Law, Death, and Robots

Abstract

<JATS1:p>Can the law keep up with AI?This book examines liability and regulation for artificial intelligence causing serious physical harm, both now and in the future.</JATS1:p> <JATS1:p>While AI moves quickly, regulation follows more slowly – an increasing problem for an evolutionary, fast-paced emerging technology. AI has the potential to save lives, but in doing so will have the potential to take them as well. How do we future-proof law and regulation to incentivise life-saving innovation as safely as possible?</JATS1:p> <JATS1:p>This book details how to regulate AI in high-risk civil applications (for example, automated vehicles and medicine), addressing both liability and regulatory structure. It highlights crucial liability themes for technology governance; provides tools to bridge the gap between regulators and technologists; examines jurisdictional approaches to AI regulation in the EU, UK, USA, and Singapore; and ultimately suggests a jurisdiction-agnostic blueprint for regulation.</JATS1:p>