Think Like a Lawyer about Artificial Intelligence - Theodore Franklin Claypoole

Think Like a Lawyer about Artificial Intelligence Theodore Franklin Claypoole ISBN 9781639056088

This insightful guide examines artificial intelligence through practical, legal, and policy lenses, offering a framework for understanding how AI can be responsibly integrated into modern society. A precise understanding of emerging technologies like AI enables more effective adoption, clearer risk assessment, and smarter regulation—particularly as AI continues to reshape the workplace and professional decision-making.

The book challenges lawyers to rethink their approach to artificial intelligence and its far-reaching impact on law, business, and society. By applying legal reasoning to AI, readers gain the tools to evaluate how these technologies function, identify the risks they create, and develop policies to manage those risks responsibly. The result is a deeper understanding of not only how AI works, but why it matters to everyone.

Throughout the guide, AI is presented as a collection of predictive tools defined by their functions rather than their form. Because AI operates across many industries and use cases, the author demonstrates how lawyers can group AI technologies by their legal and societal impact—highlighting issues such as operational risk, biased decision-making, intellectual property concerns, and regulatory challenges. The book explores how these functional categories can be analyzed and governed through law and policy.

Written by industry leader Ted Claypoole, the book begins with the foundational question, “What is artificial intelligence?” and explains why lawyers must think differently about this technology. It examines major AI categories, including generative systems, decision-making tools, personal identification technologies, military and medical applications, and the provocative question of whether AI should ever be granted legal rights. The guide also addresses the development of policies for novel AI challenges and concludes with a practical discussion on lawyers’ use of AI and the ethical obligations required to remain compliant with professional rules of conduct.

Think Like a Lawyer about Artificial Intelligence Theodore Franklin Claypoole ISBN 9781639056088, 978-1639056088 & 978-16390-56088

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Theodore Franklin Claypoole