2019/2020 Conference

 
 

Summary of the case:

This year’s Moot Court case will analyze the potential legal implications of introducing artificial intelligence into the systems that affect our everyday lives. A power generation system that uses machine learning to limit fault detection is sold to a remote Canadian community and breaks down, causing a large amount of economic damage. The town claims the company is liable for damages caused by the power failure, whereas the company claims the machine caught the fault and it was the town’s maintenance workers that missed the warnings the machine gave. This case explores the nature of liability within the context of AI.