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Legal and Ethical Concerns Regarding AI Learning

Let's talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI). Can intelligence and learning skills be artificial, as the name inherently suggests? If it's artificial, that means "inhuman" right? If it's not real, is it entitled to the same rights and liberties as "real things" like humans and animals? A common concern among lawyers is how exactly we begin to legislate the legal and ethical concerns brought forward by the actions of AI-enabled technology.


From Siri to smart cars to online advertisements, artificial intelligence is currently affecting so much of the world already. The full range of rewards and risks, that arise from the use of these technologies has not been fully explored. However, there are at least five legal issues innately associated with AI and machine learning.


  1. AI computes faster than Congress. Technological innovation has been progressing at a faster rate since the Industrial Revolution; much faster than the law can follow. Along these lines, when legal issues emerge, as a general rule, they are solved on a case-by-case basis. Legal counselors who are presented with a case suddenly will step into an unknown legal area, without a guide, attempting cases before judges who may not fully understand the scope of the implications of the technology involved.

  2. Who is at fault? If an accident involves AI, trying to find the liable party is going to be a difficult task. If A smart car hits a pedestrian, who is the guilty party? The programmer in the office with the source code? The owner on the road with the car? The manufacturer in the lab with the testing protocols?

  3. When artificial outweighs intelligence. Artificial intelligence regularly needs to recognize items, for example, vehicles, or individuals. Be that as it may, in light of the fact that AI depends on cameras and coding to discern details by differentiation, shading, and picture thickness influences AI's "thinking" considerably more drastically than people. An individual would probably not miss a white semi-trailer "against a brilliantly lit sky." A human wouldn't possibly mistake specks or lines for a starfish. Computer-based intelligence likewise can reflect the predispositions of the designer; as observed in numerous product projects' propensities to develop racial inclinations.

  4. Humanizing robots. As technology develops, AI gets closer to actual consciousness. The United States already granted rights and legal responsibilities to non-human entities, namely corporations; it isn't inconceivable robots and machines using AI will be conceded the equivalent. Facebook has just made AI sufficiently modern enough to build up its own, non-human language. Would it be a violation of civil rights if these machines if Facebook chose to close them down? In the event that AI commits wrongdoing, can the product itself be held liable? Switzerland faced that very issue when a robot purchased illegal substances on the web.

  5. Privacy no longer exists. As of now, artificial intelligence tracks and predicts people's shopping inclinations, political inclinations, and areas of operation. The information amassed and shared between these systems has just caused numerous debates inside the legal industry. Be that as it may, AI is beginning to handle increasingly disputable subject matters, for example, predicting sexuality and propensity to carry out a crime. Will these forecasts have the option to be utilized in preliminary testing? Or will the AI fill in as specialists, to be interviewed for the value and legitimacy of their feelings/opinions?

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