AI and the Law: A Practical Guide to Using Artificial Intelligence Safely

Learn how to maximize your use of, and benefit from AI, personally and professionally while staying safe. To satisfy professionals and businesses trying to modernize their approaches to work and personal tasks, this book will explain some of the basics of what AI is, what AI is likely to look like in the near future, and how not to get stung using it. You’ll quickly realize that AI isn’t coming, it’s here, along with its opportunities and challenges. While some of the advantages of using AI tools may seem too good to be true, you’ll discover that the key to navigating the early stages of the AI era is to understand its guiding principles and then to prioritize the guidelines. The book features general situations and use cases to help you experience AI for fun and for work while retaining the benefits, profits, creations, outputs, and efficiencies of it. If you’re going to use AI in your daily career, whether as a student, creative, executive, marketer or in sales this book will help you understand how to bypass obstacles and get value from AI with the guidance of an AI and tech lawyer. What You Will Learn Identify, debunk, and protect against business and legal risk in the AI era Discuss these issues on a high level with CTOs and COOs See how professionals can mutually use AI to their benefit Who This Book is For Anyone who wants to know whether AI is really going to change the world through the lens of their industry, or to simply understand how AI can be safely harnessed to maximize daily value while minimizing practical risks. Table of Contents About the Author About the Technical Reviewer Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: Is AI for Me? Am I Already Using, or Being Used by, AI? Machine Learning Analytical AI vs. Generative AI Analytical AI Generative AI Where Do We Start to Identify the Risks of AI? Whatever My Job Is, Can I Benefit from AI? The Personal Value Summary Chapter 2: AI and Academia Do We Want AI in Education at All? Al for Teachers Student Usage of Al AI and the Long-Term Quality of Education For Teachers For Students Ethics and AI Students Educators Careers and AI Key Considerations For Educators For Students Summary Chapter 3: AI for Marketing and Sales The Importance of Increasing Efficiencies The Risks of Automated Decisions Excessive Reliance and Loss of Skills Lack of Agility to Navigate Reputational and Legal Risk The Consequences of Legal and Reputational Risk Defamation Misrepresentation and Mis-selling Why Misrepresenting, Mis-selling, or Misusing Consumers’ Data Matters Potential Consequences of Using AI Systems Sales and Marketing Without Appropriate Verification and Safeguards Bias in AI for Marketing and Sales Key Considerations Chapter 4: AI and Your Money The Core Issues Necessity Privacy (or Lack Thereof) The AI-Information Age Leveraging AI for Greater Financial Opportunities The Framework of Risk The Perspective of the User The Low-Hanging Fruit Budgeting Automated Savings and Investments Credit and Fraud Monitoring Personalized Financial Advice Predictive Analytics for Investments or Bet-Making Tax Planning and Optimization Key Considerations Chapter 5: AI for Creative Writing Scarcity, Originality, and Difficulty The Laws of Creation and Protection Case Study – Rihanna v Topshop Writers and Journalists Example Scenario Considerations Applied to Scenario Infringement of the Rights of Others Case Study – The New York Times v OpenAI Key Considerations Chapter 6: AI and Design Originality Rights That May Exist in Designs Copyright and AI Design Rights and AI Trademarks and AI Patents and AI AI and “Prompt-Only” Creativity The Risk to a Designer Using AI The Dark Side of Using AI for Creativity Weaponization of Deepfakes Accidental Creation of Deepfakes Key Considerations Chapter 7: AI for the “Professions” The “Professions” vs. Other Roles Can AI Perform the Professions? Principles As a Practitioner If You Are Regulated – It’s Your Regulatory Responsibility Usefulness Is More Important Than Intelligence If You Don’t Know Where the Data Goes, or Who Can See It, You’re Taking a Bigger Risk Principles As a Non-professional Using a Self-Service Approach Using Professional Services Key Considerations Chapter 8: Summary and AI for All Summary of Key Considerations – How to Use AI Effectively and Safely Consideration 1 Consideration 2 Consideration 3 Consideration 4 Consideration 5 Consideration 6 Consideration 7 Consideration 8 Consideration 9 Consideration 10 The Future Case Studies Social Networks and the Data Boom Amazon’s One-Click (Investors) My Own Health (Professionals) Index