While laws and regulations may lag innovation, Internet laws and regulations are likely to be valuable guides to Artificial Intelligence (AI) legislation. Due to the implementation similarities of Internet technology and AI technology, as well as AI technologies dependence on the Internet, Internet law options and implementation strategies are expected to be applicable to AI legislation.
The lag between new technology, such as the Internet and AI, an effort to govern such technologies is due in part to the need of innovators to move quickly to stay ahead of the competition. Legislative action addressing such innovation is typically stifled initially due to an attempt to regulate new technologies using legacy laws and regulations and latter due to the time-consuming efforts to define, and then adopt thoughtfully rules for the new technology.
