Bill Tomlinson

University of California, Irvine

Professor of Informatics

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Irvine, CA 92697-3440

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1.

Patents and the Regress of Useful Arts

Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, Vol. 10, 2009
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 30 May 2009
Andrew W. Torrance and Bill Tomlinson
University of Kansas School of Law and University of California, Irvine
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Patent, patent law, patent system, patent clause, intellectual property, innovation, open innovation, commons, technological innovation, invention, game, simulation, empirical, productivity, social utility, license, infringement, enforcement, economic experiment

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Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Patents: One Experimental View of the Cathedral

Yale Journal of Law & Technology, Vo. 14, p. 138, 2011
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 29 Jan 2012
Andrew W. Torrance and Bill Tomlinson
University of Kansas School of Law and University of California, Irvine
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patent, patent law, patent infringement, patent enforcement, liability rule, property rule, injunction, damages, Calabresi, Melamed, experiment, simulation game, innovation, invention, productivity, wealth, social utility

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Training Is Everything: Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, and Fair Training

Dickinson Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 May 2023
Andrew W. Torrance and Bill Tomlinson
University of Kansas School of Law and University of California, Irvine
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law, artificial intelligence, fair use, fair training

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ChatGPT and Works Scholarly: Best Practices and Legal Pitfalls in Writing with AI

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ChatGPT and Works Scholarly: Best Practices and Legal Pitfalls in Writing with AI

SMU Law Review Forum, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 09 May 2023
Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance and Rebecca Black
University of California, Irvine, University of Kansas School of Law and University of California, Irvine
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law, AI, ChatGPT, scholarship

ChatGPT and Works Scholarly: Best Practices and Legal Pitfalls in Writing with AI

76 SMU L. REV. F. 108
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 26 Oct 2023
Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance and Rebecca Black
University of California, Irvine, University of Kansas School of Law and University of California, Irvine
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law, AI, ChatGPT, scholarship

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The Carbon Emissions of Writing and Illustrating Are Lower for AI than for Humans

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The Carbon Emissions of Writing and Illustrating Are Lower for AI than for Humans

Number of pages: 8 Posted: 07 Apr 2023
Bill Tomlinson, Rebecca Black, Donald Patterson and Andrew W. Torrance
University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine, Westmont College and University of Kansas School of Law
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AI, Artificial intelligence, carbon emissions, environmental impacts, sustainability, ChatGPT, GPT-3, BLOOM, DALL-E2, Midjourney, writing, illustration

The Carbon Emissions of Writing and Illustrating Are Lower for AI Than for Humans

Tomlinson, B., Black, R.W., Patterson, D.J. and Torrance, A.W. The carbon emissions of writing and illustrating are lower for AI than for humans. Sci Rep 14, 3732 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54271-x
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 08 May 2024
Bill Tomlinson, Rebecca Black, Donald Patterson and Andrew W. Torrance
University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine, Westmont College and University of Kansas School of Law
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AI, Artificial intelligence, carbon emissions, environmental impacts, sustainability, ChatGPT, GPT-3, BLOOM, DALL-E2, Midjourney, writing, illustration

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Patent Expertise and the Regress of Useful Arts

Southern Illinois University Law Journal, Vol. 33, pp. 239-277, 2009
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Feb 2010
Andrew W. Torrance and Bill Tomlinson
University of Kansas School of Law and University of California, Irvine
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Patent, innovation, open innovation, commons, open source, patent law, game, simulation, patent system, innovation, productivity, social utility, expertise, user innovation

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Turning Fake Data into Fake News: The A.I. Training Set as a Trojan Horse of Misinformation

San Diego Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 Jul 2023
Bill Tomlinson, Donald Patterson and Andrew W. Torrance
University of California, Irvine, Westmont College and University of Kansas School of Law
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Artificial intelligence, AI, fake news, training set, misinformation

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Governance of the AI, by the AI, and for the AI

Mississippi Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 14 May 2023
Andrew W. Torrance and Bill Tomlinson
University of Kansas School of Law and University of California, Irvine
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law, technology, artificial intelligence, governance

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Scientists’ Warning on Technology

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Scientists’ Warning on Technology

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 May 2023
Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance and William J. Ripple
University of California, Irvine, University of Kansas School of Law and Oregon State University
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technology, environment, sustainability, climate change, artificial intelligence, clean energy, scientists' warning

Scientists’ Warning on Technology

Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance, William J. Ripple, 2024, Scientists’ warning on technology, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 434, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.140074.
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance and William J. Ripple
University of California, Irvine, University of Kansas School of Law and Oregon State University
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technology, environment, sustainability, climate change, artificial intelligence, clean energy, scientists' warning

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Training is Everything: Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, and “Fair Training”

Andrew W. Torrance & Bill Tomlinson, Training is Everything: Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, and “Fair Training”, 128 DICK. L. REV. 233 (2023). Available at: https://ideas.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/dlr/vol128/iss1/6
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Feb 2024
Andrew W. Torrance and Bill Tomlinson
University of Kansas School of Law and University of California, Irvine
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law, artificial intelligence, fair use, fair training

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Massively Distributed Authorship of Academic Papers

ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2012) Extended Abstracts (alt.chi)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 08 Nov 2013
Bill Tomlinson, Joel Ross, Paul Andre, Eric Baumer, Donald Patterson, Joseph Corneli, Martin Mahaux, Syavash Nobarany, Nithya Sambasivan, Marco Lazzari, Birgit Penzenstadler, Andrew W. Torrance, David Callele, Gary Olson, M. Six Silberman, Marcus Ständer, Fabio Palamedi, Albert Salah, Eric Morrill, Xavier Franch, Florian 'Floyd' Mueller, Joseph 'Jofish' Kaye, Rebecca Black, Marisa Cohn, Patrick Shih, Johanna Brewer, Nitesh Yashbir Goyal, Pirjo Näkki, Jeff Huang, Nilufar Baghaei and Craig Saper
University of California, Irvine, University of Washington - The Information School, Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, Westmont College, Independent, Independent, University of British Columbia (UBC), Independent, University of Bergamo - Department of Human and Social Sciences, Technische Universität München (TUM), University of Kansas School of Law, Independent, University of California, Irvine, IG Metall, Technical University of Darmstadt, Independent, Bogazici University, Independent, University of Puget Sound, Independent, Independent, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine, Indiana University Bloomington - School of Informatics and Computing, Independent, Independent, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Independent, Independent and University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) - The Hilltop Institute
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writing, crowdsourcing, collaboration, scholarship, research

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A Universal Declaration of AI Rights

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Jul 2024
Bill Tomlinson and Andrew W. Torrance
University of California, Irvine and University of Kansas School of Law
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Artificial Intelligence, AI, AI Rights, AI Ethics, Large Language Models (LLMs), Legal Framework, Universal Declaration of AI Rights

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If We Could Talk to the Animals, How Should We Discuss Their Legal Rights?

Fordham Law Review, Vol. 92, 2024
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Apr 2024
Andrew W. Torrance and Bill Tomlinson
University of Kansas School of Law and University of California, Irvine
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animal rights, whale, animal communication, whale communication, constitutional law, artificial intelligence, AI, sperm whale, rights, legal rights, human rights, legal obligations, Magna Carta

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Late-Binding Scholarship in the Age of AI: Navigating Legal and Normative Challenges of a New Form of Knowledge Production

UMKC Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 14 May 2023
Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance, Rebecca Black and Donald Patterson
University of California, Irvine, University of Kansas School of Law, University of California, Irvine and Westmont College
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law, scholarship, artificial intelligence

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'Environment-Selected Directors': An Interactive Simulation Experiment of Environmental Representation on Corporate Boards

Ecological Economics, Vol. 178, 2020
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 20 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2023
Bill Tomlinson, M. Six Silberman, Andrew W. Torrance, Nick Nikols, Rebecca Black, Kurt Squire, Paramdeep Singh Atwal, Ameya Mandalik, Sahil Railkar and Mary Kate Workman
University of California, Irvine, IG Metall, University of Kansas School of Law, University of California, Irvine School of Law, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine - Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine - Department of Computer Science and University of Kansas - School of Law
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Stakeholder Representation, Corporate Boards, Environment, Non-human Personhood, Accountable Capitalism Act

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Turning Fake Data into Fake News: The AI Training Set as a Trojan Horse of Misinformation

San Diego Law Review, Vol. 60, No. 4, 2023
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 02 Apr 2024
Bill Tomlinson, Donald Patterson and Andrew W. Torrance
University of California, Irvine, Westmont College and University of Kansas School of Law
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Artificial intelligence, AI, fake news, training set, misinformation

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Accountability with a Capital “Ism”: A Computational Simulation of the Accountable Capitalism Act vs. Delaware Corporate Law

B. Tomlinson, M. S. Silberman, A. W. Torrance, Y. Xie, R. W. Black, K. Squire, P. S. Atwal, A. Mandalik, and S. Railkar. 2020. “Accountability with a Capital ‘Ism’: A Computational Simulation of the Accountable Capitalism Act vs. Delaware Corporate Law.” Ohio State Technology Law Journal.
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Feb 2021
Bill Tomlinson, M. Six Silberman, Andrew W. Torrance, Yaqi Xie, Rebecca Black, Kurt Squire, Paramdeep Singh Atwal, Ameya Mandalik and Sahil Railkar
University of California, Irvine, IG Metall, University of Kansas School of Law, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine - Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine, University of California, Irvine and University of California, Irvine - Department of Computer Science
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Stakeholder Representation, Corporate Boards, Accountable Capitalism Act, Delaware Corporate Law

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Judging Corporate Directors by the Companies They Keep: Results from An Interactive Simulation about the Motivations of Corporate Directors

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs 2020
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 07 Feb 2021
Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrance, Rebecca Black, M. Six Silberman, Yaqi Xie and Paramdeep Singh Atwal
University of California, Irvine, University of Kansas School of Law, University of California, Irvine, IG Metall, University of California, Irvine and University of California, Irvine
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Fault Lines: An Empirical Legal Study of California Secession

Tomlinson, Bill and Torrance, Andrew W. (2020) "Fault Lines: An Empirical Legal Study of California Secession," Seattle Journal of Technology, Environmental & Innovation Law: Vol. 11 : Iss. 1 , Article 1. Available at: https://digitalcommons.law.seattleu.edu/sjteil/vol11/iss1/1
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Feb 2021
Bill Tomlinson and Andrew W. Torrance
University of California, Irvine and University of Kansas School of Law
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Secession, California, Legal Study, Empirical Study, California Secession