Artificial Intelligence and Supranational Law: Between Anthropocentrism and Technological Development

This work focuses on artificial intelligence's (AI) legal framework, explaining why the only way to adequately regulate this phenomenon is represented by supranational legal rules, since digital relationships – and AI in particular – are not confined within domestic borders, but rather they involve people and companies from all over the world, connecting entities established in different countries. Limiting its attention only to binding legal rules (avoiding discussion of soft law rules), this chapter is concerned with the analysis of the main provisions of the European Union's (EU) AI Act and the Council of Europe Framework Convention. While the EU Act is aimed at finding a balance between economic and human rights needs, the Council of Europe Convention only aims to extend previous human rights provisions, such as those established in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), to the lifecycle of AI systems. The most important merit of the aforementioned legal rules is represented by the establishment of a uniform legal framework concerning AI, creating a shared legal environment that can satisfy both companies’ expectations and individuals’ fundamental rights