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Apr 25
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Ep 236: Max Velthoven, legal science, AI...

Brett Hall
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Max is a tax lawyer who is applying Popperian epistemology to legal science and issues in AI. Links to some more of his work, and the slides to accompany part of this video are below. Slides for Max's talk(s):

https://www.bretthall.org/popper-and-legal-science.html

Max’s journal article on AI with Eric Marcus (in NLFiscaal TaxTech): NLFiscaal | Problems in AI, their roots in philosophy, and implications for science and society:

https://www.nlfiscaal.nl/nlfiscaal-doc/BEEAD89DD9E44E81B23811716258A4C4

Slides to accompany: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7290619876879028225/

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