scholarly journals Artificial General Intelligence and Contract

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-347
Author(s):  
John Linarelli
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Cognitive Architecture ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Artificial General Intelligence ◽  
Contract Formation ◽  
The Law ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Mind

Abstract The aim of this article is to inquire whether contract law can operate in a state of affairs in which artificial general intelligence (AGI) exists and has the cognitive abilities to interact with humans to exchange promises or otherwise engage in the sorts of exchanges typically governed by contract law. AGI is a long way off, but its emergence may be sudden and come in the lifetimes of some people who are alive today. How might contract law adapt to a situation in which at least one of the contract parties could, from the standpoint of a capacity to engage in promising and exchange, be an AGI? This is not a situation in which artificial intelligence (AI) operates as an agent of a human or a firm, a frequent occurrence right now. Rather, the question is whether an AGI could constitute a principal—a contract party on its own. Contract law is a good place to start a discussion about adapting the law for an AGI future because it already incorporates a version of what is known as weak AI in its objective standard for contract formation and interpretation. Contract law, in some limited sense, takes on issues of relevance from the philosophy of the mind. AGI holds the potential to transform a solution to an epistemological problem of how to prove a contract exists into solution to an ontological problem about the capacity to contract. An objection might be that contract law presupposes the existence of a person who the law recognizes as possessing the capacity to contract. Contract law itself may not be able to answer the prior question of legally recognized personhood. The answer will be to focus on how AGI cognitive architecture could be designed for compatibility for human interaction. This article focuses on that question as well.

Legal management models

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Дмитрий Осинцев ◽  
Dmitriy Osintsev
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Laws Of Nature ◽  
Social Activity ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Management Procedure ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
The Law ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Mind

In this book there is not a single definition, as is typical for publications on traditional jurisprudence, here legal thinking is presented in its development, based not on abstract philosophizing and attempts to connect the legal life of society with the rigid framework of scientific laws. The preceding line of legal thinking is a ceaseless discussion of how to approach the understanding of law, otherwise the collision of methodologies, but not philosophizing, but discipline of the mind aimed at ensuring law and order is needed, therefore the way of working in the legal sphere is always dogmatic - exact and unquestioning execution of regulations supported by various security, guarantee, jurisdictional, deterrent and other means, while even changing the prescription itself is definitely subject to from dogma enshrined in procedural procedural rules. Mankind builds the law and official jurisprudence in order not to be distracted each time to clarify the content and meaning of these phenomena. The right acts as a guideline of life positions of interested parties to the relationship. The law does not change the state of affairs that naturally took shape, does not create new laws of nature, economics, social life, etc., but can give them an official style, and nothing more. The norms of law do not coexist along with other social norms, but give them socially significant official status, replace them, and also create innovations in the regulation of social activity. The right is a sign form of government invested with legal constructions, and the form is transformed. The right is accepted by society methods of invasion of the established socio-cultural situation and giving it a kind of conservative tradition after changing the natural course of affairs and replacing it with the normative management procedure.

Ch.2 Formation and authority of agents, s.1: Formation, Introduction to Arts 2.1.1–2.1.14

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anderson Ross G
Keyword(s):  
Classical Model ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Private Law ◽  
Neoclassical Model ◽  
Electronic Signatures ◽  
Commercial Practice ◽  
The Core ◽  
Contract Formation ◽  
The Law ◽  
Standard Terms

Chapter 2 of the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC) contains the core provisions on contract formation. It has two sections: the first deals with offers, acceptances, negotiations, standard terms, and standard firms; the second deals with agency. The fundamental rules on formation of contract which focus on the law of offer and acceptance are provided in Arts 2.1.1–2.1.14. The ‘classical’ model of contract law centres on the parties' agreement to assume obligations with private law consequences, whereas the ‘neoclassical’ model adopts a less strict approach but with a similar focus. This chapter covers contract formation in modern commercial practice, along with provisions relating to electronic signatures, letters of intent, and notices.

