“Regulating the Unprecedented: Law, Technology, and the Mythologies of Artificial Intelligence”

Generative language, oracles, hallucinations, spells... the field of artificial intelligence is rife with rhetorical figures that can be misleading. Rather than relying on technical terminology, discourse around disruptive digital innovations often draws from the language of myth, reinforcing preconceived notions that shape how we approach these technologies. While terminology may vary, there is broad scholarly consensus on the transformative impact of the new technologies, yet no general agreement on the extent to which legal systems are capable of effectively governing this process.