Artificial Intelligence and the Law: A Future We Must Shape Wisely
Bipasa Majhi (Student of 6th Semester)
Artificial Intelligence is that advancement of the Information Technology, which has developed the machines to work and also think like the human beings. Basically, with the help of this development of Artificial Intelligence the workload of the homo sapiens involving cognitive labour has decreased to a greater extent. Also, in the current scenario the Artificial Intelligence has changed how the people are living their ordinary lives, almost transforming the same into an extra-ordinary one.
Although, our country does not have any such legal provisions which are directly related to the usage of the Artificial Intelligence, however, one certain legal provision of the existing Indian Law, i.e., the Information Technology Act, 2000 mainly Section 43A plays a significant role in governing the various facets of the Artificial Intelligence. Along with the Legislature, the Indian Judiciary is also facing various longstanding challenges, such as, case backlogs, language barriers, etc., which are also pointing towards the urgent need for the digital modernization. Hence, the Indian Parliament is trying actively in drafting and enforcing a specific law, namely, Digital India Act, 2023 (proposed), which can be of greater help in near future especially for shaping the rules and norms related to the Artificial Intelligence.
The advancement in the technology often introduces multiple complex legal complications. For example, the companies those have evolved and are also responsible for the Artificial Intelligence systems, are potentially using various copyrighted works for training their own models developed using the Artificial Intelligence or within their contents which are being generated by the Artificial Intelligence and all these practices are illegal as it is committing the infringement of the copyright. Now, the question relating to legal responsibility of those companies is still remaining un-identified, due to the lack of proper laws.
Here, except for the European Union and European nations that work on the rules of the Artificial Intelligence, India shows no sustained progress since creating their National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence. The contemporary situation calls for immediate perpetration of laws which can efficiently handle the systems of Artificial Intelligence and its functional conditions.
Internet service providers must also work with the development of newer technologies to produce systems that can distinguish between acceptable and un-acceptable behaviours within a specific context. The tools of live Artificial Intelligence need to help the legal experts in performing their duties so that they can gain new technical capacities that would enhance the well beings of the societal entities.
Successful development of the Artificial Intelligence demands mortal-centered regulations which must not defend rights and shall also motivate progress. The advancement of the ultra-modern society requires law and technology to cover the moral values in all their stages. Such systems of the Artificial Intelligence in the legal sphere ameliorate justice systems through prophetic algorithms, as well as smart contract evaluation tools, to enhance both functional speed and availability in legal processes.