AI & Law: New Laws Needed To Govern AI

by Dr. Lance B. Eliot

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Key briefing points about this article:

• AI systems keep being developed and fielded by the thousands upon thousands
• Some liken this to the days of the wild west, whereby existing laws are deficient
• As a result, many AI systems seem lawless or sneakily skirt the law
• Proposals exist about shoring up existing laws to make sure that AI gets reined in
• Consider a set of legal principles regarding AI that The Alan Turing Institute proposes

Introduction

AI systems are popping up aplenty.

You’ve undoubtedly seen or heard via daily news reports about those breathtaking new “miraculous” AI systems being put into use all around us. Seemingly zillions of AI-infused apps are being unleashed. Let’s be clear that these are not the type of sci-fi-style AI that you’ve seen wildly portrayed in movies and TV shows. Instead, these are quite humdrum in comparison. And yet they bode for some sour…