The course aims to explore the constitutional dimension in which the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) fits, analysing the opportunities and risks for individual rights and freedoms arising from technological innovation, and also examining the contribution that constitutional principles can offer in guiding the regulatory framework applicable to AI.At the end of the course, students will have acquired a basic knowledge of the dynamics associated with the implementation of artificial systems and will be able to grasp the impact that AI can have on the main areas of the state-citizen relationship.
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By the end of the course, students will have acquired a basic understanding of the dynamics associated with the implementation of artificial systems and will be able to grasp the impact AI can have on the main areas of state-citizen relations.
General Section
1) Introduction to the European regulation of the digital society
2) Sources of European Union law for the regulation of the digital society
3) The regulation of "digital risk"
4) Independent authorities and governance of the digital society
5) The European Regulation on AI as an integral part of EU legislation for the 2030 European Digital Decade
6) The definition of Artificial Intelligence between European Regulation and international technical standard. The "Human Use of Humans" and the Technical Use of Machines
7) Objectives, Scope, and Fundamental Principles of the AI Act
8) Prohibited AI Practices and High-Risk AI Systems: Methods and Tools for the "Digital Risk" Society
9) The Regulation of General-Purpose AI Models
10) Regulatory Sandboxes in the AI Act
11) Authority, Governance, and Implementation of the AI Act
Special Section
AI Impacts on Specific Areas of the State-Citizen Relationship: AI and Healthcare; AI and Public Administration; AI and Data Protection; AI and Online Platforms; AI and Cybersecurity
S. CALZOLAIO, A. IANNUZZI, E. LONGO, M. OROFINO, F. PIZZETTI, La regolazione europea della società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, limited to the chapters I, II, III, IV (pp. 1-106)
S. CALZOLAIO, A. IANNUZZI, E. LONGO, M. OROFINO, F. PIZZETTI, La regolazione europea dell’intelligenza artificiale nella società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2025.
Course materials for those attending will be indicated in the course of the lectures.
Programme
The course aims to explore the constitutional dimension of the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), analyzing the opportunities and risks to human rights and freedoms arising from technological innovation. It also examines—also in light of the AI Act—the contribution that constitutional principles can make to guiding the regulatory framework applicable to AI.By the end of the course, students will have acquired a basic understanding of the dynamics associated with the implementation of artificial systems and will be able to grasp the impact AI can have on the main areas of state-citizen relations.
General Section
1) Introduction to the European regulation of the digital society
2) Sources of European Union law for the regulation of the digital society
3) The regulation of "digital risk"
4) Independent authorities and governance of the digital society
5) The European Regulation on AI as an integral part of EU legislation for the 2030 European Digital Decade
6) The definition of Artificial Intelligence between European Regulation and international technical standard. The "Human Use of Humans" and the Technical Use of Machines
7) Objectives, Scope, and Fundamental Principles of the AI Act
8) Prohibited AI Practices and High-Risk AI Systems: Methods and Tools for the "Digital Risk" Society
9) The Regulation of General-Purpose AI Models
10) Regulatory Sandboxes in the AI Act
11) Authority, Governance, and Implementation of the AI Act
Special Section
AI Impacts on Specific Areas of the State-Citizen Relationship: AI and Healthcare; AI and Public Administration; AI and Data Protection; AI and Online Platforms; AI and Cybersecurity
Core Documentation
General SectionS. CALZOLAIO, A. IANNUZZI, E. LONGO, M. OROFINO, F. PIZZETTI, La regolazione europea della società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2024, limited to the chapters I, II, III, IV (pp. 1-106)
S. CALZOLAIO, A. IANNUZZI, E. LONGO, M. OROFINO, F. PIZZETTI, La regolazione europea dell’intelligenza artificiale nella società digitale, Giappichelli, Torino, 2025.
Course materials for those attending will be indicated in the course of the lectures.
Type of delivery of the course
The course will be conducted through lectures.Attendance
Optional attendance.Type of evaluation
The assessment will be carried out through an oral exam, with on 3/4 questions relating to the exam syllabus. In assessing the exam, the final grade will take into account the level and quality of knowledge of the topics; the ability to critically analyze a topic; the logic of the arguments supporting a thesis; as well as the use of vocabulary appropriate to the discipline being studied.