Considering artificial intelligence, robotics and the law

Over the course of the last month, two astounding videos surfaced showing the extent to which artificial intelligence and robotics have developed. If you've been keeping tabs on either of these projects, you would agree that both respective developments represent incredible breakthroughs. But perhaps the most interesting aspect of Atlas and DeepMind lies in the idea that such systems are now able to directly interact with people. Add to this the exponential rise of self-driving cars and the internet of things, and we begin to realise that the next decade will present legal challenges we never before thought possible. We've spoken at length here at Technolegem about the challenges facing the legal industry, tracking things such as the regulation of Uber, anti-piracy schemes and the saga that was Dallas Buyers Club.