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Lawfare Daily: Larry Lessig on the Right to Warn of AI Dangers

Kevin Frazier, Lawrence Lessig, Jen Patja
Tuesday, June 25, 2024, 8:00 AM
What is the responsibility of AI labs and employees to prevent the dangers caused by AI?

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Larry Lessig, Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at the Harvard Law School, joins Kevin Frazier, a Tarbell Fellow at Lawfare, to discuss the open letter published by 13 current or former AI lab employees calling for a Right to Warn of AI dangers. This conversation dives into Lessig's representation of some of those employees as they push for a Right to Warn of AI dangers, the potential scope of that right, and the need for such a right in the first place. All signs suggest this won't be the last deep dive into the dangers posed by AI and the responsibility of AI labs and employees to prevent those dangers.

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Kevin Frazier is an AI Innovation and Law Fellow at UT Austin School of Law and Senior Editor at Lawfare .
Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard Law School. His latest book is “They Don’t Represent Us” (HarperCollins 2019).
Jen Patja is the editor of the Lawfare Podcast and Rational Security, and serves as Lawfare’s Director of Audience Engagement. Previously, she was Co-Executive Director of Virginia Civics and Deputy Director of the Center for the Constitution at James Madison's Montpelier, where she worked to deepen public understanding of constitutional democracy and inspire meaningful civic participation.
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