THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
LEVERAGING AI (LAW) FULLY / By Nathan-Ross Adams, LLB LLM, Associate, Michalsons /
Alright, lovely readers! Today, we’re chatting about our pal, Artificial Intelligence, or AI – because who can be bothered to say those long words all day?
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icture it: computers suggesting what to binge-watch next, navigating your car, or even lending doctors a hand in figuring out what’s up with your health.
Brilliant they are, but do they know how to play nice? Imagine having a dog that's not just clever but genius-level. It brings your slippers, makes a cappuccino, and maybe even tells you when it’s about to rain. Fab, right? But what if one day it fancies fetching the neighbour's slippers too? Oops. Now we're in a pickle, and not the cute, doggy-video kind. We’d all agree they’re clever, but do they know how to act properly? Just like we’d teach our super-dog to keep its paws off others’ slippers, we must ensure AI keeps its circuits clean, too — especially legally.
Steering AI without sticking to the rules is like trying to captain a ship without a compass on an enormous ocean. There might be treasure (or, for us, convenience and efficiency). Still, there’ll also be icebergs, storms, and maybe a few irate sea monsters (think privacy violations and ethical dilemmas) on the journey. We can’t just tell our AI, “Be good!” It’s not about keeping it on a strict, regulatory leash but teaching it to behave itself—infusing values, ethics, and a good grasp of the law into its code. To get there, organisations need a blueprint for leveraging AI (law)fully. That’s where the Michalsons Trustworthy AI comes in. In this age of numbers, data, and rather smart machines, our Trustworthy AI programme helps you shape a future where AI isn’t just a smart assistant but also a champion of lawfulness.
About the author: Nathan-Ross focuses mainly on AI law from a corporate and contract perspective. His interests extend to: robotic process automation (RPA), robotics, drones IoT, data science, biometrics cloud computing, data privacy, cybersecurity fintech, blockchain technology, nanotechnology, neurotechnology digital precision medicine & space law
AI’s a powerful tool, and in the hands of organisations and governments, it’s doing some truly heavy-duty work, like sussing out big data, foretelling trends, and making operations a breeze. But here’s the tricky bit: It has to do so lawfully. We can't let AI get up to mischief just because it thinks it's onto something clever.
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