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The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law – Ryan Abbott, Professor of Law and Health Sciences, University of Surrey and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
20 April, 16:00-17:00 (BST)
AI and people do not compete on a level-playing field. Self-driving vehicles may be safer than human drivers, but laws often penalize such technology. People may provide superior customer service, but businesses are automating to reduce their taxes. AI may innovate more effectively, but an antiquated legal framework constrains inventive AI. In The Reasonable Robot, Ryan argues that the law should not discriminate between AI and human behavior and proposes a new legal principle that will ultimately improve human well-being.
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Ryan Abbott, MD, JD, MTOM, PhD, is Professor of Law and Health Sciences at the University of Surrey School of Law and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is the author of “The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law” published in 2020 by Cambridge University Press. He has also written widely on issues associated with law and technology, health law, and intellectual property in leading legal, medical, and scientific books and journals. Professor Abbott’s research has been featured prominently in the media, including in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Financial Times. He is a licensed physician, patent attorney, and acupuncturist in the United States, a solicitor advocate in England and Wales, and board-certified by the American Board of Legal Medicine (ABLM).