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"Artificial Intelligence Ethics, Law and Governance" Series

Editor-in-Chief Jiang Huiling, this series is planned and published by Tongji University

"Advanced Introduction to Law and Artificial Intelligence"

Woodrow Barfield,

Italy

By Ugo Pagallo

Translated by Su Miaohan

"Algorithmic Governance: Politics and Law in the Posthuman Era"

Lithuania

By Ignas Karpokas

Translated by Qiu Yaokun

"Predictive Mind"

by Jacob Howey

Translated by Wang Jing and Wan Shuchan

"Taxing Robots: How to Adapt the Digital Economy to AI?" 》Xavier Oberson

Translated by Wang Huayu and Sun Bolong)

Shanghai People's Publishing House September 2022 Edition

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"Advanced Introduction to Law and Artificial Intelligence"

to Law and

Woodrow Barfield ( )

Italy

by Ugo Pagallo

Translated by Su Miaohan

About the author

Woodrow Barfield ( ): holds a doctorate in engineering, a doctorate in law, and a master's degree in law. He is the editor of "Virtual Reality" magazine and the review editor of "Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence" and a member of the editorial board of "Delphi: Interdisciplinary Review of Emerging Technologies." He was a professor of engineering at the University of Washington in the United States.

Ugo Pagallo (Ugo): Professor of Law at the Law Department of the University of Turin, Italy, and a member of the EU Expert Group on Responsibility and New Technologies. He is also working with the European Institute for Science, Media and Democracy on the AI ​​for People project, the first global forum on the social impact of AI established in Europe. Pagallo also collaborates with the IEEE Global Initiative on Ethical Considerations in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems, the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg, France, and others.

Translator profile

Su Miaohan, PhD in Law from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, is an associate professor at Tongji University Law School, a researcher at the Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Social Governance Collaborative Innovation Center, and a researcher at the Shanghai Institute of Finance and Law. His main research directions are administrative law, information law and energy law. He has engaged in visiting research work at the University of Nottingham in the UK, the Executive Council of the United States, and the American University of Washington School of Law. He has independently translated three volumes of "Administrative Law" (fifth edition) by J., Jr., co-translated "Regulation and Its Reform", "What is Law: The Constitution in the Supreme Court of the United States", and "British Administrative Law (10th Edition)", and edited "Natural Law and Natural Rights", "Regulation: Legal Form and Economic Theory", and "New Horizons in Government Regulation: An Examination of Ten Samples of British Regulatory Agencies".

Content introduction

This book briefly introduces the legal issues related to the design and use of artificial intelligence, discusses issues related to artificial intelligence applications and human rights, constitutional law, data protection, criminal law, tort law, and intellectual property law. It also conducts a comparative study of laws, regulations, and case law in multiple jurisdictions, including the United States, the European Union, Japan, and China.

Key contents of this book include:

• Critical insights into human rights and constitutional issues that may be affected by AI;

• Discuss the concept of legal persons and how the law will respond as artificial intelligence develops in intelligence;

• Describe current laws and regulations applicable to artificial intelligence and identify areas where future legal challenges may arise.

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"Algorithmic Governance: Politics and Law in the Posthuman Era"

: and law in the post-human era

Lithuania

By Ignas Karpokas

Translated by Qiu Yaokun

About the author

Ignas Karpokas: Senior Lecturer at the Department of Public Communication at Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania and Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations and Development at LCC International University. He is the author of "Creativity and Limitations in Political Communities" (2017) and "Post-Truth Political Theory" (2019).

Translator profile

Qiu Yaokun is a lecturer at Capital University of Economics and Business, a doctor of law from Peking University, and a visiting scholar at Columbia University in the United States. His research interests include network law, sociology of law, and judicial systems.

