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Multilingualism and International Mental Health Research – The Barriers for Non-native Speakers of English 多语言与国际心理健康研究--非英语母语者的障碍
Pub Date : 2024-06-04 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4779978
G. de Girolamo, Stefano Calza, Massimo Clerici, Armando D’Agostino, D. De Ronchi, Andrea Fagiolini, Giuseppe Nicolò, Maria Nobile, Andrea Raballo, Paola Rucci, Alessandro Serretti, Fabrizio Starace, Pietro Tiraboschi, Paolo Brambilla
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The Frontiers of Nullification and Anticommandeering: Federalism and Extrajudicial Constitutional Interpretation 无效与反僭越的边界:联邦制与司法外的宪法解释
Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4817313
Jesse Hartery, Geoffrey sigalet
In federal systems, non-judicial actors can engage in constitutional reasoning. The actions taken may come in different legal forms. Some may be consistent with positive law, while others may not. Nullification and anticommandeering are prominent examples. We show that these concepts have functionally made new appearances in Canada. One significant example of this is Alberta’s enactment of the 2022 Sovereignty Act. We trace how the initial proposal for the legislation resembled nullification. Over time, the proposal was reformed to adapt it to the particularities of Canadian federalism. The result was a Sovereignty Act that appears to assert existing provincial powers, particularly as a formal framework for extrajudicial constitutional interpretation via anticommandeering, although only time will tell if this remains the case in practice. In doing so, we shine a light on the contours of some of the legal and political debates that may arise as the framework is operationalized.
在联邦制度中,非司法行为者可以参与宪法推理。所采取的行动可能具有不同的法律形式。有些可能符合实在法,有些则可能不符合。宣布无效和反贿赂就是突出的例子。我们表明,这些概念在功能上已在加拿大全新亮相。其中一个重要的例子是艾伯塔省颁布的《2022 年主权法》。我们追溯了最初的立法提案是如何类似于无效法的。随着时间的推移,该提案进行了改革,以适应加拿大联邦制的特殊性。其结果是,《主权法》似乎主张了现有的省级权力,特别是通过反僭越作为司法外宪法解释的正式框架,尽管只有时间才能证明这在实践中是否依然如此。在此过程中,我们将揭示随着该框架的实施而可能出现的一些法律和政治辩论的轮廓。
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Elaborating a Human Rights friendly Copyright Framework for Generative AI 为生成式人工智能制定人权友好型版权框架
Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4634992
Christophe Geiger
As works are increasingly produced by machines using artificial intelligence (AI) systems, with a result that is often difficult to distinguish from that of a human creator, the question of what should be the appropriate response of the legal system and, in particular, of the copyright system has become central. If the generator of copyright protection has traditionally been the author’s creative input, AI forces us to reassess what in the creative process is special in human creativity and where the creative input lies in AI-generated works. But it also poses more fundamental questions on what the copyright system should achieve and who/what it should protect. In particular, since many human authors will potentially face the competition of these AI machines on the market, new ways of remunerating creators will have to be imagined while making sure that the copyright system does not stand in the way of these important technological developments.This contribution analyses the copyright issues related to so-called “generative AI” systems and reviews the arguments currently being advanced to change the copyright regime for AI-generated works. To do so, the underlying human rights framing intellectual property laws are used as the starting point from which a balanced copyright framework for generative AI could (and even should) be derived. It follows from the applicable human rights framework for copyright, but also from the anthropocentric approach of human rights, that the protection of creators and human creativity must be considered the point of reference when assessing future reforms with regard to copyright and generative AI systems. This approach establishes generative AI systems as