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The socio-legal relevance of artificial intelligence

March 9, 2026
The socio-legal relevance of artificial intelligence
Droit et Société (Issue 103, 2019): A featured dossier on "Law put to the test by algorithms," including Stefan Larsson's foundational research on the socio-legal implications of AI.

The report draws on socio-legal theory in relation to growing concerns over fairness, accountability and transparency of societally applied artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. The purpose is to contribute to a broad socio-legal orientation by describing legal and normative challenges posed by applied AI. To do so, the article first analyses a set of problematic cases, e.g. image recognition based on gender-biased data-bases. It then presents seven aspects of transparency that may complement notions of explainable AI within computer scientific AI-research. The article finally discusses the normative mirroring effect of using human values and societal structures as training data for learning technologies and concludes by arguing for the need for a multidisciplinary approach in AI research, development and governance.

AUTHOR: Stefen Larsson

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https://www.cairn-int.info/journal-droit-et-societe-2019-3-page-573.htm?WT.tsrc=cairnPdf

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