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When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI), what do we actually mean ?
AI experts and philosophers are beavering away on the issue. But having a usable definition of AI – and soon – is vital for regulation and governance because laws and policies simply will not operate without one.
This definition problem crops up in all regulatory contexts, from ensuring truthful use of the term “AI” in product advertising right through to establishing how next-generation Automated Weapons Systems (AWSs) [PDF] are treated under the laws of war.
True, we may eventually need more than one definition (just as “goodwill” means different things in different contexts). But we have to start somewhere so, in the absence of a regulatory definition at the moment, let’s get the ball rolling.
http://theconversation.com/why-we-need-a-legal-definition-of-artificial-intelligence-46796
Original Submission
(Score: 3, Informative) by vux984 on Friday September 04 2015, @01:35AM
But we have to start somewhere so, in the absence of a regulatory definition at the moment let’s get the ball rolling.
There are already ample definitions and frameworks for defining AI outside the legal system. Creating yet another definition outside the legal system, here of all places, is not a solution to the stated problem that a definition is required inside the legal system.
(Score: 1) by massa on Friday September 04 2015, @12:17PM
Reminds me of a XKCD comic about standards....