an instrument of the human creator – and not as a substitute. It also reinforces the notion that copyright should be a tool to protect creativity and creators, not a legal mechanism to secure the amortization of economic investments in AI technology. As a consequence, it is argued that the copyrightability of AI-generated outputs should be considered with utmost care and only when AI is used as a technical tool for creators in their creation process – in other words, when they can serve a human author. At the same time, AI systems are here to stay, and their development should not be inhibited, as they can have many beneficial aspects (including for creators) if appropriately regulated.The right to train generative AI systems via machine learning technology can be derived from the right to science and culture and freedom of (artistic) expression (Arts. 19 and 27(1) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR); Art. 15(1)(a) and (b) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); Arts. 11 and 13 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (EUCFR)), as AI can lead to useful advances in science and the arts; moreover, it is important for human creators to be able to use outputs produced by generative AI in their creative process. This grounding is even s
随着越来越多的作品由使用人工智能(AI)系统的机器生产出来,其结果往往难以与人类创作者的作品区分开来,法律制度,尤其是版权制度应做出何种适当反应的问题已成为核心问题。如果说传统上版权保护的产生者是作者的创造性投入,那么人工智能则迫使我们重新评估人类创造过程中的特殊之处,以及人工智能生成的作品中创造性投入的所在。但它也提出了版权制度应实现什么目标以及应保护谁/保护什么的更基本问题。本文分析了与所谓 "生成式人工智能 "系统相关的版权问题,并回顾了目前为改变人工智能生成作品的版权制度而提出的论点。为此,本文以基本的人权框架知识产权法为出发点,从中可以(甚至应该)得出一个平衡的人工智能作品版权框架。从适用于版权的人权框架以及以人类为中心的人权方法来看,在评估未来有关版权和人工智能生成系统的改革时,必须将保护创作者和人类创造力作为参考点。这种方法将人工智能生成系统确定为人类创造者的工具,而不是替代品。它还强化了版权应是保护创造力和创作者的工具,而不是确保人工智能技术经济投资摊销的法律机制这一理念。因此,有观点认为,只有当人工智能被用作创作者在创作过程中的技术工具时--换句话说,当它们可以为人类作者服务时--才应极其谨慎地考虑人工智能生成的产出的版权问题。同时,人工智能系统将继续存在,其发展不应受到抑制,因为如果监管得当,它们可以有许多有益的方面(包括对创作者而言)。通过机器学习技术训练人工智能生成系统的权利可以从科学和文化权利以及(艺术)表达自由中衍生出来(《世界人权宣言》第 19 条和第 27 条第 1 款)。通过机器学习技术训练生成式人工智能系统的权利可源于科学文化权和(艺术)表达自 由(《世界人权宣言》第 19 条和第 27(1)条;《世界人权宣言》第 15(1)(a)条和第 27(1) 条)。经济、社会、文化权利国际公约》第 15(1)(a)和(b)条;《欧盟基本权利宪章》第 11 和 13 条。此外,重要的是人类创作者能够在其创作过程中使用生成式人工智能所产生的成果。当训练是为了研究目的而进行时,这种基础就更加牢固,因为训练过程也可以受益于基本的研究权。然而,由于训练人工智能生成系统需要大量受版权保护的作品,因此从人权的角度看,特别是当人工智能系统具有商业目的时,就产生了为这些用途支付报酬的义务。根据保护创作者精神和物质利益的权利(《世界人权宣言》第 27(2)条和第 17(2)(a)条)。根据《世界人权宣言》第 27(2)条和第 17 条、《经济、社会、文化权利国际公约》第 15(1)(c)条、《欧洲保护人权与基本自由公约》第 17(2)条、《第一议定书》第 1 条、《欧洲人权公约》第 8 条),作者必须为其作品的商业使用获得足够的报酬,除非有充分的理由使这种使用合法化。为此,本文提出,在机器学习过程中使用受版权保护的作品来训练人工智能,会产生基于限制的报酬权,从而使人类创作者受益。文章还简要探讨了创作者从人权保护中获得的道德利益是否以及何时可以成为他们反对将其作品用于训练人工智能系统的理由。文章认为,训练人工智能的基本权利诉求越弱,道德权利诉求就可能越强。例如,训练人工智能以制作用于歧视或种族主义目的的作品将受益于较弱的基本权利保护(如果有的话),但却有可能引起用于训练目的的作品的作者的重要道德关切。更广泛地说,文章的结论是,为了确保一个充满活力的文化和创造空间,(最终)有必要珍视人类作者并将其置于版权制度的中心(而不仅仅是为了版权产业的利益而设置栅栏,这可能是欧盟最近首次对人工智能进行广泛监管干预,即所谓的 "人工智能法案 "的不幸结果)。
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A Geometric Approach to Asset Allocation with Investor Views 资产配置的几何方法与投资者观点
Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4840636
Alexandre Antonov, Koushik Balasubramanian, Alex Lipton, Marcos Lopez de Prado
In this article, a geometric approach to incorporating investor views in portfolio construction is presented. In particular, the proposed approach utilizes the notion of generalized Wasserstein barycenter (GWB) to combine the statistical information about asset returns with investor views to obtain an updated estimate of the asset drifts and covariance, which are then fed into a mean-variance optimizer as inputs. Quantitative comparisons of the proposed geometric approach with the conventional Black-Litterman model (and a closely related variant) are presented. The proposed geometric approach provides investors with more flexibility in specifying their confidence in their views than conventional Black-Litterman model-based approaches. The geometric approach also rewards the investors more for making correct decisions than conventional BL based approaches. We provide empirical and theoretical justifications for our claim.
