Although artificial intelligence has been the subject of academic research since the 1950s and has been used commercially in some industries for decades, it is still in its infancy across much of the broader economy.
The rapid adoption of this technology, along with the unique privacy, security and liability issues associated with it, has created opportunities for lawyers to help their clients capture its economic value while ensuring its use is ethical and legal.
However, before advising clients on AI issues, lawyers should have some basic technical knowledge to answer questions about legal compliance.
1. AI is probabilistic, complex and dynamic
Machine learning algorithms are incredibly complex, learning billions of rules from datasets and applying those rules to arrive at an output recommendation. Even the most precise and well-designed AI systems are probabilistic in nature, guaranteeing that the system will, at some point, produce an incorrect result.
Continue reading: https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/5-things-lawyers-should-know-about-artificial-intelligence
The rapid adoption of this technology, along with the unique privacy, security and liability issues associated with it, has created opportunities for lawyers to help their clients capture its economic value while ensuring its use is ethical and legal.
However, before advising clients on AI issues, lawyers should have some basic technical knowledge to answer questions about legal compliance.
1. AI is probabilistic, complex and dynamic
Machine learning algorithms are incredibly complex, learning billions of rules from datasets and applying those rules to arrive at an output recommendation. Even the most precise and well-designed AI systems are probabilistic in nature, guaranteeing that the system will, at some point, produce an incorrect result.
Continue reading: https://www.abajournal.com/columns/article/5-things-lawyers-should-know-about-artificial-intelligence
