Dr. Ruth Taplin

By: Dr. Ruth Taplin
Subjects: Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Information Science, Law, Other

“This thought-provoking book rewards time and effort spent with it by offering a broad array of experts from the diverse fields that must now confront the social, political, legal, and environmental impact of devices capable of autonomous decision-making.”

"Ruth Taplin, the book's editor, is a prolific author with expertise in the economics of intellectual property and Japanese studies. The eight chapters of this volume are written by diverse experts from many fields, including physicists, computer scientists, climate change scientists, economists, and legal experts. They are united in the belief that the human creators of robots must ultimately be accountable for the actions of the devices that they have invented. The book demonstrates the challenges of understanding the complex and constantly changing networks of relations among human and non-human actors. The topics described in this volume will be part of the intellectual milieu now and for the foreseeable future."

Kevin P. Lee

Intel Social Justice and Racial Equity Professor

North Carolina Central University

Technology Law & Policy Center

Durham, North Carolina , USA

"AI is a deeply misunderstood technology, and Ruth Taplin and a series of international experts probe deeply its nature, examine its roots, and explain how it can exacerbate cyber risk, alongside its exciting positive applications such as in medicine and combating climate change. What distinguishes this collection of detailed essays is the often-overlooked dimension of intellectual property. The book performs an immense service in assessing all the IP-related implications such as whether AI phenomena should be viewed as independent creators capable of being granted patents: are they life forms that have been endowed with their own autonomous intelligence? Can a robot be sued for infringement of intellectual property rights, and how far have the courts got in addressing such dilemmas? What of ethics, when AI algorithms are based on human opinions and biases that might be inaccurate or damaging?  The fundamental question remains as to whether the latest advances in AI represent genuine intelligence in any way equivalent to that of human understanding, but this book informs hugely the debate."

James Brewer

Insurance Editor, Lloyd’s List (retired)

All About Shipping

"Emerging technologies are having an enormous impact on society and they influence aspects of humanity’s role and purpose. Artificial intelligence (AI) touches on many implemented technologies and regulations, including intellectual property rights (IPR), cyber risks and robotics. The scope of AI ranges from big data analytics and identifying trends to the ability to counter disinformation to protect IPR. Because AI can do many human tasks, humanity thinks AI is a threat, but, like all technologies, it can be harnessed for good or bad. This book discusses the positive aspects of AI from the economic benefits, with applications in robotics that can revolutionise robotic automation services, to climate change and pandemics. However, the economic benefits could also bring an economic and moral crisis, but this book suggests that all is not lost with the implementation of AI. This is because current AI is “generative AI” and this type is process driven and does not have the ability to be creative/inventive. However, if AI were to develop conscious intelligence or unconscious intelligence, then it might not be implemented because humanity is foremost about self-preservation. AI has the characteristics of a black box with unknown contents and outcomes. Humanity is wary unknowns. Pushing the boundaries of AI will/could result in unintended consequences that would harm societies and humanity. Stepping over the precipice would be a step too far.

This book is recommended to a wide audience, from the inquisitive reader to many professionals, including bankers and insurers, lawyers, cybersecurity personnel, judges, technology officers, economists, scientists, inventors, computer scientists, small and medium-sized companies, multinational corporations, business consultants and postgraduate students. Understanding this new world can inform decision making; decisions that will have wide ranging consequences for society and companies. This book incorporates knowledge, experience and ideas that will aid readers to make informed decisions in this new world."

Gordon Bowen

Director

Thames Valley Business Advisors Limited

Maidenhead, Berkshire UK

By: Dr. Ruth Taplin
Subjects: Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Military & Security Studies, Other

My essay based on my latest book Cyber Risk, Intellectual Property Rights and Cyberwarfare was published in Barron's Daily (affilate of Dow Jones) on 2 June 2021 to illustrate how cyberattacks on IPR are increasing and part of the fight for global dominance in the new digital baded global order.

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The Intense Cyber Struggle over Intellectual Property Threatens the Global Order

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By Ruth Taplin

June 1, 2021 2:00 pm ET

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By: Dr. Ruth Taplin
Subjects: Economics, Finance, Business & Industry

Please click this link to see review on allaboutshipping.co.uk by James Brewer. 

Cyber Risk, Intellectual Property Theft and Cyberwarfare. Asia, Europe and the USA. Major new book by Ruth Taplin – All About Shipping

Also a review by Ed Price in Interdisciplinary Journal of Economics and Business Law, Volume 10 Issue 2, 2021. 

"Taplin offers high-level strategic commentary, but then has both the grit and curiosity to explore what this actually means on a national and sectoral basis. Subsequently, chapters treat the reader to a gamut of analysis:  IP theft and cyberwarfare is addressed in perspicuous detail, followed by investigation of the state-of-affairs in Japan, Russia, China, and the United States. These chapters are invaluable. But cyber risk aside, they also show Taplin’s rich understanding of multiple jurisdictions from Asia to the West. The weight and width of scholarship on display is impressive. The book therefore discretely doubles up as a primer on the general character of individual economies and their legal codes."

By: Dr. Ruth Taplin
Subjects: Economics, Finance, Business & Industry

Very honoured to write the forward to Dr. Ruth Taplin's comprehensive and insightful newly launched book 'Cyber Risk, Intellectual Property Theft and Cyberwarfare' now available at Cyber-Risk-Intellectual-Property-Theft-and-Cyberwarfare-Asia-Europe-and/Taplin/p/book/9781138320581 

Todd Williams, Director, NSW Cyber Security Node, New South Wales, Australia