本文提出了一种将投资者观点纳入投资组合构建的几何方法。具体而言,所提出的方法利用广义瓦瑟斯坦双曲中心(GWB)的概念,将资产收益的统计信息与投资者的观点相结合,从而获得资产漂移和协方差的最新估计值,然后将其作为输入输入均值方差优化器。本文对拟议的几何方法与传统的布莱克-利特曼模型(以及一个密切相关的变体)进行了定量比较。与基于 Black-Litterman 模型的传统方法相比,拟议的几何方法在指定投资者对其观点的信心方面为投资者提供了更大的灵活性。与传统的基于 Black-Litterman 模型的方法相比,几何方法还能为做出正确决策的投资者提供更多奖励。我们为我们的主张提供了经验和理论依据。
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Absolute and Relative Ambiguity Attitudes 绝对模糊态度和相对模糊态度
Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4843450
Francesco Fabbri, Giulio Principi, Lorenzo Maria Stanca
We represent preferences that exhibit absolute or relative attitudes towards ambiguity without assuming convexity of preferences. Our analysis is motivated by the recent experimental evidence by Baillon and Placido (2019) indicating that ambiguity becomes more tolerable as individuals are better off overall. Decreasing absolute ambiguity aversion is characterized by constant superadditive certainty equivalents and admits an act-dependent variational representation (Maccheroni et al., 2006). Decreasing relative ambiguity aversion relates to positive superhomogeneity and admits an act-dependent confidence preference representation (Chateauneuf and Faro, 2009). We apply our characterizations to retrieve a classic risk sharing result on the efficiency of trade and subjective beliefs of the individuals (Rigotti et al., 2008).
我们在不假设偏好凸性的情况下,表现出对模糊性的绝对或相对态度的偏好。我们的分析是受 Baillon 和 Placido(2019)最近的实验证据所启发的,这些证据表明,随着个体整体状况的改善,模糊性变得更可容忍。递减绝对模糊厌恶的特点是恒定的超加法确定性等价物,并允许一种行为依赖变式表示(Maccheroni 等人,2006 年)。相对模糊厌恶递减与正的超同质性有关,并允许一种依赖行为的信心偏好表示法(Chateauneuf 和 Faro,2009 年)。我们运用我们的表征来检索关于交易效率和个人主观信念的经典风险分担结果(Rigotti 等人,2008 年)。
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The Oxford Olympics Study 2024: Are Cost and Cost Overrun at the Games Coming Down? 2024 年牛津奥林匹克研究:奥运会的成本和超支会下降吗?
Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4849892
Alexander Budzier, Bent Flyvbjerg
The present paper is an update of the"Oxford Olympics Study 2016"(Flyvbjerg et al. 2016). We document that the Games remain costly and continue to have large cost overruns, to a degree that threatens their viability. The IOC is aware of the problem and has initiated reform. We assess the reforms and find: (a) Olympic costs are statistically significantly increasing; prior analysis did not show this trend; it is a step in the wrong direction. (b) Cost overruns were decreasing until 2008, but have increased since then; again a step in the wrong direction. (c) At present, the cost of Paris 2024 is USD 8.7 billion (2022 level) and cost overruns is 115% in real terms; this is not the cheap Games that were promised. (d) Cost overruns are the norm for the Games, past, present, and future; they are the only project type that never delivered on budget. We assess a new IOC policy of reducing cost by reusing existing venues instead of building new ones. We find that reuse did not have the desired effect for Tokyo 2020 and also look ineffective for Paris 2024. Finally, we recommend that the Games look to other types of megaprojects for better data, better forecasting, and how to generate the positive learning curves that are necessary for bringing costs and overrun down. Only if this happens are Los Angeles 2028 and Brisbane 2032 likely to live up to the IOC's intentions of a more affordable Games that more cities will want to host.
本文是对《2016 年牛津奥运会研究》(Flyvbjerg 等人,2016 年)的更新。我们记录了奥运会仍然成本高昂,并继续出现大量成本超支,其程度已威胁到奥运会的可行性。国际奥委会意识到了这一问题,并已启动改革。我们对改革进行了评估,发现(a) 从统计数字上看,奥运成本明显增加;而以前的分析并未显示出这一趋势;这是朝 错误方向迈出的一步。(b) 成本超支在 2008 年之前一直在减少,但自 2008 年以来却在增加;这也是朝着 错误的方向迈出的一步。(c) 目前,2024 年巴黎奥运会的成本为 87 亿美元(2022 年的水平),实际超支 115%;这不是人们承诺的廉价奥运会。(d) 无论过去、现在还是将来,成本超支都是奥运会的常态;它们是唯一从未按预算交付的项目类型。我们评估了国际奥委会的一项新政策,即通过重新利用现有场馆而不是建造新场馆来降低成本。我们发现,在 2020 年东京奥运会上,重复使用没有达到预期效果,而在 2024 年巴黎奥运会上,重复使用似乎也没有效果。最后,我们建议奥运会向其他类型的大型项目学习,以获得更好的数据、更好的预测,以及如何形成积极的学习曲线,这是降低成本和超支所必需的。只有做到这一点,2028 年洛杉矶奥运会和 2032 年布里斯班奥运会才有可能实现国际奥委会的愿望,即举办一届更经济实惠的奥运会,让更多的城市愿意主办。
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Wasserstein gradient flow for optimal probability measure decomposition 最优概率度量分解的瓦瑟斯坦梯度流
Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4831118
Jiangze Han, Chris Ryan, Xin T. Tong
We examine the infinite-dimensional optimization problem of finding a decomposition of a probability measure into K probability sub-measures to minimize specific loss functions inspired by applications in clustering and user grouping. We analytically explore the structures of the support of optimal sub-measures and introduce algorithms based on Wasserstein gradient flow, demonstrating their convergence. Numerical results illustrate the implementability of our algorithms and provide further insights.
受聚类和用户分组应用的启发,我们研究了一个无限维优化问题,即如何将一个概率度量分解为 K 个概率子度量,以最小化特定的损失函数。我们分析探索了最优子度量支持的结构,并引入了基于瓦瑟斯坦梯度流的算法,证明了它们的收敛性。数值结果表明了我们算法的可实施性,并提供了进一步的见解。
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Using Legitimacy Strategies to Secure Organisational Survival Over Time: The Case of EFRAG 利用合法性战略确保组织长期生存:欧洲财务报告咨询组的案例
Pub Date : 2024-06-03 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4816275
Kirstin Becker, Ulfert Gronewold, Katharina Weiß
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Stopping the Spying: US Labor Unions’ Responses to Electronic Surveillance at Work 停止间谍活动:美国工会对工作场所电子监控的回应
Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4784029
Miranda Cross
The use of electronic surveillance by employers has become increasingly common in recent years and can take many forms, including video surveillance, keystroke logging, and GPS tracking. While employers often claim that this surveillance is necessary to protect their property and increase productivity, it can also have negative consequences for workers, including work intensification and loss of a sense of autonomy at work. This paper examines the concerns, responses, and limitations of US labor unions in limiting electronic surveillance and its harms to workers. Expert interviews conducted with seven union leaders in 2023 reveal that US unions are aware of and concerned about electronic surveillance of members. Through political advocacy and collective bargaining, unions have a vital role to play in protecting workers’ privacy rights, though limitations to union's capacity exist due to low union membership density and high workloads.
近年来,雇主使用电子监控的情况越来越普遍,其形式多种多样,包括视频监控、按键记录和 GPS 跟踪。虽然雇主通常声称这种监控是保护财产和提高生产率所必需的,但它也会给工人带来负面影响,包括工作强度加大和丧失工作自主感。本文研究了美国工会在限制电子监控及其对工人的危害方面的担忧、应对措施和局限性。2023 年对七位工会领导人进行的专家访谈显示,美国工会意识到并关注对会员的电子监控。通过政治宣传和集体谈判,工会在保护工人隐私权方面可以发挥重要作用,但由于工会会员密度低和工作量大,工会的能力受到限制。
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A multi-farm global to local expert-informed machine learning system for strawberry yield forecasting 从全球到地方的多农场草莓产量预测专家机器学习系统
Pub Date : 2024-06-02 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4747534
Matthew Beddows, Georgios Leontidis
The importance of forecasting crop yields in agriculture cannot be overstated. The effects of yield forecasting are observed in all the aspects of the supply chain from staffing to supplier demand, food waste, and other business decisions. However, the process is often inaccurate and far from perfect. This paper explores the potential of using expert forecasts to enhance the crop yield predictions of our global-to-local XGBoost machine learning system. Additionally, it investigates the ERA5 climate model’s viability as an alternative data source for crop yield forecasting in the absence of on-farm weather data. We find that, by combining both the expert’s pre-season forecasts and the ERA5 climate model with the machine learning model, we can—in most cases—obtain better forecasts that outperform the growers’ pre-season forecasts and the machine learning-only models. Our expert-informed model attains yield forecasts for 4 weeks ahead with an average RMSE of 0.0855 across all the plots and an RMSE of 0.0872 with the ERA5 climate data included.
预测作物产量在农业中的重要性怎么强调都不为过。产量预测的影响体现在供应链的方方面面,从人员配备到供应商需求、食物浪费以及其他商业决策。然而,这一过程往往不准确,也远非完美。本文探讨了使用专家预测来提高我们的全球到本地 XGBoost 机器学习系统的作物产量预测的潜力。此外,本文还研究了在缺乏农场气象数据的情况下,ERA5 气候模型作为作物产量预测替代数据源的可行性。我们发现,通过将专家的季前预测和ERA5 气候模型与机器学习模型相结合,我们可以在大多数情况下获得更好的预测结果,其预测结果优于种植者的季前预测和纯机器学习模型。由专家提供信息的模型可提前 4 周预测产量,所有地块的平均均方根误差为 0.0855,包含 ERA5 气候数据时的均方根误差为 0.0872。
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