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Law & Artificial Intelligence – 6896

Fall 2017

Credits
2

Course

Law & Arti cial Intelligence 6896 (/course/6896/law-arti cial-intelligence)

Grad. Requirements

Upper Division Legal Writing

Subject Area

Administrative & Regulatory Law

Perspectives

Student Year

Upper Division

Grade Base

A-F

Course type

Seminar

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10/25/2019 Law & Artificial Intelligence | University of Minnesota Law School
Francis Shen (/node/19036)
Increasingly the world, and even the law, is being run by self-learning algorithms, autonomous robots, and
other technologies that have replaced tasks historically performed by human beings. Brain-machine
interface is also on the rise, creating real-life cyborgs. This seminar will explore the many legal implications
of this rise in algorithms, artificial intelligence, robots, and brain-machine interface. Through assigned
readings, weekly discussion, and engagement with local experts in AI, robotics, and neural engineering,
students will explore the many promises and perils of AI. The course will include modules on: how AI is
transforming legal practice in areas such as e-discovery; labor market impact of AI; the possibility of non-
human adjudication of cases; use of AI to understand legal language; whether robots should have rights;
legal and ethical dimensions of brain-machine interface; transhumanism; regulation of self-driving cars and
drones; governance of autonomous weapons systems; and how law should address the rise of predictive
analytics in determining liability.

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