Re:Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated?
by adrianratnapala on Monday July 31, 2017 @05:01PM
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So in good HN style, I am going to react to a title, before reading the thing. But my excuse is that titles frame the discussion, and it's the framing that I want to talk about. Given what a big and varied deal AI is, it is inconceivable that it will be unregulated. I mean considering its use in cars and medical imaging, it already is.
But "should X be regulated" is a vague and pointless question. Better questions are
* What kind of challenges does X pose that might require new rules?
* What special features of X should make lawmakers/judges etc think in new ways?
* What jurisprudential principles apply more to X than to most other things?
* How do existing legal frameworks play with X: e.g. perhaps AI in cars should just be ordinary motor safety regulation regardless of AI-ness.
But "should X be regulated" is a vague and pointless question. Better questions are
* What kind of challenges does X pose that might require new rules?
* What special features of X should make lawmakers/judges etc think in new ways?
* What jurisprudential principles apply more to X than to most other things?
* How do existing legal frameworks play with X: e.g. perhaps AI in cars should just be ordinary motor safety regulation regardless of AI-ness.