Abstract
Why is AI causing so intense feelings? How is AI changing the world? A brief overview of AI applications, technological trends, developments, inter-connections with other phenomena and its implications, current and potential, on legal systems and on the international community is presented in this chapter; The main goals of the book are analyzed and namely the two constitutive points: the ontology of AI and the need for international law, to “step in”. The structure of the book is presented.
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Tzimas, T. (2021). Introduction. In: Legal and Ethical Challenges of Artificial Intelligence from an International Law Perspective. Law, Governance and Technology Series(), vol 46. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78585-7_1
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