Autonomous machines are not mystical or magical machines; they rely on and function using the hard sciences of mathematics, data and computer algorithms. As such, appropriate regulatory responses to the existing and emerging technology and the questions of liability can be resolved to a large extent using existing laws and legal principles applied to the workings of the autonomous machines.
To date, the most difficult hurdle has been to dispel the myths of what is AI and the inherent limitations of the technology. Once the technology is understood, most of the issues of liability and ethics can be easily dealt with.
This presentation is based on the author’s book Autonomous Vehicles and the Law: Technology, Algorithms, and Ethics (Edward Elgar Publishing) and will focus on autonomous vehicles as a complex but real example of autonomous machines and will illustrate how tort principles can guide issues of governance, ethics and liability.
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Associate Professor Hannah YeeFen LIM |
Prof Hannah YeeFen Lim graduated with double degrees in Computer Science and in Law from the University of Sydney, where she went on to complete a Master of Laws by Research with Honours under a Telstra Scholarship. She is currently an Associate Professor of Business Law at Nanyang Technological University. She was a full-time Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law, NUS from 2007 to 2011. Prior to that, she taught at the University of Sydney and UNSW. In 2013, she was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge and in 2010, she was a Visiting Researcher at Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University. Hannah is an internationally recognized legal expert in Technology & Internet law, IP Law, and Data Protection and Privacy Law. She is the author of 6 scholarly books published by internationally established publishers. She wrote one of the pioneering books on Internet law, Cyberspace Law in 2002, published by Oxford University Press, and her research has been cited with approval by senior judiciary, most notably by the High Court of Australia. She is a sought after speaker and has presented over 100 papers internationally and she has also published extensively in internationally well-respected refereed journals. |
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Associate Professor CHEN Siyuan |
Chen Siyuan teaches the Law of Evidence in SMU and also directs the school's International Moots Programme which has seen considerable success in all major international competitions. He has published in leading peer-reviewed journals in his field such as the Civil Justice Quarterly and International Journal of Evidence & Proof. His text, The Law of Evidence in Singapore, has been cited on numerous occasions by the Singapore courts. He enjoys capturing aerial panoramas with his drones when he is overseas. |
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Jonathan NG |
Jonathan is President of AMI, a Singapore company focused on the electrification & automation of transportation, whilst building enablers for the autonomous vehicle horizon. AMI partners with various industry leaders (predominantly from China) as systems integrator and operator, building on 8 years of automotive consultancy for clients such as Daimler, VW, and Baidu Apollo. Additionally, Jonathan is CEO of NavInfo Datatech, AMI’s Singapore-based JV company with Navinfo, the largest mapping and telematics company in China. They’ve recently commenced HAD mapping of Singapore, and plan to supplement this with HD GNSS positioning, in fervent support of the autonomous vehicle horizon. |
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