New Book: AI and the Rule of Law
Dr Paul Burgess has recently published a book with Bloomsbury Publishing that shines a light on legal concepts that have and will be challenged by the exercise of power by AI.
Dr Burgess is interested in all things related to the concept of the Rule of Law. A large amount of his time is spent trying to figure out—exactly—what the Rule of Law is, and in trying to think about the way that the concept can most clearly and effectively be expressed, discussed, and used.
Paul’s background is almost as eclectic as his research habits. He has made his way to academia through careers in the fitness industry, the police force, academic publishing, and legal practice as a commercial litigator. At Monash Law he is the Deputy Director of the Digital Law Group.
AI and the Rule of Law: The Necessary Evolution of a Concept takes a legal view of the risks we face by handing over more and more control to artificial intelligence.
It considers the ways in which the concept of the Rule of Law will need to evolve in order to ensure that the exercise of power by Artificial Intelligence (AI) does not become arbitrary and does not proceed unchecked.
Dr Burgess presents the Rule of Law and its impact on the past and the present. He considers what AI is, what it does, and what it might become in future. The book then looks at how AI will need to be harnessed to allow power to be exercised more effectively in the future.
AI and the Rule of Law: The Necessary Evolution of a Concept argues that the Rule of Law has for centuries been the concept that protects against the arbitrary exercise of power. However, the exercise of power by AI unchecked by humans strains the concept's ability to provide this protection.
For more details on AI and the Rule of Law: The Necessary Evolution of a Concept visit Bloomsbury Publishing.