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A.I. is going to be a new wave to legal dark ages. since the 90s everything that involved a computer was not prosecuted because lawefforcement/regulation didn'

A.I. is going to be a new wave to legal dark ages. since the 90s everything that involved a computer was not prosecuted because lawefforcement/regulation didn't have the skills, not for lack of laws. But new laws were created spelling out computers. A.I. is the same, it is not nothing different from enforcing existing laws and regulations, but because the agencies lack the skills, we will see a new wave of stupid laws that only misses the point instead of proper training and funding of what we already have. There is zero need for new laws if a company doesn't hire or sell to a minority group, or their products explode, or whatever. No matter how much they scream it was the bad-brain-in-the-computer fault. Sadly, lots of companies will get away with this silly defense for a while.

0x008 6y ago
The problem is that politicians are not trained in every possible domain and don't have the time to really get into the intricacies of, say, Artificial Intelligence. So they have to decide what is allowed by using a simple heuristic - the flow of money and votes of people. As long as people do not complain, money wins. The problem is of course, always, (see climate crisis) that when the people start crying out, the damage is done.
- glsdfgkjsklfj 6y ago
  They do not have to. Why on earth would anyone have to understand the intricacies of A.I., other than the people implementing it to be held fully accountable for their work? laws should not care about the means. only the results you want to promote/punish. What if laws about murder had to be updated every time a new bullet caliber or knife length become popular? yet that is exactly what happens with money laundering laws and computers. or media regulation. or investment schemes. Every new technology and everyone forget scams via email can fall under scams via courier mail. go figure.
  - 0x008 6y ago
    It's not that simple. See for example how complicated the situation wrt. to copyright law turned out since you were able to digitally replicate things infinitely. A law made for analog purposes is not always 1:1 applicable to the digital world. And then there is international law which is a complete mess anyway.

0x008 6y ago

The problem is that politicians are not trained in every possible domain and don't have the time to really get into the intricacies of, say, Artificial Intelligence. So they have to decide what is allowed by using a simple heuristic - the flow of money and votes of people. As long as people do not complain, money wins. The problem is of course, always, (see climate crisis) that when the people start crying out, the damage is done.

glsdfgkjsklfj 6y ago
They do not have to. Why on earth would anyone have to understand the intricacies of A.I., other than the people implementing it to be held fully accountable for their work? laws should not care about the means. only the results you want to promote/punish. What if laws about murder had to be updated every time a new bullet caliber or knife length become popular? yet that is exactly what happens with money laundering laws and computers. or media regulation. or investment schemes. Every new technology and everyone forget scams via email can fall under scams via courier mail. go figure.
- 0x008 6y ago
  It's not that simple. See for example how complicated the situation wrt. to copyright law turned out since you were able to digitally replicate things infinitely. A law made for analog purposes is not always 1:1 applicable to the digital world. And then there is international law which is a complete mess anyway.