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8 - Are Existing Tort Theories Ready for AI?

A Continental European Perspective

from Part III - AI and Liability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2022

By
Jonas Knetsch
Edited by
Larry A. DiMatteo ,
Cristina Poncibò  and
Michel Cannarsa
Larry A. DiMatteo
Affiliation:
University of Florida
Cristina Poncibò
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy
Michel Cannarsa
Affiliation:
Catholic University of Lyon, France
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Summary

The rapid development of robotics and intelligent systems raises the issue of how to adapt the legal framework to accidents arising from devices based on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. In the light of the numerous legal studies published in recent years, it is clear that ‘tort law and AI’ has become one of the hot topics of legal scholarship both in national and comparative contexts.

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Tort lawtort theoriesAI liabilityvicarious liabilitystrict liabilitysalienceintentional tortsCommunications Decency Actblack box
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The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence
Global Perspectives on Law and Ethics
 , pp. 99 - 115
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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