Content introduction

This book starts from three aspects: the data used by algorithms, the direct regulation of algorithms as code architecture, and the indirect regulation of algorithms as behavioral boosters, so that we can understand how algorithms govern contemporary society and what technical processes and business considerations support the empirical phenomena we encounter; at the same time, This article introduces the philosophical, social, political, and legal impacts of algorithmic governance, and what challenges algorithms pose to human subjectivity, basic principles of the rule of law, and the construction of political communities, so that we can understand the profound situation of posthumanism we are in. We can no longer face the world as masters.

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"Predictive Mind"

The Mind

By Jakob Hohwy

Translated by Wang Jing and Wan Shuchan

About the author

Jakob Hohwy: Professor of Philosophy at Monash University, Australia. His research fields are mainly cognitive science, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of neuroscience, and he has long-term cooperation with psychologists and neuroscientists in interdisciplinary research.

Translator profile

Wang Jing, Ph.D., is a professor at the School of Humanities of Tongji University, a doctoral supervisor, and a New Century Outstanding Talent of the Ministry of Education. Research directions: Philosophy of science, analytic philosophy, philosophy of logic, modern theory of knowledge.

Wan Shuchan holds a Master of Philosophy degree from Tongji University and a PhD candidate at Peking University. Research direction: Philosophy of science.

Content introduction

Translator profile:

This book introduces an important new theory emerging in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, and neuroscience from the perspective of philosophy and cognitive science, namely "predictive processing" (The). Predictive processing theory believes that the brain is essentially a "hypothesis-verification" machine. The "hypothesis-verification" mechanism attempts to predict signals received from the world and minimize errors. On the one hand, this theory is supported by strong theoretical arguments. On the other hand, it is simple and elegant. It provides a "grand unified" theoretical framework that can integrate many mental functions such as perception, action, attention, etc., so it is very attractive. This book is the first philosophy and cognitive science monograph on this theory. Howe provides a detailed introduction to this theory from the perspectives of cognitive science and philosophy.

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"Taxing Robots—How to Make the Digital Economy Use AI?" 》

：the to Adapt to the Use of

by Xavier Oberson

Translated by Wang Huayu and Sun Bolong

About the author

Xavier Oberson: Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is currently a professor of international tax law at the Law School of the University of Geneva in Switzerland. He is a practicing lawyer engaged in tax law and commercial law. He is an international tax law expert who pays equal attention to theory and practice. He was a member of the expert group on “International Cooperation on Tax Matters” established by the Swiss Federal Council and, since 2010, a member of the Federal Coordination Committee on Direct Taxes (CHID).

Translator profile

Wang Huayu: Doctor of Laws from Peking University, postdoctoral fellow in law, currently associate professor at Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and deputy director of the Fiscal and Taxation Law Research Center. He concurrently serves as the Secretary-General of the Shanghai Law Society’s Fiscal and Taxation Law Research Association.

Sun Bolong: Doctor of Laws from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, postdoctoral fellow in law, currently associate professor at Shen Junru Law School of Hangzhou Normal University. He concurrently serves as director and deputy secretary-general of the Finance and Taxation Law Research Association of Zhejiang Law Society.

Content introduction

The development of AI and its application in robots have made robots increasingly used in the industrial economy and high-end service fields. Optimists believe that the fourth industrial revolution will destroy many jobs, but it will also create new job opportunities; pessimists believe that intelligent robots will eventually affect the destiny of the entire human race. In any case, the replacement of human labor by robots will inevitably reduce the tax base and bring new challenges to each country's tax system. Taxing robots offers a solution. The author of this book attempts to provide a realistic tax definition of AI and robots, and consider giving robots legal personality. This book explores in detail the two stages of future robot taxation: the first stage focuses on taxing the use of robots, and the second stage treats robots as independent taxpayers for taxation.

Finally, we have prepared book gifts for everyone. Please leave a message in the comment area of ​​this article and talk about the impact of artificial intelligence on your personal work or life. The top four with the most likes within 24 hours from the time of posting will each receive a volume in this series. Thanks to Shanghai People's Publishing House for providing the book.

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