For me, this effectively symbolises much of what is unimpressive about AI (yes, I know *this* is robotics, but still). Marginally improved speed with everything that matters entirely removed. A marathon without runners, pointless to its core.
🎉 Publication day! My book 𝙎𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙖𝙬 is out in the Edward 𝘌𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. If you want to know more about the ICC, the interpretation of its statute, prosecutorial decisions & policies, and judicial review, this book might be your next reading 1/
Absolutely amazing!
Pope Leo:
ooooh #operas_I_may_get_to_watching 👀
It should be working, I've checked!
Just out in the German Law Journal @cambup-law.cambridge.org, my open access paper: 'Towards a Wagnerian Jurisprudence'. Looking for a distinctive legal philosophy within the musical score of Western opera - as far as I know, the first attempt ever to do so.
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Working as I do, mainly with words, norms, and obligations, it can all feel a bit unreal at times. When I feel like that, I am always reminded how proud I am of my brother's artisanal woodturning career. Check out his website and give his Instagram a follow: www.ejgwoodcraft.uk?utm_content=...
My paper, 'The State Itself as a Vulnerabile Subject: Existential Resilience under International Law' will be coming out soon in the Modern Law Review. For now, you can read the accepted version on my SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It's basically a necessary condition for politics that at least some people suck.
AI marketing really is a triumph of fiction over reality. We all know, basically, that most widely available LLMs are more than a bit silly and way more than a bit dangerous, yet somehow there are countless people willing to throw their lot in with the mega-rich backing them, just on the off chance.
Such a pleasure for @glexareen.bsky.social & me to participate in the USQ-hosted workshop ‘Deliberation & Contestation in Multinational Democracies’ and present (the latest instalment of) our work on the limits of legal pluralism. Many thanks to the participants for the engagement & feedback.
Decisions have now been made. I have tried to email everyone who submitted; however, if you slipped through the cracks, please accept my apologies! At this stage, if you have not heard back from me with an acceptance, unfortunately we cannot include your abstract within our special issue. 2/2
Many thanks to everyone who submitted abstracts to @jenhendry.bsky.social and me for "Global Law and Particular Legalities: Essays in Honour of William Twining". We received an overwhelming number of submissions (well over 80 abstracts), with a very high standard of work across the board. 1/2
Boromir from the movie The Fellow ship of the rings thinking out loud about the one ring, with the caption "Perhaps we could give the ring better training."
A very thought- provoking book. Highly recommended for those interested in the practical and doctrinal ambiguities associated with acquisition of statehood.
Really great to see another review of my @cambup-law.cambridge.org monograph, Statehood as Political Community, this time in Constitutional Studies. Thanks very much to @cherylas1.bsky.social for such close engagement with my arguments there!
constitutionalstudies-ojs-utexas.tdl.org/cs/issue/vie...
“The resistance is spreading beyond California. Dutch university faculty have issued an open letter calling for a moratorium on AI in academic settings, warning that its use ‘deskills critical thought’ and reduces students to operators of machines.”
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
My top five favourite words to pronounce like they’re Greek philosophers…
5. Monocles
4. Bicycles
3. Popsicles
2. Obstacles
1. Testicles
Me, chatting Wagner.
Norman, Jen, and me eating Thai food post-Wagner chat.
It was really great to share my ongoing research on 'Wagnerian Jurisprudence' with colleagues at the PKU School of Transnational Law. Thanks so much to Norman Ho for inviting me!
Oahmahgawd
shoved this into my "to buy" bookmarks folder because 1) I have enough things to read right now, and 2) it's like $150 books on kobo, which would be fine, but 3) it's like 300 pages, and I just bought the first three Temeraire novels because I need to Not use my brain for a while
Novels > academic monographs
Thanks bro
Great to see @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social's review of my @cambup-law.cambridge.org monograph, Statehood as Political Community in the @iclq.bsky.social!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Are moral philosophers bros now?
Happy to share my review (that was well late, sorry) of @glexareen.bsky.social's book "Statehood as Political Community"
He may be a moral philosophy bro but his outcomes and ethics are sound in spite of that. The book is excellent and well worth your time
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...