Challenges of Law in the face of the problems arising from the rise of Artificial Intelligence

Abstract

Technological advances and innovations have already succeeded in bringing global society to a higher standard of living, but adjustments to these processes and the accommodation of their effects are evidently necessary. This issue gains special relevance in relation to the rise of artificial intelligence, an innovation capable of making decisions autonomously and commanding the action of different types of machines and equipment to carry out an immense range of activities that until then was carried out by human beings. The challenge posed by this social change highlights the role to be played, once again, by the Law, which is responsible for regulating the situations that are already consolidated, as well as those that are insinuating themselves on the horizon for the future of our society. Law is understood as an essential instrument to fulfill this role, being at the disposal of society to seek a harmonization of human pretensions with the reality that is imposed on it. It corresponds to an arena for discussions about limits to human action and the respective accountability for the existence and operation of these machines. The text discusses ways for the Law to respond to this great challenge.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/desdobjuridatudi-016