AI and law overview reading

In this activity, we will be focusing on “what is A.I.”. Let’s read an article on the overview of AI and Law first.

Please download and read this article below, and we will discuss this topic via the audio lecture in the following steps.

Abstract

Much has been written recently about artificial intelligence (AI) and law. But what is AI, and what is its relation to the practice and administration of law? This article addresses those questions by providing a high-level overview of AI and its use within law. The discussion aims to be nuanced but also understandable to those without a technical background. To that end, I first discuss AI generally. I then turn to AI and how it is being used by lawyers in the practice of law, people and companies who are governed by the law, and government officials who administer the law. A key motivation in writing this article is to provide a realistic, demystified view of AI that is rooted in the actual capabilities of the technology. This is meant to contrast with discussions about AI and law that are decidedly futurist in nature.

Full article

Harry Surden, Artificial Intelligence and Law: An Overview (June 28, 2019). Georgia State University Law Review, Vol. 35, 2019, available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411869

Must be read:

Must be read: Part I (What is AI?).

Page 1316, 1317, 1318, 1320, 1326 are helpful to answer the quiz and test.