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Elizabeth Renieris Feb 11, 2023

Ben Caudron Jan 28, 2023

‘Her research identifies the inherent deficiency of making #data a rallying point in itself—data is not an objective truth, and what’s more, its “entirely contextual and dynamic” status makes it an unstable foundation for organizing. In proposing a #humanrights–based framework that would center human dignity and #autonomy rather than technological abstractions, Renieris delivers a clear-eyed and radically imaginative vision of the future.’

Get this one, by @hackylawyer

Elizabeth Renieris Jan 7, 2023

🚨🚨 My book, BEYOND DATA, from @mitpress will officially be released in one month on Feb. 7th, have you preordered it yet? 🚨🚨 https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047821/beyond-data/

Beyond Data

Why laws focused on data cannot effectively protect people—and how an approach centered on human rights offers the best hope for preserving human dignity a...

MIT Press

Elizabeth Renieris Dec 14, 2022

Elizabeth Renieris Dec 8, 2022

Next week, I'm testifying in the German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag)'s hearing on "Web 3.0 and the #Metaverse." Hearing details & live-stream link available at https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/a23_digitales/Anhoerungen/921548-921548

Also a good time to reshare my recent piece for CIGI on #Web3 https://www.cigionline.org/articles/amid-the-hype-over-web3-informed-skepticism-is-critical/

Deutscher Bundestag - Anhörung zum Web 3.0 und Metaverse

Was ist das Metaverse und wie sollte man mit diesem neuen digitalen Raum umgehen? Damit hat sich der Digitalausschuss in einer öffentlichen Anhörung am Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2022,...

Deutscher Bundestag

Elizabeth Renieris Dec 8, 2022

Also a good time to reshare my recent piece for CIGI on #Web3 https://www.cigionline.org/articles/amid-the-hype-over-web3-informed-skepticism-is-critical/

Deutscher Bundestag - Anhörung zum Web 3.0 und Metaverse

Was ist das Metaverse und wie sollte man mit diesem neuen digitalen Raum umgehen? Damit hat sich der Digitalausschuss in einer öffentlichen Anhörung am Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 2022,...

Deutscher Bundestag

Elizabeth Renieris Nov 8, 2022

"The man who created the Oculus Rift has invented a virtual reality headset that will explode the forebrain of a user who dies in a video game."

TLDR: You die in the game, you die IRL.

I'm screaming, are you?

And what's with the exceedingly neutral coverage of Palmer Luckey's death toy @Vice?

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game

Palmer Luckey Made a VR Headset That Kills the User If They Die in the Game

The man who created the Oculus Rift has invented a virtual reality headset that will explode the forebrain of a user who dies in a video game.

Elizabeth Renieris Nov 8, 2022

I'm giving an end-of-term talk at Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI on December 2nd.

The title:

"Was Data Protection a Mistake? The Case for Non-Data-based Technology Governance"

Stay tuned for registration details.

Elizabeth Renieris Nov 3, 2022

Sharing my first article on here! It's a piece I've written for CIGI on the EU's biometric smart borders, which reveal a "conflict between the European Union’s stated democratic values rooted in human rights, on the one hand, and a technocratic impulse to digitalize at all costs, on the other." Check it out! https://www.cigionline.org/articles/europe-at-a-crossroads-over-planned-use-of-biometrics/

Elizabeth Renieris Nov 3, 2022

Daniel Mügge Nov 1, 2022

Job alert 🚨 AI and global politics

3 fully-funded PhD positions + post doc to investigate EU’s int’l and global entanglements in AI regulation, embedded in @regulaite project.

Vacancies in 🧵; project descriptions on the website below.

#iamnewhere, so enormously grateful if you could help spread the word through shares. Many 🙏 already 🙂

https://www.regulaite.eu

Home - RegulAite

EU regulation of Artificial intelligence in the shadow of global interdependence

Elizabeth Renieris Nov 1, 2022

Wow, hello everyone!