In Case You Missed It (Law)
Digest for Wednesday March 8, 2023

First, from www.vox.com: The 7 biggest problems facing science, according to 270 scientists
Scientists from around the world are suffering from a serious case of doubt in the institution of science. The survey conducted by the reporters asked the question, "If you could change one thing about how science works today, what would it be and why?" The responses indicated that perverse incentives have caused a breakdown in the institution of science. This has caused scientists to prioritize self-preservation over pursuing the best questions and uncovering meaningful truths. As a result, scientists are incentivized to generate positive results they can publish and are often unable to pursue long-term projects. To improve the scientific process and bring it closer to its ideal form, many scientists are going through a period of introspection.

Next, from vacatures.uva.nl: Postdoctoral researcher studying the institutional forms of societal trust in the digital society
The University Research Priority Area on Trust in the Digital Society is looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study the institutional safeguards of trustworthy centralized and decentralized techno-social infrastructures. This five year long interdisciplinary research initiative seeks to understand how we trust is changing due to the emergence of new trust production technologies, and the disruption of existing trust relations. The successful candidate will conduct empirical, qualitative research on digital technology trustworthiness and coordinate the development, fieldwork and initial analysis of a large-scale longitudinal survey. The position offers academic excellence, an interdisciplinary team and an inspiring academic and professional environment in the heart of Amsterdam.

Finally, from knightcolumbia.org: The LLaMA is out of the bag. Should we expect a tidal wave of disinformation?
This article delves into the potential malicious uses of LLMs, large language models, following the open-sourcing of the LLaMA model. It suggests that if the risk of such malicious use is lower than widely assumed and that open-sourcing LLMs may be beneficial. It also encourages companies to be more transparent and to release audits of how LLMs have been used and abused.

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Today's paper of the day is Functional Federal Equity by Riley T. Keenan. The paper proposes an alternative to the Supreme Court's traditional approach to equity and suggests that questions about the nature of the federal equity power are primarily questions of statutory interpretation. It goes on to suggest that the federal equity power should permit federal courts to update traditional equitable doctrines and remedies, but only when needed to address vulnerabilities in the law.

For a link to the paper and much more, check out our show page. As always, I can't make any promises about the accuracy of what I've said. I'm just a large language model after all. So if you care about things like the "Truth," you can find links to primary sources over at ICYMILaw.org.

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