Disequilibrium , American Enterprise Institute (April 2022).Adam Thierer and John Croxton, “ Elon Musk and the Coming Federal Showdown Over Driverless Vehicles ,” Discourse, November 22, 2021.Adam Thierer, “ A Global Clash of Visions: The Future of AI Policy ,” The Hill, May 4, 2021.Adam Thierer, “ A Brief History of Soft Law in ICT Sectors: Four Case Studies ,” Jurimetrics, Vol. 61 (Fall 2021): 79-119.Adam Thierer, “ U.S. Artificial Intelligence Governance in the Obama–Trump Years ,” IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society, Vol, 2, Issue 4 (2021).Adam Thierer, “ The Worst Regulation Ever Proposed ,” The Bridge, September 2019.Ryan Hagemann, Jennifer Huddleston Skees & Adam Thierer, “ Soft Law for Hard Problems: The Governance of Emerging Technologies in an Uncertain Future ,” Colorado Technology Law Journal, Vol. 17 (2018).Adam Thierer & Trace Mitchell, “ No New Tech Bureaucracy ,” Real Clear Policy, September 10, 2020.Adam Thierer, “ OMB’s AI Guidance Embodies Wise Tech Governance ,” Mercatus Center Public Comment, March 13, 2020.Adam Thierer, “ Europe’s New AI Industrial Policy ,” Medium, February 20, 2020.Adam Thierer, “ Trump’s AI Framework & the Future of Emerging Tech Governance ,” Medium, January 8, 2020.Adam Thierer, “ Soft Law: The Reconciliation of Permissionless & Responsible Innovation ,” Chapter 7 in Adam Thierer, Evasive Entrepreneurs & the Future of Governance (Washington, DC: Cato Institute, 2020): 183-240.Andrea O’Sullivan & Adam Thierer, “ Counterpoint: Regulators Should Allow the Greatest Space for AI Innovation ,” Communications of the ACM, Volume 61, Issue 12, (December 2018): 33-35.Adam Thierer, Andrea O’Sullivan & Raymond Russell, “ Artificial Intelligence and Public Policy ,” Mercatus Research (2017).Adam Thierer, “ Shouldn’t the Robots Have Eaten All the Jobs at Amazon By Now ?” Technology Liberation Front, July 26, 2017.Adam Thierer, “ Are ‘Permissionless Innovation’ and ‘Responsible Innovation’ Compatible ?” Technology Liberation Front, July 12, 2017.Adam Thierer, “ The Growing AI Technopanic ,” Medium, April 27, 2017.Adam Thierer, “ The Day the Machines Took Over ,” Medium, May 11, 2017.Adam Thierer, “ When the Trial Lawyers Come for the Robot Cars ,” Slate, June 10, 2016.Adam Thierer, “ Learning by Doing,” the Process of Innovation & the Future of Employment ,” Technology Liberation Front, September 25, 2015.Adam Thierer, “ Problems with Precautionary Principle-Minded Tech Regulation & a Federal Robotics Commission ,” Medium, September 22, 2014.Adam Thierer, “ On the Line between Technology Ethics vs. Technology Policy ,” Technology Liberation Front, August 1, 2013.