
Richard W. Stevens is a retiring lawyer, author, and a Fellow of Discovery Institute's Walter Bradley Center on Natural and Artificial Intelligence. He has written extensively on how code and software systems evidence intelligent design in biological systems. Holding degrees in computer science (UCSD) and law (USD), Richard practiced civil and administrative law litigation in California and Washington D.C., taught legal research and writing at George Washington University and George Mason University law schools, and specialized in writing dispositive motion and appellate briefs. Author or co-author of four books, he has written numerous articles and spoken on subjects including intelligent design, artificial and human intelligence, economics, the Bill of Rights and Christian apologetics. Available now at Amazon is his fifth book, Investigation Defense: What to Do When They Question You (2024).
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Autonomous AI War Technology Delivers Killer Robots
AI systems are designed to always carry out the mission. A software logic problem in special situations is a worst-case scenario that we must expect
Dead Man “Returns” via Deepfake to Testify Against Killer
An eerie deepfake video was allowed to impersonate a manslaughter victim talking about his thoughts and feelings in the courtroom
How Two Dogs May Have Foiled a Kidnapping
Did these two dogs just follow their programming? Or do they really care? How do they come to care?
Chatbots Alone Together: “Let’s Skip the Small Talk …”
Did you know that humans empower AI bots to confer with each other in Gibberlink code? Nothing could go wrong with that, right?...
Could Robots Be Programmed to Feel Ordinary Love?
The question is a bit more complex than we might at first think, as the British TV series Humans demonstrates
Did China’s DeepSeek Violate OpenAI’s Legal Rights?
“Distillation” technology may have allowed DeepSeek to piggy-back on ChatGPT to capture market share
The Human Body From an Engineer’s Perspective
My late father was a naval engineer. There are fundamental ways an engineer must think about any designed system. Let’s apply them to the body
TikTok Is Not Just Overgrown Chatting and Email
Foreign adversary’s AI-empowered threats to national security tip Supreme Court scales against TikTok
Can AI Really Code the Value of Humans?
The new book Soulless Intelligence urges that we program all AI systems to treat all humans as infinitely valuable – the only exceptions being criminals and aggressors
First Federal Report on Drone Sightings Flunks Credibility Test
Whether reports are human- or AI-generated, they need careful scrutiny
Sci-Fi Becomes Real: Killer Robot Dogs
They are just one manufacturing cycle away
How To Sue A Chatbot For Causing Suicide
If your child committed suicide because an online chatbot effectively encouraged him to do so, could you sue the chatbot makers?
California Censorship Law Loses First Round in Legal Battle
Court zeroes in to protect First Amendment rights to vigorous political speech and expression
California: The New “Deepfakes” Ban Violates the First Amendment!
Outrage over the AI-generated imitations of Kamala Harris’s voice distracts from the issues around the state’s power grab over media
Richard Stevens on All Things AI and Law

Yes, the Billion-Records Data Breach Is Real
My family and I were victims. Here’s how to find out if you are too and what you can do about it
Google Decision Challenges Trillion-Dollar Internet Gatekeeper
How one company cornered the market for the human mind
The Dark Art of Online “Nudging”: How to Protect Yourself
Organizations of all kinds use psychological tricks to move our minds as we browse — but a handy acronym helps detect them