Risks & Dangers of AI
AI has many benefits and promises enormous potential for even more technological innovation and growth. At the same time, the risks of AI raise serious concerns and ethical questions. This section contains resources about some of the issues related to AI. For a more comprehensive overview of the AI risk landscape, check out the AI Risk Repository compiled by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Access to Justice
Books
Here are some books and eBooks available to UW users:
Articles
- Access to A.I. Justice: Avoiding an Inequitable Two-Tiered System of Legal ServicesDrew Simshaw, Yale Journal of Law & Technology (2022)
- Artificial Intelligence in the Courtroom: Increasing or Decreasing Access to Justice?Analisa Morrison, International Journal of Online Dispute Resolution (2020)
Bias in Data
Books
Here are some books and eBooks available to UW users:
Ethics of Artificial Intelligence: Case Studies and Options for Addressing Ethical Challenges by ISBN: 3031170407Publication Date: 2023Ebook
Articles
- Bias in data-driven artificial intelligence systems—An introductory surveyEirini Ntoutsi, et al., WIREs Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery (2020)
- Data, Power and Bias in Artificial IntelligenceSusan Leavy, Barry O'Sullivan & Eugenia Siapera, arXiv (2020)
Criminal Law & Policing
Automated Justice: Issues, Benefits and Risks in the Use of Artificial Intelligence and Its Algorithms in Access to Justice and Law Enforcement by ISBN: 9783031157455Publication Date: 2022Ebook
Articles
- Accountable Artificial Intelligence: Holding Algorithms to AccountMadalina Busuioc, Public Administration Review (2021)
- Artificial Intelligence in the Criminal Justice System: Leading Trends and PossibilitiesTatyana Sushina & Andrew Sobenin, Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research (2020)
- Artificial Intelligence, Predictive Policing, and Risk Assessment for Law EnforcementRichard A. Berk, Annual Review of Criminology (2021)
- Beyond Bias: Re-imagining the Terms of "Ethical Al" in Criminal LawChelsea Barabas, Georgetown Journal of Law & Modern Critical Race Perspectives (2020)
Related Links
- AI in the Criminal Justice SystemEPIC.org's compilation of documents, reports, and other resources related to automated decision-making tools used in the criminal justice system.
- National Institute of Justice | Artificial IntelligenceResearch supported by the NIJ and related resources.
Data Privacy & Security
Beyond the Algorithm: AI, Security, Privacy, and Ethics by ISBN: 9780138268367Publication Date: 2024Ebook
Data Protection and Privacy: Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence by ISBN: 1509941754Publication Date: 2021Ebook
Reports
- Generative Artificial Intelligence and Data Privacy: A Primer byPublication Date: 2023Congressional Research Service
Environmental Impact
Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability by ISBN: 3031452135Publication Date: 2023Ebook
Articles
- The Carbon Impact of Artificial IntelligencePayal Dhar, Nature Machine Intelligence (2020)
- The Cost of Teaching a Machine: Lighting the Way for a Climate-Aware Policy Framework That Addresses Artificial Intelligence's Carbon Footprint ProblemPatrick K. Lin, Fordham Environmental Law Review (2023)
- Unraveling the Hidden Environmental Impacts of AI Solutions for Environment Life Cycle Assessment of AI SolutionsAnne-Laure Ligozat, et al., Sustainability (2022)
Reports
- Measuring the Environmental Impacts of Artificial Intelligence Compute and ApplicationsOrganization for Economic Co-operation and Development (2022)
Legal Status of AI
Books
Here are some books and eBooks available to UW users:
Artificial Intelligence: Robot Law, Policy and Ethics by ISBN: 9789004458093Publication Date: 2021Ebook
Articles
- Editorial: Should Robots Have Standing? The Moral and Legal Status of Social RobotsDavid J. Gunkel, et al., Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2022)
- The Moral and Legal Status of Artificial Intelligence (Present Dilemmas and Future Challenges)Igor Milinkovic, Law and Business (2021)
- Recognizing Right: The Status of Artificial IntelligenceTanner W. Mathison, Journal of Business & Technology Law (2023)
Misinformation & Disinformation
Articles
- Artificial Intelligence and Increasing MisinformationScott Monteith, et al., British Journal of Psychiatry (2024)
- Deconstructing Deepfake: Tracking Legal Implications and ChallengesMadhura Thombre, International Journal of Law Management & Humanities (2021)
- Social Bots and the Spread of Disinformation in Social Media: The Challenges of Artificial IntelligenceNick Hajli, et al., British Journal of Management (2022)
- Turning Fake Data into Fake News: The AI Training Set as a Trojan Horse of MisinformationBill Tomlinson, et al., San Diego Law Review (2023)