Innovating Works

RTI2018-101432-B-I00

Financiado
LAW & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
OUR DAILY LIFE IS INCREASINGLY SHAPED BY THE PERVASIVE PRESENCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, AI SYSTEMS RAISE ACUTE ETHICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF FAIRNESS, EQUALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEGAL... OUR DAILY LIFE IS INCREASINGLY SHAPED BY THE PERVASIVE PRESENCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, AI SYSTEMS RAISE ACUTE ETHICAL AND LEGAL QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF FAIRNESS, EQUALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEGAL CERTAINTY, THERE IS A CONCERN SHARED BY GOVERNMENTS, INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA FOR THE NEED OF AN APPROPRIATE LEGAL FRAMEWORK THAT, ON THE ONE HAND, FOSTERS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, SEEKS TO PREVENT UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES AND HARMFUL RESULTS, AND ALLOWS FOR A JUST DISTRIBUTION OF SOCIAL BENEFITS, A GROWING FIELD OF RESEARCH IS DEVOTED TO ANALYSING AI’S SOCIETAL IMPACT AND, PARTICULARLY, ITS IMPLICATIONS ON INDIVIDUAL’S FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, THIS RESEARCH PROPOSAL DEALS WITH THE LEGAL IMPLICATIONS AND CONCERNS OF AI SYSTEMS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS RESEARCH PROPOSAL – AND ALIGNED WITH THE EU COMMISSION’S COMMUNICATION ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR EUROPE (2018)–, WE WILL CONSIDER AI AS REFERRING TO “SYSTEMS THAT DISPLAY INTELLIGENT BEHAVIOUR BY ANALYSING THEIR ENVIRONMENT AND TAKING ACTIONS – WITH SOME DEGREE OF AUTONOMY – TO ACHIEVE SPECIFIC GOALS,” (EU COMMISSION, 2018),THE INTENSIVE USE OF AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS IS NOT WITHOUT COSTS, ALGORITHM DISCRIMINATION AND BIASES; ABUSES AGAINST PRIVACY AND DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS THROUGH PROFILING AND BEHAVIOURAL TARGETING, PATTERN RECOGNITION AND PERVASIVE SURVEILLANCE; CONCENTRATION OF POWER IN THE HANDS OF A FEW BIG PLAYERS AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE COLLECTION AND PROCESSING OF HUGE AMOUNTS OF DATA, OR INNOVATION STIFLED ON ACCOUNT OF THE ABSENCE OF REASONABLE LEGAL CERTAINTY OR AS A RESULT OF OVERREACHING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS THAT PREVENT LEGITIMATE USES OF INFORMATION, CHALLENGES FOR APPLYING EXISTING LAW ON COPYRIGHT AND PATENTS TO THE PARTICULARITIES OF AI; THE NEED FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PRODUCTION AND USE OF AI-POWERED SYSTEMS AND, IN GENERAL, THE RISKS DERIVING FROM AI-ASSISTED DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES AND FROM THE ASYMMETRIC ACCUMULATION OF INFORMATION AND, CONSEQUENTLY, THE ABUSES OF POWER RISKS,THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH ENVISIONED DEALS WITH THE LACK OF AN ADEQUATE LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK REGARDING THE USE IF AI TECHNOLOGIES, THAT FALLS UNDER THE SIXTH CHALLENGE IDENTIFIED BY THE PLAN ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACION CIENTIFICA Y TECNICA Y DE INNOVACION 2017-2020, SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES AND SCIENCE WITH AND FOR SOCIETY: THE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL CHANGES ASSOCIATED TO THE DIGITALIZATION OF ECONOMY, SOCIETY AND CULTURE, THE RESEARCH TEAM AND COLLABORATORS ACCUMULATE A GREAT DEAL OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD OF LAW AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES; THIS EXPERIENCE SERVES AS THE BEST STARTING POINT FOR ANALYSING AND PROPOSING SOLUTIONS TO BUILD AN APPROPRIATE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, WITHIN THIS GENERAL GOAL, THE RESEARCH WILL FOCUS PARTICULARLY ON SPECIFIC LEGAL ISSUES CONCERNING AI SYSTEMS: 1, ANALYSING THE LIMITS OF THE CURRENT IP LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE USE OF AI-POWERED SYSTEMS OF TEXT AND DATA MINING AND OTHER WAYS OF PROCESSING AND EXPLOITING DATA SETS FOR SOCIALLY BENEFICIAL PURPOSES AND PROPOSE RESPONSES IN TERMS OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS AND OF FOR APPROPRIATE WAYS OF INTERPRETING THE CURRENT LAW, 2, EXAMINING THE RISKS ARISING FROM THE USE OF AI TECHNOLOGIES WITH REGARDS TO THE DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY, PARTICULARLY IN RELATION TO AUTOMATED DECISION-MAKING MECHANISMS, PROPOSING WAYS OF COMPLYING WITH THE CURRENT DERECHO\INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL\PROPIEDAD INTELECTUAL E INDUSTRIAL\DERECHOS FUNDAMENTALES\DATOS PERSONALES\PRIVACIDAD ver más
01/01/2018
UOC
11K€
Perfil tecnológico estimado

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2018-01-01
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 11K€
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