Can Machines Have Ura And Omote Understanding? In Japan, there is twin concepts of Ura and Omote. Most commonly, it is used in a societal sense to describe the private or hidden aspect of a person (Ura) and their public persona (Omote). For a highly conformist and...
As COVID forces disruption upon the world there is an opportunity for extensive positive change including in the law. Courts that have resisted online document submission and video conferencing have adopted them virtually overnight. Firms that could not get away from...
I have been enjoying salsa (and other Latin dancing) for a number of years, and one of the things that has fascinated me is the subtlety and connection in human interaction that dancers have. I have wondered if this subtlety is something that could be taught to...
Here’s the article in full Tech-savvy lawyer launches new business By Emma Ryan|16 October 2019 An Adelaide-based tax lawyer has dived into a new business venture in an attempt to help others dispel confusion about technology coming to the market. Adrian...
October 2019 Explainable AI is all the rage at legal technology conferences currently. It is considered essential to algorithms that are used in law. Here is why I think that popular view is wrong – and why I generally dislike prediction algorithms...
Adrian writes Technological changes have an emergent nature and are therefore inevitable. Emergence is the co-ordination and ordering out of a disordered situation by “spontaneous” creation, in the absence of centralised institutions. For example: social conventions,...
