Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction and Setting the Stage for a Law of Algorithms
- Part II Business, Regulations, and Decision-Making with Algorithms
- Part III Intellectual Property and Algorithms
- Part IV Criminal Law, Tort Issues, and Algorithms
- 19 The Use of Algorithms in Criminal Adjudication
- 20 Assessing the Risk of Offending through Algorithms
- 21 Injury by Algorithms
- 22 When Do Algorithmic Tortfeasors that Caused Damage Warrant Unique Legal Treatment?
- 23 Tort Law
- Part V Constitutional Law, Human Rights, and Algorithms
- Part VI Applications and Future Directions of Law and Algorithms
- Index
22 - When Do Algorithmic Tortfeasors that Caused Damage Warrant Unique Legal Treatment?
from Part IV - Criminal Law, Tort Issues, and Algorithms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2020
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Part I Introduction and Setting the Stage for a Law of Algorithms
- Part II Business, Regulations, and Decision-Making with Algorithms
- Part III Intellectual Property and Algorithms
- Part IV Criminal Law, Tort Issues, and Algorithms
- 19 The Use of Algorithms in Criminal Adjudication
- 20 Assessing the Risk of Offending through Algorithms
- 21 Injury by Algorithms
- 22 When Do Algorithmic Tortfeasors that Caused Damage Warrant Unique Legal Treatment?
- 23 Tort Law
- Part V Constitutional Law, Human Rights, and Algorithms
- Part VI Applications and Future Directions of Law and Algorithms
- Index
Summary
From a historical context, the design and use of algorithms pre-dates the current proliferation of algorithms throughout society. For example, culminating in the Industrial Revolution, automated machines and tools have for centuries been assisting humans in performing physical tasks. Drills, engravers, weaving machines, and the like employed machines’ physical advantages to free human beings from repetitive physical labor. In a similar manner, algorithms are now taking on the decision-making and human supervisory control of systems which require human cognitive skills.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms , pp. 471 - 492Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020