IBA Annual Conference Rome 2018

7 Oct - 12 Oct 2018

Session Room O, Level -1

Session information

AI DAY My robot caused the loss! Artificial intelligence (AI), losses and the new and more complicated world of seeking redress for the consequences of AI errors

Thursday 11 October (1430 - 1545)

Session Room O, Level -1

Committee(s)

Class Actions Committee (Lead)

Description

Robots or algorithms are now responsible for more decisions and activity impacting on humans than ever before, from driverless vehicles, farm machinery and factory robots to financial products, lending decisions and securities trading. This session will focus on how commercial parties (over and above smaller consumers) seek redress for losses resulting from artificial intelligence (AI) errors. It is a much more complicated and expensive process in proving traditional negligence or failure, and can involve wrongdoing by parties far removed from the end product, often parties in foreign jurisdictions and possibly state-supplied data or infrastructure. Will we have to review our approach to redress and liability laws generally to cope with the AI revolution?

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Robert Johnston Johnson Winter Slattery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Vice Chair, Class Actions Committee

Speakers

Christina Blacklaws The Law Society of England and Wales, London, England; President / Chairperson, Member Organisations
Nicholas Tse Brown Rudnick LLP, London, England