Cullen O’Keefe, Rohan Ramakrishnan, Annette Zimmermann, Daniel Tay & David C. Winter – “Law-Following AI: Designing AI Agents to Obey Human Laws” Suggests AI agents should be trained and constrained to follow human law, like corporate actors SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4726207
If legal policy is in your wheelhouse, here’s a selection of the growing literature (apologies, some of it is my own)
Noam Kolt – “Algorithmic Black Swans”
Addressing catastrophic tail events via anticipatory regulation
Published: https://journals.library.wustl.edu/lawreview/article/id/8906/
Peter Salib & Simon Goldstein – “AI Rights for Human Safety”
On AI rights for safety
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4536494
Yonathan Arbel, Matthew Tokson & Albert Lin – “Systemic Regulation of Artificial Intelligence”
Moving from application-level regulation to system-level regulation
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4543681
Published: https://arizonastatelawjournal.org/article/systemic-regulation-of-artificial-intelligence/
Gabriel Weil – “Tort Law as a Tool for Mitigating Catastrophic Risk from Artificial Intelligence” Proposes reforming tort law to deter catastrophic AI risks before they materialize
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4694006
Yonathan Arbel et al. – “Open Questions in Law and AI Safety: An Emerging Research Agenda”
Sets out a research agenda for a new field of “AI Safety Law,” focusing on existential and systemic AI risks
Published: https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/open-questions-in-law-and-ai-safety-an-emerging-research-agenda
Peter Salib – “AI Outputs Are Not Protected Speech”
Argues that AI-generated outputs lack First Amendment protection, enabling stronger safety regulation
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4481512
Mirit Eyal & Yonathan Arbel – “Tax Levers for a Safer AI Future”
Proposes using tax credits and penalties to align AI development incentives with public safety
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4528105
Cullen O’Keefe, Rohan Ramakrishnan, Annette Zimmermann, Daniel Tay & David C. Winter – “Law-Following AI: Designing AI Agents to Obey Human Laws”
Suggests AI agents should be trained and constrained to follow human law, like corporate actors
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4726207