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  • Introduction: Artificial Intelligence and the Law

  • Ryan Abbott
  • Book:
    The Reasonable Robot
    Published online:
    15 June 2020
    Print publication:
    25 June 2020, pp 1-17

  • Summary

    This chapter explains the need for AI legal neutrality and discusses its benefits and limitations. It then provides an overview of its application in tax, tort, intellectual property, and criminal law. Law is vitally important to the development of AI, and AI will have a transformative effect on the law given that many legal rules are based on standards of human behavior that will be automated. As AI increasingly steps into the shoes of people, it will need to be treated more like a person, and more importantly, sometimes people will need to be treated more like AI.

The Reasonable Robot
  • Artificial Intelligence and the Law
  • Ryan Abbott
  • Published online:
    15 June 2020
    Print publication:
    25 June 2020
  • AI and people do not compete on a level-playing field. Self-driving vehicles may be safer than human drivers, but laws often penalize such technology. People may provide superior customer service, but businesses are automating to reduce their taxes. AI may innovate more effectively, but an antiquated legal framework constrains inventive AI. In The Reasonable Robot, Ryan Abbott argues that the law should not discriminate between AI and human behavior and proposes a new legal principle that will ultimately improve human well-being. This work should be read by anyone interested in the rapidly evolving relationship between AI and the law.