This session will explore the different forces impacting the increased demand for energy, with a focus on technology and AI.   We’ll also discuss the different types of energy that may be best suited for these areas, and some of the opportunities and challenges facing these energy options.

Presented by: Amy Stein, Cone Wagner Professor of Law, University of Florida Levin College of Law

Professor Stein is the former Associate Dean for Curriculum and current Cone Wagner Professor of Law and affiliate faculty for the University’s AI² Center at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. She serves on the University’s AI Working Group in AI Ethics and Policy and the Florida Climate Institute, as well as the Association of American Law Schools’ Natural Resources and Energy Law and Environmental Sections. Popular Science named Professor Stein one of the “Visionary Thinkers” of 2022 for her work on algorithms and the climate crisis. She writes and teaches at the intersection of emerging technologies and the law. Among other courses, she has been teaching Energy Law for the past fifteen years and Artificial Intelligence and the Law for the past six years.

Professor Stein is an internationally recognized law and technology scholar, sharing her work on the legal, sustainability, and ethical implications of various technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). Some of her AI-related publications explore the possibilities of using AI to address aspects of climate change, Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change, 37 Yale Journal on Regulation 890 (2020), work that has been cited in Forbes, as well as the implications of artificial intelligence for tort defenses in civil liability, Assuming the Risks of Artificial Intelligence, 102 Boston University Law Review 979 (2022). More recently, she is exploring the impacts of data center growth on the electric grid and the sustainability implications of generative AI. Prior scholarship focuses on energy data monopolies, delegations of authority related to emergency powers, pathways to integrate emerging energy technologies, and the federalism implications of energy and climate change, all of which can be accessed at http://ssrn.com/author=1216973.  

Professor Stein began her academic career at George Washington University Law School and Tulane Law School.  Prior to her academic appointments, she practiced as an environmental and litigation associate for Latham & Watkins LLP in the firm’s Washington, D.C., and Silicon Valley offices.  She is a member of the District of Columbia, Illinois, and California state bars.  She is a graduate of the University of Chicago (AB) and the University of Chicago Law School (JD).  She is a member of the Order of the Coif, an honorary society for professors that have attained high distinction for their scholarly accomplishments.