Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"For example, AI agents acting as government investigators might apply for a search warrant, then collect digital evidence pursuant to that warrant through digital communications, or perhaps even by directly hacking into the target’s devices. Those investigators might then pass along the evidence to AI agents acting as prosecutors, who would then prepare the complaint and subsequent pleadings, likely relying on human lawyers to approve and formally submit their written work to the court.</p><p>Before permitting such a paradigm shift in the structure of government administration, it is worth contemplating what safeguards should be in place. In a forthcoming paper, we make a simple argument: AI agents should be designed to follow the law. As a condition of their deployment in high-stakes government work, they should be trained to refuse to take action that violate a core set of legal prohibitions—including constitutional law and criminal law—that protect basic human interests, legal rights, and political institutions. We call such AI agents “Law-Following AIs,” or LFAIs. Our paper explores the importance of LFAI in both the public and private sectors, but our focus here is on AI agents employed by the government, where lawlessness poses particularly acute risks."</p><p><a href="https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-agents-must-follow-the-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawfaremedia.org/article/ai-ag</span><span class="invisible">ents-must-follow-the-law</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AIAgents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIAgents</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AIRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIRegulation</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LawEnforcement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawEnforcement</span></a></p>