The Reasonable Robot

Artificial Intelligence and the Law

AI and people do not compete on a level playing field. Self-driving vehicles may be safer than human drivers, but laws often penalize such technology. People may provide superior customer service, but businesses are automating to reduce their taxes. AI may innovate more effectively, but an antiquated legal framework constrains inventive AI.

In The Reasonable Robot, Ryan Abbott argues that the law should not discriminate between AI and human behavior and proposes a new legal principle that will ultimately improve human well-being. This work should be listened to by anyone interested in the rapidly evolving relationship between AI and the law.

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Intelligent and comprehensive analysis of the many AI legal issues to be considered.

This treatise should be required political science course material, and a guiding light for today's government leaders.