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Andrea Matwyshyn
@andreamm@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Professor, law and engineering, Penn State; Founding Director, PILOT lab & @manglonalab@mastodon.social
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@dank@jorts.horse If only I'd known that this specialness awaited me I might have come prepared.
Once more for the folks in back: Control/Context + Harm + Intent/Knowledge = Software Liability.
""880,000 motorists claimed they had been misled....most of the strategies did not constitute [Prohibited Defeat Devices], with the exception of one in Mercedes cars..and another...in some Peugeot-Citroen vehicles..."For a defeat device to be found, there needs to be an intention to cause the emissions control system to operate differently when it senses it is being tested"" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mye0d1297o
If you are into tech procurement (or would like an audiobook to nap to), the audiobook of my article Prospecting for Progress from earlier this year is now available. The article is also linked. https://www.andreamm.com/progress
Are you looking for a funded PhD opportunity? Are you interested in neural tech, law, and human rights? If so, here's an *amazing* one.
PhD in Law Opportunity with Professor Jennifer A Chandler, University of Ottawa
We are looking for a strong, curious and highly motivated law graduate to join our team to pursue their PhD in Law within the NeuroSpeech project.
"Previously, to refill a prescription...a customer would call a prompt-based, touch-tone phone system that allowed them to use a keypad to reach a pharmacist. Customers ...said this old system worked smoothly, and they had no problems. Not so much with the new system, they said." https://vnews.com/2026/08/02/kinney-drugs-ai-refill-issues/
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Franklin periodically adopted various pseudonyms in his writing from the time he was a teenager, including names superficially belonging to women. For example, Silence Dogood was one of his alter egos. (So, pseudonymity was already A Thing at the time of the Founding.) https://founders.archives.gov/?q=Author%3A%22Franklin%2C%20Benjamin%22&s=1111311111&r=10
Anyone telling you that "robot lawyers" are a thing either isn't paying attention or has a tollbooth on the Brooklyn Bridge they'd also like to sell you. https://www.404media.co/judge-learns-lawyers-on-both-sides-of-case-used-ai-cancels-trial-kicks-everyone-off-the-case/
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My paper from the symposium is called The Internet of Latour's Things; it will be out later this year in Penn Carey Law's Journal of Law and Innovation.