Cyberlaw Book Resources – Chapter 33

Chapter 33 resources for the Cyberlaw book

By John Bandler

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Chapter 33 Artificial intelligence

Chapter references, resources, and additional reading

• Chapter 33 resources, https://johnbandler.com/cyberlawbook-resources-ch33/  (this page)
• Artificial Intelligence and Human Writing and Thinking, https://johnbandler.com/artificial-intelligence-writing-thinking/
• AI’s promise and problem for law and learning, https://johnbandler.com/ai-promise-and-problem/, at Reuters, https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/ais-promise-problem-law-learning-2024-02-21/
• White & Case, AI Watch: Global regulatory tracker - United States, https://www.whitecase.com/insight-our-thinking/ai-watch-global-regulatory-tracker-united-states
• NCSL, Artificial Intelligence 2024 Legislation Summary, https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/artificial-intelligence-2024-legislation
• Artificial Intelligence Policy Toolkit, https://www.ncsl.org/technology-and-communication/artificial-intelligence-policy-toolkit
• Complaint, NY Times vs. Microsoft, OpenAI, et al., SDNY Case 1:23-cv-11195 Document 1 Filed 12/27/2023, available at https://nytco-assets.nytimes.com/2023/12/NYT_Complaint_Dec2023.pdf
• The White House
• Note that many (perhaps all) of the Biden White House executive orders and output will be rescinded by the Trump White House, and some have been already. As always, ensure your research is current, and remember that executive orders are not laws (though they can be highly persuasive, and they direct the executive branch to do -- or not do -- things).
• Trump White House, Executive Order 14179, Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, January 23, 2025,  https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/removing-barriers-to-american-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence/
• Trump White House, recission of Executive Orders dated January 20, 2025, including recission of Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence), https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/initial-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions/
• White House, White House Releases New Policies on Federal Agency AI Use and Procurement, April 7, 2025, https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/04/white-house-releases-new-policies-on-federal-agency-ai-use-and-procurement/
• Fact Sheet: Eliminating Barriers for Federal Artificial Intelligence Use and Procurement, Feb 2025, https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/AI-Memo-Fact-Sheet.pdf 
• Memo for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Driving Efficient Acquisition of Artificial Intelligence in Government, 4/3/2025, https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/M-25-22-Driving-Efficient-Acquisition-of-Artificial-Intelligence-in-Government.pdf
• Memo for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies, Accelerating Federal Use of AI through Innovation, Governance, and Public Trust, 4/3/2025, https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/M-25-21-Accelerating-Federal-Use-of-AI-through-Innovation-Governance-and-Public-Trust.pdf
  • Biden White House on AI documents: The original links are no longer valid, the documents are no longer at whitehouse.gov, they are no longer the policy of the Executive Branch. Time permitting, I may provide working links to them or host them here. Though these have been, will be, or may be rescinded by Trump White House, the prior documents reflect significant policy work and thought (even if the current White House will not follow them).
    • White House, Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
    • White House, Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights: Making Automated Systems Work for The American People, October 2022, https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Blueprint-for-an-AI-Bill-of-Rights.pdf
    • White House, Executive Order 14110 on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, October 30, 2023, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2023/10/30/executive-order-on-the-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-development-and-use-of-artificial-intelligence/
    • White House Fact Sheet, President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, October 30, 2023, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-issues-executive-order-on-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-artificial-intelligence/
    • White House, Memorandum on Advancing the United States’ Leadership in Artificial Intelligence; Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Fulfill National Security Objectives; and Fostering the Safety, Security, and Trustworthiness of Artificial Intelligence (October 24, 2024), https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/10/24/memorandum-on-advancing-the-united-states-leadership-in-artificial-intelligence-harnessing-artificial-intelligence-to-fulfill-national-security-objectives-and-fostering-the-safety-security/
• AI in Popular media
• Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(2004_TV_series)
• 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968 movie), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey
• I, Robot (2004 movie), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Robot_(film)
• Avogadro Corp: The Singularity Is Closer Than It Appears (Singularity Series, 2011 book by William Hertling), http://www.williamhertling.com/buy_books/
• EU Artificial Intelligence Act
• European Union Artificial Intelligence Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689
• The EU Artificial Intelligence Act, https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/
• High-level summary of the AI Act, https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/high-level-summary/
• The AI Act Explorer, https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/ai-act-explorer/

Chapter questions

• Can a robot commit a crime? Explain. Consider the movie I, Robot, from 2004.
• If robots attack humanity, do we need to think about laws of war in our response? Explain (and see Chapter 35)
• Will AI related laws be more difficult to enforce than others? Why do you think that?
• A car is being driven by an AI software tool (an autonomous driving car) and it causes an accident. Who might be liable and why?
• Have you watched or read any of the sci-fi movies/book mentioned in the chapter? If so, indicate which and your opinion of it and the issues presented on AI/robots. Or mention another movie or book you read on the topic, your thought on it and the issues.
• What did you think of my summary of artificial intelligence, and what is your opinion, and why?
• What existing laws does the chapter suggest we should first look to regarding issues presented by AI?

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