Meet OGABI ENIOLA PRAISE, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
International Humanitarian Law, International Trade Law.
Assistant Lecturer
Business Law
At the Business Law department office
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| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (Law) | LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY | 2027 |
ETHICAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN LEGAL RESEARCH- CONFIDENTIALITY AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
The legal
profession is one of the industries that upholds a high code of ethics. Other
industries, such as engineering, medicine, and architecture, also have their
individual code of ethics that are adhered to. Intelligent systems or
artificial intelligence, while lacking humanity or ‘consciousness’, have
nonetheless become disruptive in every sector and facet of our world today.
This paper explores some of the ethical issues involved in using artificial
intelligence in legal research, zeroing in on questions of confidentiality and
intellectual property rights. Other ethical concerns, such as data privacy and
attorney-client privilege, are also directly linked to the issue of privacy.
Issues of authorship, originality and plagiarism are concerns under IP rights.
This paper finds that artificial intelligence in itself connotes something
manmade and should be used with extreme caution by legal professionals to avoid
a breach of the rights of their clients. Furthermore, legal professionals must
ensure the veracity of AI-generated content to avoid compromising the cases
they handle on behalf of their clients. With regards to IP rights, the approach
to AI authorship differs across jurisdictions. One thread connecting four
jurisdictions- China, the US, the UK and Nigeria, is the requirement of
substantial human input before a work can be protected by IP. Additionally, there
is a need for this input to meet a certain threshold depending on the
jurisdiction. Work solely generated by AI with negligible human input is not
copyrightable. This paper concludes that as artificial intelligence becomes
more advances, these ethical issues will become more pronounced. Therefore,
lawyers, AI developers and AI providers alike need to watch out for liability issues arising from the
use of AI and protect themselves accordingly.
Keywords- Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Legal Professionals,
Intellectual Property Rights, Confidentiality, Legal Research.
OGABI PRAISE is a Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Business Law
OGABI has a Ph.D in Law from LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY
