Discourses regarding Artificial Intelligence which appear in various fields, demand an understanding of not only technological development by human but also about human itself. The image of human beings creating Artificial Intelligence which can repla ...
Discourses regarding Artificial Intelligence which appear in various fields, demand an understanding of not only technological development by human but also about human itself. The image of human beings creating Artificial Intelligence which can replace human, has long been expressed through mediums such as movies and fiction novels, regardless of its actual success. In such situations however, despite possessing the highest level technology, the actual by-product did not become similar to human, rather it simply imitated human in different ways.
Law is a constraint on human desire, and has set a mission for one’s self. However, time and society recognized the limitations of law early on, and classified the human desires. Evil desires were continuously restricted, on the contrary the law was designed to allow for stimulation of good desires.
However, an ambiguous area in terms of such boundary has been brought into this world. AI is the aggregate of human desire that lies on the very acute boundary line at this very moment. AI is a topic handled by various fields including engineering, industrial, technology, humanities and etc. However, the law is still in the process of observing AI.
‘AI discourse’ is one of the cultural phenomenons. Cultural phenomenon is a product of society. Now, AI has become a subject that anyone can talk about from a beneficial aspect, and anyone can also use it as well. However, regarding this AI that can be considered as simply one of the countless human inventions in history, it is also true that it is a subject of fear more so than anything else to human, both knowingly and unknowingly. Separate from development of discussion and advancement in humanities, social science, engineering, technological aspect, discussions on AI from the perspective of the role of law and functional position should be emphasized to the maximum and the need for it, is indeed in here.
The Google Deepmind Challenge Match that started on the 9th of March, 2016 and concluded in six days, was a major event that clearly engraved the present state of AI to the Korean society. Countless numbers of discourses regarding AI that unfolded before and after this match, became a major issue, and just as many problems were raised in various fields.
As such, this study sought for the figure of law through analysis and consideration of discourses in the media that appeared in our society, which is interconnected to the ‘heightened attention on AI’ phenomenon that has manifested itself in various forms. Such work will provide a lead regarding legal response preparing for countless problems related to AI.
Nowadays, we live in a rapidly changing technological civilization era. However, we should always think in such amount, about such a shade. Therefore, more so than any other time, this is the time with the most urgent need for active discussions set on the thoughts within law that is alongside protection of human.
This writing objectified the AI discourses into three types in introducing them in for the study. The three mentioned are objectification of ethics, objectification of convenience and objectification of the principle of law. It was an attempt to comprehend the relationship with human from the ethical aspect, effectiveness in life from the convenience aspect, systematic support from the legal aspect. And through the same, we were able to verify the social need for the law.
We must think again about how the unintended damage caused by AI can be resolved through legal approach, regardless of whether or not the objective was good-natured. Accordingly, AI and AI discourses on AI must deal with human, thoughts and culture, the power of AI as is and the influence of such phenomenon so that the legal discussion that can revive the meaning of the existence of objective law related to this, can clearly be added.