The course International Law and Digital Technologies 4 focuses on selected new issues in international law related to artificial intelligence. The course explores this in six seminars that focus on the following issues: 1. artificial intelligence and intellectual property protection in international law 2. artificial intelligence and decision-making in international law 3. artificial intelligence and the need to update existing treaty regimes 4. Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS) 5. The suitability of existing rules of international humanitarian law for autonomous weapons systems. Command responsibility and accountability for the use of AWS. Upon completion of the course, students should understand the nature of AI and its potential to change the landscape of international law; explain the growing impact of AI in various areas of international law; and analyze how international law has adapted to the impact of AI. Students should also understand the challenges associated with the legal framework applicable to the deployment of Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS); explain the operational characteristics of AWS; and analyze the practices and attitudes of states and practitioners and identify prospects for the development of new rules for AWS. Given the rapidly disruptive nature of AWS, including within international law, this course will address some of the most serious challenges to international law that are emerging in the context of AWS. One of the biggest challenges relates to the use of AWS, which from an international law perspective raises concerns in the areas of international humanitarian law and international human rights law. By the end of the course, students should be able to identify relevant areas of international law affected by AI and explain the gaps in existing international law frameworks that require remediation. In particular, students should be able to explain the intersections of AI and AWS issues and how international law has dealt with these developments to date. Assessment: To pass the course, students must complete the following: - Submit a term project followed by an oral defense (70% of the final grade). - Complete the assignments given during the course (30% of the final grade).
Upon completion of the course, students should understand the nature of AI and its potential to change the landscape of international law; explain the growing impact of AI in various areas of international law; and analyze how international law has adapted to the impact of AI. Students should also understand the challenges associated with the legal framework applicable to the deployment of Autonomous Weapon Systems (AWS); explain the operational characteristics of AWS; and analyze the practices and attitudes of states and practitioners and identify prospects for the development of new rules for AWS.
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