Legal and Ethical Challenges of Artificial Intelligence from an International Law Perspective

by Themistoklis Tzimas

Overview

This book focuses on the legal regulation, mainly from an international law perspective, of autonomous artificial intelligence systems, of their creations, as well as of the interaction of human and artificial intelligence. It examines critical questions regarding both the ontology of autonomous AI systems and the legal implications: what constitutes an autonomous AI system and what are its unique characteristics? How do they interact with humans? What would be the implications of combined artificial and human intelligence? It also explores potentially the most important questions: what are the implications of these developments for collective security –from both a state-centered and a human perspective, as well as for legal systems? Why is international law better positioned to make such determinations and to create a universal framework for this new type of legal personality? How can the matrix of obligations and rights of this new legal personality be construed and what would be therepercussions for the international community? In order to address these questions, the book discusses cognitive aspects embedded in the framework of law, offering insights based on both de lege lata and de lege ferenda perspectives.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030785871
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	07/30/2021
Series:	Law, Governance and Technology Series , #46
Edition description:	1st ed. 2021
Pages:	243
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Themistoklis Tzimas received his PhD in Public International Law and Poliical Science from the School of Law of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is co- founding member of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for the Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean of the School of Economics and Political Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research interests focus in Artificial Intelligence, cyberspace, collective security, state sovereignty.

Table of Contents

The ethical challenges from AI.- Introduction.- The expectations and risks from AI.- The Ontology of AI.- The ethics of AI.- Legal framework of AI.- AI governance and the fundamental principles of International Law.- AI and human rights.- AI and international security- the case of AWS’ and collective security system.- Legal ramifications of the use of AWS’s- the role of IHL and human rights.- AI, issues of ownership, liability and the role of international law.- Conclusions: A taste of the future (?)- AGI/ASI and potential legal personhood.