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Machine Learning And Law, Harry Surden
Machine Learning And Law, Harry Surden
Washington Law Review
Part I of this Article explains the basic concepts underlying machine learning. Part II will convey a more general principle: non-intelligent computer algorithms can sometimes produce intelligent results in complex tasks through the use of suitable proxies detected in data. Part III will explore how certain legal tasks might be amenable to partial automation under this principle by employing machine learning techniques. This Part will also emphasize the significant limitations of these automated methods as compared to the capabilities of similarly situated attorneys.
Machines Without Principals: Liability Rules And Artificial Intelligence, David C. Vladeck
Machines Without Principals: Liability Rules And Artificial Intelligence, David C. Vladeck
Washington Law Review
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Artificial Meaning, Lawrence B. Solum
Artificial Meaning, Lawrence B. Solum
Washington Law Review
This Essay investigates the concept of artificial meaning, meanings produced by entities other than individual natural persons. That investigation begins in Part I with a preliminary inquiry in the meaning of “meaning,” in which the concept of meaning is disambiguated. The relevant sense of “meaning” for the purpose of this inquiry is captured by the idea of communicative content, although the phrase “linguistic meaning” is also a rough equivalent. Part II presents a thought experiment, The Chinese Intersection, which investigates the creation of artificial meaning produced by an AI that creates legal rules for the regulation of a hyper-complex conflux …