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Technology,
Law Practice

Jul. 15, 2021

Adapting our laws to rein in AI before things get woefully out of hand

Some assert that the advent of AI has increasingly become unruly and is precipitously veering toward lawlessness. AI systems are being tossed into the world and at times replete with all sorts of appalling problems, including discriminatory practices and undue biases. A legal movement is afoot to revise and in some instances revamp our laws to ensure that AI systems are properly devised and fielded, respecting human rights accordingly.

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.

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There are bona fide concerns that as a society we are unleashing an AI juggernaut that will be quite foul and untoward.

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 sh...

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