How will Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things impact the legal industry? - Unified Inbox

With Uber recently launching a trial of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh, it's the question everyone, not just attorneys, is now asking, "In the case of an accident, who's the legally responsible'driver' in a driver-less car?" Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT) are beginning to learn on their own and make independent decisions based on that learning, triggering new questions of responsibility and accountability. Among AI and IoT's many challenges in becoming mainstream technologies, the most important ones may be around building a legal framework for when the responsible party is no longer an easily identifiable person or company. To start this discussion on the legal questions to be answered in a world increasingly populated by autonomous drones, robots, and vehicles, we reached out to three leaders in the AI space – Stanford's Sudha Jamthe, CityMD's Ramu Kannan, and Kimera Systems' Mounir Shita (we've included their bios and contact information at the end of this article). Here's what we asked them, and their striking responses: AI means different things to different people. There are people who think of AI as a sensationalized topic that will build robots who will take over the world.