scholarly journals Conceptual Commitments of the LIDA Model of Cognition

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stan Franklin ◽  
Steve Strain ◽  
Ryan McCall ◽  
Bernard Baars
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Action Selection ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Artificial General Intelligence ◽  
Level Model ◽  
The Mind

Abstract Significant debate on fundamental issues remains in the subfields of cognitive science, including perception, memory, attention, action selection, learning, and others. Psychology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence each contribute alternative and sometimes conflicting perspectives on the supervening problem of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Current efforts toward a broad-based, systems-level model of minds cannot await theoretical convergence in each of the relevant subfields. Such work therefore requires the formulation of tentative hypotheses, based on current knowledge, that serve to connect cognitive functions into a theoretical framework for the study of the mind. We term such hypotheses “conceptual commitments” and describe the hypotheses underlying one such model, the Learning Intelligent Distribution Agent (LIDA) Model. Our intention is to initiate a discussion among AGI researchers about which conceptual commitments are essential, or particularly useful, toward creating AGI agents.

A Role For Tort In Pre-Contractual Negotiations? An Examination Of English, French, And Canadian Law

2003 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 969-993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giliker Paula
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Contract Formation ◽  
Canadian Law ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law

The common law has traditionally regarded the question of pre-contractual liability as a matter of contract formation.2 Where the claimant is able to satisfy the rules of offer and acceptance, consideration, an intention to be bound, and certainty, contract law possesses a number of tools capable of resolving disputes arising prior to contract. For example, the courts will utilise the law of misrepresentation and mistake and, if necessary, imply terms to respond to questions such as the effect of pre-contractual representations or whether the claimant should be paid for work commenced prior to contract.3 Notably where a transaction between two commercial parties has been executed, the English courts have shown themselves particularly willing to intervene and ensure the validity of the agreement reached between the parties.4

Contract Formation in India: Law and Practice

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigam Nuggehalli
Keyword(s):  
Common Law ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Acceptance Rule ◽  
Contract Formation ◽  
Successful Attempt ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Law ◽  
Indian Law ◽  
British Commonwealth

This chapter examines the law on the formation of contracts in India. The Indian Contract Act 1872 is significant as it is the first successful attempt to codify the English common law of contract in the British Commonwealth. The Act was then transplanted to other jurisdictions in the British Commonwealth. The preamble of the Act makes it clear that it is intended to ‘define and amend certain parts of the law relating to contract’; therefore the Act does not exhaustively set out the rules of contract law. Interesting issues follow relating to the precise ambit of the Act, and the areas where there continues to be room for common law development, whether novel and unique to India, or adopted into Indian law after considering the common law developments in other jurisdictions. One issue relates to the postal acceptance rule which does not state that it is an exception to the instantaneous communication rule. Another issue relates to whether the Act permits the accommodation of a subsequent development in the English common law.

Beérkezett könyvek

2005 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-427
Author(s):  
Csaba Pléh
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Cognitive Science ◽  
Evolutionary Psychology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Human Thought ◽  
Number Of Genes ◽  
History Of ◽  
Origin Of Mind ◽  
The Mind

Ádám György: A rejtozködo elme. Egy fiziológus széljegyzetei Carpendale, J. I. M. és Müller, U. (eds): Social interaction and the development of knowledge Cloninger, R. C.: Feeling good. The science of well being Dunbar, Robin, Barrett, Louise, Lycett, John: Evolutionary psychology Dunbar, Robin: The human story. A new history of makind's evolution Geary, D. C.: The origin of mind. Evolution of brain, cognition and general intelligence Gedeon Péter, Pál Eszter, Sárkány Mihály, Somlai Péter: Az evolúció elméletei és metaforái a társadalomtudományokban Harré, Rom: Cognitive science: A philosophical introduction Horváth György: Pedagógiai pszichológia Marcus, G.: The birth of the mind. How a tiny number of genes creates the complexities of human thought Solso, R. D.: The psychology of art and the evolution of the conscious brain Wray, A. (ed.): The transition to language

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