Robots Are People Too: How Siri, Google Car, and Artificial Intelligence Will Force Us to Change Our Laws

The only book of its kind to look at how our legal system needs to change to accommodate a world in which machines, in addition to people, make decisions.· Describes court cases, regulations, and statutes that are affected by the technological advances of artificial intelligence· Eschews overtly technical or legalistic discussions to provide clear, accessible information· Discusses a number of popular, topical, and controversial technologies, providing historical background for each and their legal implications· Focuses on devices that are already in use to illustrate where the law falls short in governing artificial intelligence and how legal models should be amended