Now available: 'The Concept of Legal Personhood' by Claudio Novelli What does it take for someone – or something – to count as a legal person? ➡️ https://bit.ly/4l5kUMa #LegalPhilosophy
Claudio Novelli
@claudionovelli.bsky.social
Associate Researcher at the Digital Ethics Center, Yale University. Jurisprudence, Philosophy, Politics and Technology. https://sites.google.com/view/claudio-novelli/bio
We may not be facing a crisis as deep as the one confronting mathematicians, but we certainly have our share of concerns. Our new article is now published in the European Law Journal. @yaledec.bsky.social @floridi.bsky.social Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
What Is Left for Us? Second Scholarship Against the Degradation of Research by AI
We argue that generative AI can degrade research by eroding the very practices through which scholarly judgement is formed. As constitutive conditions for the production and validation of knowledge, ...
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What if we use the regulatory sandbox approach for the very concepts that legal rules presuppose? This would benefit multi-stakeholder drafting, which often leaves key concepts vaguely defined, creating hidden costs down the line. Our paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @floridi.bsky.social
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Novelli and Floridi on Second Scholarship in Legal Research Claudio Novelli (Yale University - Digital Ethics Center) and Luciano Floridi (Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna - Department of Legal Studies) have posted…...
New working paper: "Can we do without Legal Scholars?" Open Access Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @floridi.bsky.social
Can we do without Legal Scholars? The Case for Second Scholarship in Legal Research
On the standard positivist account, the criteria of legal validity are constituted by the practice of officials, but the interpretive competences that those off
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New article published: The Artificial in “Artificial Intelligence”: How Imagination Shapes AI Regulation International Journal for the Semiotics of Law LInk: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Artificial in “Artificial Intelligence”: How Imagination Shapes AI Regulation - International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Sémiotique juridique
Much of the hype about AI exploits the fact that human cognition, language, and categorization rely on imaginative scaffolding. Some degree of metaphor and conceptual borrowing should not be seen as a...
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🚨New paper Why AI can degrade research and what to do about it. With @floridi.bsky.social Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @yaledec.bsky.social
Thank you for hosting us @luizajarovsky.bsky.social You can read our paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3sN...
How Imagination Shapes AI Regulation, with Dr. Claudio Novelli and Prof. Steven Winter
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🚨 If you are interested in AI, DON'T MISS my 46-minute conversation with Dr. @claudionovelli.bsky.social and Prof. Steven Winter on "How Imagination Shapes AI Regulation" (link below)
🤖 New OA paper: "Fake Plastic Voters": do AI-simulated focus groups work? And when political actors should and shouldn't use them? @claudionovelli.bsky.social A decision matrix for practitioners navigating a real democratic accountability gap. 👇 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Fake Plastic Voters: When Political Parties Can Use AI-Simulated Focus Groups
Political parties strive to understand their electorates, and focus groups are a vital tool in these efforts. AI-enhanced simulation technologies (AESTs) enable
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🚨 "Fake Plastic Voters" Political parties use focus groups to understand voters. AI-simulated focus groups now promise the same evidence faster and cheaper, which makes it tempting to ask only how to use them. Open Access Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @floridi.bsky.social
🏛️ [AI Ethics Workshop] "The Artificial in 'Artificial Intelligence': How Imagination Shapes AI Regulation" by @claudionovelli.bsky.social, @floridi.bsky.social, Stefan Larsson, @rosariataddeo.bsky.social, and Steven Winter is our 4th selected paper. Here's why it matters 🧵:
Novelli et al on Metaphor and AI Regulation Claudio Novelli (Yale University - Digital Ethics Center), Luciano Floridi (Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies), Stefan Larsson (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)), Mariarosaria Taddeo…
Novelli et al on Metaphor and AI Regulation
Claudio Novelli (Yale University - Digital Ethics Center), Luciano Floridi (Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies), Stefan Larsson (Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)), Mariarosaria Taddeo (University of Oxford - Oxford Internet Institute), & Steven L. Winter (Wayne State University Law School) have posted The Artificial in "Artificial Intelligence": How Imagination Shapes AI Regulation…
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🚨 New paper --> The Artificial in "Artificial Intelligence" OA: philpapers.org/rec/NOVTAI-2 @floridi.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 Quantifying Values: The Problem of AI Risk Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... We propose a reference model that treats AI value impacts like proper risk: hazard + exposure + vulnerability + mitigation—and we show how it fits FRIA-style assessments. @yaledec.bsky.social
Quantifying Values: The Problem of AI Risk
Recent AI regulations require deployers of high-risk systems to assess impacts on values like fundamental rights and other legally protected interests. However,
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Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes the top downloaded papers on #AI in Law for Q4 2025. Read more: spkl.io/63323AmKE7 #LawSky #AcademicChatter #AICommunity
Top Papers on AI in Law Q4 2025
This list includes the top downloaded papers on AI in Law posted in Q1 2025. It also includes the Top 5 Organizations that downloaded the research during this period.
