Technology,
Law Practice
Jun. 3, 2021
An amazing treasure trove of soft law about AI
Soft law is oftentimes the precursor to official and formalized on-the-books hard laws. The range of soft law is somewhat expansive, including codes of conduct, ethics guidelines, company policies, etc. When there is a new innovation or domain, soft law typically comes out the gate first, before hard laws kick in. This is indeed the case for AI and a recently released database about the soft law AI by Arizona State University is a veritable treasure trove on this topic.
Lance Eliot
Chief AI Scientist
Techbrium Inc.
Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a Stanford Fellow and a world-renowned expert on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Law with over 6.8+ million amassed views of his AI columns. As a seasoned executive and high-tech entrepreneur, he combines practical industry experience with deep academic research and serves as a Stanford Fellow at Stanford University.
There is the law and then there is everything else.
Somewhere in-between is so-called soft law.
Yes, there is a nebulous gray area that is not quite a law and yet oftentimes provides a law-like shaping and tonal directive toward what we can do, including whether our actions are seemingly lawful or ostensibly could veer into becoming unlawful. This mushy realm is commonly known as soft law.
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