Samstag 31. August 2024 (Anreisetag) bis Samstag 7. September 2024 (Abreisetag)
This Summer Academy will foster a better comprehension of the intricate relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the legal domain. To what extent may AI be fit for normative and legal treatment? What are the opportunities and challenges? AI, regulation and policy will be presented and analysed from different perspectives in order to provide participants with a holistic understanding. The program will touch upon both technical and sociological aspects, as well as AI’s profound impact on legal thinking, methodology, and the evolving legal framework:
- What is AI? A full picture
- Why would AI be needed in Law ? Human vs Machine
What are the required qualities of AI (incl. Non-discrimination features and safeguarding of human rights)?
Why not keep the legal issues for human beings
Tramway Dilemma – Cultural clusters
- How does a judge’s brain function ?
Presentation for lawyers and non-lawyers
- Challenges with interaction between AI and human beings
(also potentially with other fields)
Examples: algorithms as black-boxes (opacity) – functioning and effectiveness (e.g. checking of parcels at the boarder – scanning; which suitcase to open or not to open etc.). Right to be heard and therefore right to get an explanation for a decision – deciphering decision-making processes by AI
- Some concrete experiences with AI in law (administration)
Attorneys use AI (Why, what are the benefit)
- AI Regulation for use in legal processes
What are the liability issues? What are the other challenges? Impact Assessment processes
- Is the future of judges, lawyers in danger? Who will rule the world?
- Final presentations
- Regulation (Judge Dredd – robot as judge – see Silvester Stallone)
- law enforcement and judicial officer (presentation of a movie (may be earlier in the Academy)
- AI – how to assess the risk of repeating criminal conducts? (Prof. Dr Joëlle Vuille)
- Learning biases (Amplification phenomena / prediction only based on past experiences)
- How to master AI in the legal environment, but also take this reality into consideration
- Economic aspects – economic biases (Prof. Dr Portmann)
Lead:
Prof. Dr Pascal Pichonnaz, University of Fribourg, Departement of Private Law, President of the European Law Institute
Prof. Dr Denis Lalanne, University of Fribourg, Departement of Informatics, Academic Head of Human-IST Institute
Dr. Anna Jobin, University of Fribourg, Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Human-IST Institute
Potential intervening professors (or potentially similar profiles from other institutions) tbc:
PD Dr Olivier Jorand, University of Fribourg – Cognitive Sciences
Prof. Dr. Edy Portmann, University of Fribourg
Prof. Dr. Natali Helberger, University of Amsterdam
Marc Clément, Judge at the Administrative Court, Lyon (France)
Prof. Dr.iur. Joëlle Vuille, Departement of Criminal law and criminology, University of Fribourg
Prof. Dr. Colin Porlezza, AI and Journalism
A further specialist of AI :
Dr. Julien Audiffren, eXascale Infolab (University of Fribourg)
Human Institute Stanford (H-AI Stanford Edu)
Arbeitssprache(n): English as well as punctually French and/or German
Participants: Interested students from all fields of study
Reader: A reader will be available electronically before start
informations générales: -> PDF
coordination: Lydia Tchambaz
administration: Michelle Hug
