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To see a complete list of materials available in the library related to artificial intelligence, search the catalog for SUBJECT:  Artificial Intelligence or SUBJECT:  Engineering & Applied Sciences.

Artificial Intelligence:  A Very Short Introduction (Margaret A. Boden, 2018)
This book explains the history, theory, potential, application, and limitations of artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence Law:  A Legal Research Guide (Carol A. Fichtelman, 2024)
This legal research guide undertakes to highlight pending and current federal legislation, including federal statutes that first dealt with AI.

The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence (Larry A. DiMatteo et al. eds., 2022)
The technology and application of artificial intelligence (AI) throughout society continues to grow at unprecedented rates, which raises numerous legal questions that to date have been largely unexamined. Although AI now plays a role in almost all areas of society, the need for a better understanding of its impact, from legal and ethical perspectives, is pressing, and regulatory proposals are urgently needed. This book responds to these needs, identifying the issues raised by AI and providing practical recommendations for regulatory, technical, and theoretical frameworks aimed at making AI compatible with existing legal rules, principles, and democratic values. An international roster of authors including professors of specialized areas of law, technologists, and practitioners bring their expertise to the interdisciplinary nature of AI.

How AI, Metaverses, Crypto, and Cyber will Upend the 21st Century (Jon M. Garon, 2024)
This book explores the metamorphosis of fundamental social interactions and communal experiences, fueled by technologies such as artificial intelligence, immersive online environments, augmented reality, blockchain, crypto and FinTech. It examines the competitors, regulators and governments who are locked in a struggle to control the economic and social future shaped by these technologies.

Human Compatible:  Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control (Stuart Russell, 2019)
Distinguished AI researcher Stuart Russell begins by exploring the idea of intelligence in humans and in machines. He describes the near-term benefits we can expect, from intelligent personal assistants to vastly accelerated scientific research, and outlines the AI breakthroughs that still have to happen before we reach superhuman AI. He also spells out the ways humans are already finding to misuse AI, from lethal autonomous weapons to viral sabotage.

The International Governance of Artificial Intelligence (Mark Chinen, 2023)
This timely book investigates emerging efforts to govern artificial intelligence (AI) at an international level. It aptly emphasizes the complex interactions involved when creating international laws, exploring potential and current developments in AI regulation.

Recommended
The Law of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Machines (Theodore F. Claypoole ed., 2019)
This ABA publication provides an in-depth examination of how artificial intelligence has evolved, how it will affect the legal profession, and how the law will be reformed to meet the new realities created by AI.

Robot Rules:  Regulating Artificial Intelligence (Jacob Turner, 2019)
This book explains why AI is unique, what legal and ethical problems it could cause, and how we can address them. It argues that AI is unlike any other previous technology, owing to its ability to take decisions independently and unpredictably. This gives rise to three issues:  responsibility--who is liable if AI causes harm; rights--the disputed moral and pragmatic grounds for granting AI legal personality; and, the ethics surrounding the decision-making of AI.

Superintelligence:  Paths, Dangers, Strategies (Nick Bostrom, 2014)
A highly influential book exploring how superintelligence could be created and what its features and motivations might be. It argues that superintelligence, if created, would be difficult to control, and that it could take over the world in order to accomplish its goals. It also presents strategies to help make superintelligences whose goals benefit humanity.

Tomorrow's Lawyers, Third Edition (Richard Suskind, 2023)
This book predicts fundamental and irreversible changes in the legal world and offers essential practical advice for those who intend to build careers and businesses in law. A definitive guide to the future for aspiring lawyers, and all who want to modernize today's legal and justice systems.

When Machines Can Be Judge, Jury, and Executioner:  Justice in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Katherine B. Forrest, 2021)
Written by a former federal judge who lectures widely and frequently on AI and the justice system, this book is the first comprehensive presentation of the theoretical framework of AI tools in the criminal justice system and lethal autonomous weapons utilized in decision-making. The book then provides a comprehensive explanation as to why, tracing the evolution of the debate regarding racial and other biases embedded in such tools.