Artificial Intelligence and Legal Disruption: A New Model for Analysis

Law, Innovation and Technology 12, no. 2 (September 16, 2020): 205–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2020.1815402.

47 Pages Posted: 7 Feb 2021

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Hin-Yan Liu

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law

Matthijs M. Maas

Institute for Law & AI; Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge; University of Cambridge - Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence

John Danaher

University of Galway - School of Law

Luisa Scarcella

University of Antwerp - Faculty of Law, Business & Law Research Group

Michaela Lexer

University of Graz

Léonard Van Rompaey

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Date Written: September 16, 2020

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly expected to disrupt the ordinary functioning of society. From how we fight wars or govern society, to how we work and play, and from how we create to how we teach and learn, there is almost no field of human activity which is believed to be entirely immune from the impact of this emerging technology. This poses a multifaceted problem when it comes to designing and understanding regulatory responses to AI. This article aims to: (i) defend the need for a novel conceptual model for understanding the systemic legal disruption caused by new technologies such as AI; (ii) to situate this model in relation to preceding debates about the interaction of regulation with new technologies (particularly the ‘cyberlaw’ and ‘robolaw’ debates); and (iii) to set out a detailed model for understanding the legal disruption precipitated by AI, examining both pathways stemming from new affordances that can give rise to a regulatory ‘disruptive moment’, as well as the Legal Development, Displacement or Destruction that can ensue. The article proposes that this model of legal disruption can be broadly generalisable to understanding the legal effects and challenges of other emerging technologies.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI, Legal Disruption, Governance Framework, Cyberlaw, Robolaw, Disruptive Moment

Suggested Citation

Liu, Hin-Yan and Maas, Matthijs M. and Danaher, John and Scarcella, Luisa and Lexer, Michaela and Van Rompaey, Léonard, Artificial Intelligence and Legal Disruption: A New Model for Analysis (September 16, 2020). Law, Innovation and Technology 12, no. 2 (September 16, 2020): 205–58. https://doi.org/10.1080/17579961.2020.1815402. , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3761620

Hin-Yan Liu

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law ( email )

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Matthijs M. Maas (Contact Author)

Institute for Law & AI ( email )

Cambridge, MA
United States

Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge ( email )

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Cambridge, CB2 1TN
United Kingdom

University of Cambridge - Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence ( email )

United Kingdom

John Danaher

University of Galway - School of Law ( email )

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Galway
Ireland

Luisa Scarcella

University of Antwerp - Faculty of Law, Business & Law Research Group ( email )

Antwerp
Belgium

Michaela Lexer

University of Graz ( email )

Universitaetsstrasse 15 / FE
A-8010 Graz, 8010
Austria

Léonard Van Rompaey

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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