Regulation of Emerging Technologies: AI, Blockchain, and Quantum Computing

1 credits · Law School

This seven-week, one-credit course gives students a working foundation in three critical emerging technologies and the legal and regulatory questions each one raises: artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and quantum computing. Rather than surveying every affected practice area, the compressed format concentrates on the regulatory pressure points that recur across all three technologies: privacy and cybersecurity, national security and export control, financial regulation, and intellectual property. Students will learn to assess, analyze, and communicate the benefits and risks of these technologies to clients, regulators, and non-legal decision-makers. Each session pairs a short technical foundation with the current U.S. and international legal frameworks sufficient to address these technologies, or do they require something new? Students will leave the course able to spot emerging technology issues early, frame them for a client, and contribute to risk assessment and management strategies within their organizations. The course is designed to be accessible to students with no technical background. Students who have completed LAW 7628 may not enroll in this course. Enrollment limited. [1]