One legal expert even warned that AI could potentially usher in a new, modern-day "dark age," or a period of societal decline if the relatively new industry of AI goes largely unregulated.
AdvertisementAI regulation, Pasquale said, could prevent many of the problems that could pave the way for this so-called new dark age dynamic.
US intellectual property laws related to copyright infringement and state-level publicity rights are among the main legal frameworks being used to potentially regulate AI in the country.
That includes how social media affects youth's mental health and the propagation of disinformation and misinformation, he said.
AdvertisementHe noted that the ability to regulate social media today exists, but that it's not clear what the effective legal solutions are for the societal problems that have arisen.
Persons:
—, Frank Pasquale, OpenAI, Pasquale, Mark Bartholomew, Bartholomew, Harry Surden, We've, Surden
Organizations:
Service, Business, Cornell Tech, Cornell Law School, Microsoft, University, Buffalo, University of Colorado Law School, Stanford, CodeX, Legal Informatics
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United States