By Stephen Pearson.
With the rapid expansion in the capability and popularity of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) over the last few years, societial rules regarding it are lagging. Specifically, what exactly happens when AI does something “wrong”? Who should be to blame? How should the answer to that question be informed by the knowledge of what exactly AI technology is? After a detailed explanation of how the technology works, this Comment sets out an analysis of several different possible liability schemes and suggests a new solution: a “negligence shield” for end users of AI technology.