Anticipatory regulatory instruments for AI systems: A comparative study of regulatory sandbox schemes
Year: 2023
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Anticipatory regulatory instruments are pre-emptive approaches to identify and anticipate risks arising from new technologies. They can also act as indicators of ‘pro-innovation’ economic support for digital technologies. The extent to which regulatory agencies can fulfil their regulatory remit, aimed at the protection of the public good, and signal support for innovative and disruptive technologies is an open policy question. Regulatory sandbox schemes are comparatively new anticipatory tools, operating within a small number of regulators, and their potential to assess contextual or cross-sectoral risk is unclear. However, emerging proposals for the regulation of AI increasing feature various models of regulatory sandboxes often aligned to the need to reduce access barriers for SMEs and innovators. Examples include the European Commission's Proposal for a regulation concerning AI [3] and the recent United Kingdom AI White Paper, AI Regulation: A Pro-Innovation Approach [8]. Disentangling the causal dimensions of why regulatory sandboxes are proposed to regulate AI, and their utility as tools of pre-emptive risk assessment are my core research questions.
Author: Deborah Morgan
Institution: University of Bath
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Award: G327663158
OpenAlex ID: W4386246860