College reunion goals:
1. Catch up with old friends ✅
2. Visit my favorite places in the Purple Valley ✅
3. Figure out who's sinking the Williams CrossClimb average on LinkedIn ❌

Check out the full issue here: https://ethicalreckoner.substack.com/p/wr-65-when-ai-is-just-people

#ICYMI: new Weekly Reckoning! Feat. an update on the "sad beige" influencer lawsuit, the hot "#AI" coding app that was actually just human engineers, and reflections on #NYTechWeek. 🔗 ⬇️

Full paper available on SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=5285297
With @lucianofloridi

Didn't get a chance to attend the Yale Summit on State #AI Legislation? Now you can find the key takeaways in this pre-print! We break down key tensions in #AIpolicy and propose solutions to mitigate them, ensuring that AI regulation and innovation support each other. Read it ⬇️

Full issue: https://ethicalreckoner.substack.com/p/wr-64-make-citations-fake-again

📬 This week's Weekly Reckoning, feat. the MAHA report's #AI citation hullaboo, AI law pre-emption, the NAACP vs. xAI, and mental health misinformation on #TikTok. Plus, do you have to worry about chatbot blackmail? (Hint: not yet) 🔗 ⬇️

From Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rubio-says-us-will-start-revoking-visas-chinese-students-2025-05-28/

40% of US AI researchers come from Chinese undergrad institutions. We can't just open the tap and fill that gap--we don't have the institutional or talent base.
If this goes through, it's not just a self-own--it's a death knell for the US AI industry.

"Rubio said on Wednesday the United States will start revoking visas of Chinese students, including those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party or studying in critical fields."
...does that perchance include #AI? So much for "innovation first."

Anyone care to guess how many clicks it took to figure out that my domain registration cost was increasing by $1/year after getting this inscrutable AWS email?
Many. So many.

Check out the full issue here: https://ethicalreckoner.substack.com/p/wr-63-material-girl-fraud-in-an-ai

No new newsletter this week because of the holiday, but #icymi last week's remains available for your perusal. Good news about #CRISPR treatments, a paper fraud saga, and some musings on the purpose of education in the age of advanced #AI.

Google Glass is dead, long live Android XR:
https://blog.google/products/android/android-xr-gemini-glasses-headsets/

(I set up an "org profile" so now I have Emmie Hine the person and Emmie Hine the #brand)

NY Tech Week is using Partiful for RSVPs and people's profile pictures are about to get a lot less fun 😂

(I interpreted it to mean "try not to read the AI overview," not "don't Google anything.")

Fun new conundrum: I got asked to do a work test without AI assistance... but Googling anything now means getting involuntary AI assistance 😅

Full issue available here: https://ethicalreckoner.substack.com/p/wr-62-hallucinations-101

A couple reader requests in today's Ethical Reckoner (including an #AI Hallucinations 101), plus an update on the CA bar exam chaos. Ever want to take a writing class from Agatha Christie? Ever think that idea sounds sketchy? Read more ⬇️