A Manifesto on Enforcing Law in the Age of “Artificial Intelligence”

 
 

Building upon A Manifesto in Defence of Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of “Artificial Intelligence,” the Transatlantic Reflection Group on Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of “Artificial Intelligence” has reconvened to draft a second consensus manifesto that calls for the effective and legitimate enforcement of laws concerning AI systems. In doing so, it recognizes the important and complementary role of standards and compliance practices.

Whereas the first manifesto focused on the relationship between democratic law-making and technology, this second manifesto shifts focus from the design of law in the age of AI to the enforcement of law.

Concretely, this manifesto offers 10 recommendations for addressing the key enforcement challenges shared across transatlantic stakeholders. We call on those who support these recommendations to sign this manifesto.

 
 
 

Signatories

  • Selim Alan, Director of Communications, Center for AI and Digital Policy

  • Vicente Aldana, Licenciado en Derecho, Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana

  • James Amattey, Founder, Bahneister

  • Johan H. Andresen, Owner and Chair, Ferd

  • Irena Barkane, Researcher, University of Latvia

  • Rodrigo Canalli, NYU Law

  • Joel Carbonera , Professor/Researcher, UFRGS

  • Raja Chatila, Professor Emeritus, Sorbonne University

  • Beenish Chaudhary, PhD student, University of Buckingham

  • Kailash Chauhan, Advocate, New Delhi High Court

  • Sean Cleary, Executive Vice-Chair, FutureWorld Foundation

  • Julie Cohen, Mark Claster Mamolen Professor of Law and Technology, Georgetown University

  • Samuel Curtis, Associate, The Future Society

  • Giovanni De Gregorio, PLMJ Chair in Law and Technology, Católica Global School of Law

  • Laurence Diver, Postdoctoral researcher, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

  • Wian Erlank, Professor of Law, North-West University

  • Katherine Evans, Consultant, Ethics of AI, Digital Innovation and Transformation, Communication & Information Sector at UNESCO

  • Ali Farghaly, Mentor, Polygence.org

  • Douglas Frantz, Advisory board member, AI & Equality Initiative

  • Oscar Gandy, emeritus professor, University of Pennsylvania

  • Linda MacDonald Glenn, Founding Director, Center for Applied Values and Ethics in Advancing Technologies (CAVEAT), University of California Santa Cruz, Crown College

  • Cordel Green, Executive Director, Broadcasting Commission of Jamaica

  • Stelios Gregoriou, Managing Partner, Gregoriou Law Firm

  • Gry Hasselbalch, Co-founder/Director of Research, DataEthics.eu

  • Bruce Hedin, Hedin B Consulting

  • Mireille Hildebrandt, Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

  • Niki Iliadis, The Future Society

  • Anja Kaspersen, Senior Fellow, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

  • Valerie Kutima, Lecturer, Egerton University

  • Lyse Langlois, Directrice générale , OBVIA - Laval university

  • Yolanda Lannquist, Director, AI Governance, The Future Society

  • Silvia Lanza-Castelli, Professor’: trsearche, Univerdad

  • Francesco Lapenta, Founding Director, John Cabot University Institute of Future and Innovation Studies

  • Amanda Leal, Associate, AI Governance, The Future Society

  • Marine Lipartia, Research Member, CAIDP

  • Toni Lorente, Associate, AI Governance, The Future Society

  • Gustavo Macedo, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of São Paulo

  • Gary Marcus, Professor Emeritus, NYU

  • Jonathan A. Marshall, CEO, Well Rounded Software

  • Yannick Meneceur, Associate lecturer and researcher, University of Strasbourg

  • Jan Philipp Meyer, Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Strasser Haindl Meyer

  • Nico Miailhe, Founder & President, The Future Society (TFS)

  • Wonki Min, Honorable President, SUNY Korea

  • Alex Moltzau, AI Policy, Governance, Ethics and International Partnerships, NORA.ai - the Norwegian Artificial Intelligence research Consortium

  • Edgar Morocho, Función Jurisdiccional

  • Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor on Justice Policy, Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers of the European Commission

  • Erick Dennis Pallaroso Vasquez, Asistente jurídico, MININTER-PPETID

  • Matthias Pfeffer, Founder, PfefferMedia

  • Kristin Pfeffer, Professor of Public Law, University of Applied Police Sciences, Hamburg

  • Edson Prestes, Full Professor, UFRGS

  • Evan Price, The Future Society

  • Denia Psarrou, Researcher and Advisor on Governance and Emerging Technologies, AI & the Law, IEEE

  • Stefano Quintarelli, MP, Italian Parliament; Member, AI-HLEG of the EU Commission; Chairman, Italian Digital Agency; Chairman, Advisory Group on advanced technologies at UN/CEFACT

  • Lavina Ramkissoon, Advisor, Africa Union

  • Felicity Reddel, Analyst, The Future Society

  • Marc Rotenberg, President and Founder, Center for AI and Digital Policy

  • Roy Saurabh, Digital Transformation Lead, UNESCO

  • Shyamal Sharma, Heller School for Social Policy and Management

  • Sarah Spiekermann, Professor for Business Informatics, Vienna University of Economics and Business

  • Thomas Streinz, Executive Director, Guarini Global Law & Tech; Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law

  • Grace S. Thomson, Academic Director, CERT Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training

  • Charlotte Tschider, Assistant Professor, Loyola University Chicago School of Law

  • Androniki Tzomaka, Lawyer, Management Organisation Unit of Development Programmes

  • Wendell Wallach, Carnegie/Uehiro Fellow and co-director of the AI and Equality Initiative, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs

  • Yonah Welker, Explorer at Yonah.ai, Evaluator and Chair at EU Commission AI projects, Director of AI for Humanity at Women in AI, Yonah.ai/.org, European Commission, Women in AI

  • Robert Whitfield, Chair, World Federalist Movement / Institute of Global Policy Transnational Working Group on AI

  • Tome Wilson, Researcher, Witness

Acknowledgments

Contributors (alphabetical by last name): Julie Cohen, Samuel Curtis, Katherine Evans, Bruce Hedin, Niki Iliadis, Anja Kaspersen, Francesco Lapenta, Nicolas Miailhe, Paul Nemitz, Denia Psarrou, Stefano Quintarelli, Marc Rotenberg, Sarah Spiekermann, Thomas Streinz, and Wendell Wallach.

A Manifesto on Enforcing Law in the Age of Artificial Intelligence was produced through a participative process, including seven virtual meetings from June to September 2022, and asynchronous written procedures and redrafts by group members. With the support of the Institute of Future and Innovation Studies at John Cabot University, the group came to a final consensus in meetings on 8-9 October and publicly presented the Manifesto on 10 October 2022 in Rome. A broader discussion with transatlantic participation of national and international policymakers, industry, the legal community, and other stakeholders is planned to take place at the fourth edition of The Athens Roundtable on AI and the Rule of Law, an initiative of The Future Society and ELONtech, on 1-2 December 2022.