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Check out the latest #research from the SSRN #blog which includes the top downloaded papers for Q3 on #AI in Law. Read More: spkl.io/63329ApUcX #Law #AcademicChatter
Top Papers on AI in Law
This list includes the top downloaded papers on AI in Law posted in Q1 2025. It also includes the Top 5 Organizations that downloaded the research during this period.
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🚨 New pre-print out: AI and Investment Services in EU Law: The Case for MiFID III Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @floridi.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social
How is AI rewriting the rules of democracy? 🤖🗳️ With @claudionovelli.bsky.social (Yale), we explore AI’s impact on citizenship, participation, representation & the public sphere. Part of A Companion to Digital Ethics (eds. L. Floridi & M. Taddeo) Read here ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Digital Democracy
This chapter explores the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on digital democracy, focusing on four main areas: citizenship, participation, representation and the public sphere. It traces the ...
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🚨 Our paper “A Replica for our Democracies? On Using Digital Twins to Enhance Deliberative Democracy” has just been published in AI & Society! @floridi.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A replica for our democracies? On using digital twins to enhance deliberative democracy - AI & SOCIETY
Deliberative democracy depends on carefully designed institutional frameworks—such as participant selection, facilitation methods, and decision-making mechanisms—that shape how deliberation performs. ...
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Novelli et al on the EU AI Act, buff.ly/kQq3X9Z - Claudio Novelli & coauthors have posted Getting Regulatory Sandboxes Right: Design and Governance Under the AI Act on SSRN.
This article analyzes the EU's approach to regulatory sandboxes under the AI Act, and how they aim to balance risk mitigation with fostering innovation in #AI development. http://spkl.io/63321A8D0R @claudionovelli.bsky.social @jessrmorley.bsky.social @floridi.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 Getting Regulatory Sandboxes Right: Design and Governance Under the AI Act OA Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... @floridi.bsky.social @jessrmorley.bsky.social @yaledec.bsky.social 1/ ⬇️
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨 Should Data Protection Authorities Enforce the AI Act? Lessons from EU-wide Enforcement Data Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1/
Should Data Protection Authorities Enforce the AI Act? Lessons from EU-wide Enforcement Data
Most Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems involve some form of personal data processing, yet the role of Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) in enforcing the AI
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Novelli et al on Digital Twins & Deliberative Democracy, buff.ly/QZopIFr - Claudio Novelli (Yale University - Digital Ethics Center) et al have posted A Replica for our Democracies? On Using Digital Twins to Enhance Deliberative Democracy on SSRN.
Novelli et al on Digital Twins & Deliberative Democracy
Claudio Novelli (Yale University - Digital Ethics Center) et al have posted A Replica for our Democracies? On Using Digital Twins to Enhance Deliberative Democracy on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Deliberative...
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Novelli on Digital Twin Tests of Deliberative Frameworks, buff.ly/HomEZrU - Claudio Novelli et al have posted Testing Deliberative Democracy Through Digital Twins on SSRN.
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Novelli, Gaur, & Floridi on AI Regulation under Trump, buff.ly/rBaR4iW - Claudio Novelli (Yale), Akriti Gaur (Yale), & Luciano Floridi (Yale & Bologna) have posted Two Futures of AI Regulation under the Trump Administration on SSRN.
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Some personal news: I’ve temporarily paused the tiny iPhone screw factory I was building in Ohio.
Alexander Blanchard, @claudionovelli.bsky.social , @floridi.bsky.social and I just published an article on A Risk-Based Regulatory Approach To Autonomous Weapon Systems in Digital Society👇 shorturl.at/vIHJt #AutonomousWeapons #AIethics SIPRI @yaledec.bsky.social @oii.ox.ac.uk @springernature.com
A Risk-Based Regulatory Approach To Autonomous Weapon Systems - Digital Society
International regulation of autonomous weapon systems (AWS) is increasingly conceived as an exercise in risk management. This requires a shared approach for assessing the risks of AWS. This paper pres...
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