Aspen Digital, a policy program of the Aspen Institute, brought together legal scholars, policy advocates, and leading thinkers in technology to craft a collection of the most influential definitions of AI in the US policy landscape, with legal and technological rationales for why a policymaker should choose one potential definition over another in context.
Legal definitions are a highly-referenced and -recycled part of legislation and regulation that have outsized influence on policy interpretation and implementation. However, writing robust definitions for fast-moving technologies like AI can prove challenging. The Defining Technologies of Our Time handbook offers an educational, accessible, easy-to-use entry point for grappling with the question of how to define AI in a legal context.
More information including a digital copy of the handbook is available at www.aspendigital.org/defining-ai, along with a formatted PDF.
Potential recipient institutions:
- State and local legislatures
- Government offices
- Law (and other) libraries
- Educational institutions
- Nonprofit policy institutions
If you aren’t sure if your institution qualifies, we encourage you to go ahead and submit. While we will prioritize legislative bodies and their supporting institutions, we will try to accommodate as many requests as possible.
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