The threats of algorithms and AI to civil rights, legal remedies, and American jurisprudence : one nation under algorithms / Alfred R. Cowger, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cowger, Alfred R. Jr., 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artificial intelligence--Law and legislation.

Artificial intelligence.

Intellectual property.

Privacy, Right of--Criminal provisions.

Privacy, Right of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2020]

Summary:

"This book argues that while algorithms and artificial intelligence offer many benefits to society, those benefits may be at the cost of civil rights and legal remedies in the legal system"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Algorithms and artificial intelligence : the good, the bad, and the myth

The use of algorithms as an inevitable procedural due process violation

Algorithms, equal protection, and unlawful discrimination : the inevitability of discrimination by algorithmic applications

As algorithms and A. I. erode privacy, so goes the Fourth Amendment

If the Fourth Amendment falls because privacy disappears, how soon after will substantive due process rights meet the same fate?

First Amendment rights of free speech : the paradox of high tech companies demanding First Amendment rights as they destroy it for everyone else

Algorithms vs : the legal obligations of government bodies and personnel to function as, well, government bodies and personnel

Algorithms and the laws of commerce : where a new technology runs afoul of old laws

Intellectual property law : when algorithms complement or replace human ingenuity and design

Tort law : when an algorithm causes harm, is anyone legally liable?

Algorithms in the court room : the obsolescence of rules of procedure and rules of evidence, and thus the obsolescence of U.S : courts

Solutions : how to preserve American jurisprudence in the age of algorithms.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-7936-2292-2