It is a great satisfaction to present E-Tec’s third Yearbook, dedicated to the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Robots”.
This publication, based, in part, on the multidisciplinary research developed at E-Tec, aims to promote the debate on this topic of undeniable actuality as well as of economic, social and legal relevance, intensified by the health and socioeconomic crisis caused by COVID-19.
Its approach includes, in addition to ethical aspects, several legal dimensions - including the problems and challenges that the use of artificial intelligence poses in terms of tax, criminal, company, labour, industrial property, copyright and sport law -, besides covering the relationship with another matter of enormous importance: data protection.
Special acknowledgment is due to all the participants in this publication, to Andreia Nogueira, the reviewer who accompanied us in this edition and to the School of Law of the University of Minho for supporting this initiative.