Category: Artificial Intelligence
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Criminal Liability of Artificial Intelligence (Part I)
[Shubham Damani is a second year student at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. This two-part post was the winning entry in the Ab Initio Essay Writing Competition hosted by the NALSAR Student Law Review. Part 2 can be found here.] “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”Stephen Hawking…
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Algorithm Based Systems and the State: A Brief Inquiry
[Ed Note: The following post is part of the TLF Editorial Board Test 2020-21. It has been authored by Harsh Tripathi, a second year student of NALSAR University of Law.] Picture this: A computer software, running on AI-based algorithms, has been deployed to scrutinize housing applications. However, the applications filed by the members of a…
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Online Dispute Resolution and the Role of Artificial Intelligence: A General Perspective
[This post has been authored by Samarth Srivastava, a 3rd year student at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.] In the 21st Century, almost all routine, manual jobs like manufacturing and driving may become automated. Simultaneously, the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is expected to grow, and these changes will be felt in…
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Examining Artificial Intelligence and Privacy in the light of COVID-19
[This post has been authored by Suvam Kumar, a 3rd year student at National Law University, Jodhpur.] The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the frailty of mankind’s societies and systems. In spite of tremendous progress made by humans in several fields of life, we are rendered helpless by the rapid and uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus.…
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Artificial Intelligence as an Inventor: Introducing a New Patent Paradigm in India
[This post has been authored by Lavanya Jha (West Bengal University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata) & Shreya Jha (Amity Law School, Delhi).] The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) was coined by American computer scientist John McCarthy during the Dartmouth Conference on Artificial Intelligence in 1956. It was understood as a system of solving complex problems through…
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Protection for non-expressive use in India
This post has been authored by Unmekh Padmabhushan, a final year student of National Law University, Jodhpur. Machine learning is the process by which a piece of software is able to expand upon its capabilities and knowledge in a self-driven manner without any significant human input. This technology has been used, for example, in disaster…
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Welcoming The Era of Technology Friendly Laws in India
This brief introduction to regulation of autonomous vehicles has been authored by Khushi Sharma and Aarushi Kapoor, second year students of Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur. [Ed. Note: This article was written before the 2019 Personal Data Protection Bill had been made public. Click here for the new Bill.] India being the 7th largest…
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Artificial Intelligence is a Road Map to Transmogrification of Legal Industry
This piece, taking an optimistic view of the use of AI in the legal industry, has been authored by Priyal Agrawal and Laxmi Rathore. They are currently in their 3rd year at the Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, NMIMS, Mumbai. “In the long term, artificial intelligence and automation are going to be taking over…
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Automated Facial Recognition System and The Right To Privacy: A Potential Mismatch
This post has been authored by Ritwik Sharma, a graduate of Amity Law School, Delhi and a practicing Advocate. In a quick read, he brings out the threat to privacy posed by the proposed Automated Facial Recognition System. On 28th June 2019, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) released a Request for Proposal for…