Professor Gabriel Weil will discuss the ro le that tort law can play in compelling AI companies to internalize the ris ks generated by training and deploying advanced AI systems. He will outline a liability framework based on strict liability\, liability insurance requ irements that scale with potentially dangerous model capabilities\, and pun itive damages designed to address uninsurable risks. The talk will also add ress the doctrinal and normative case for strict liability and for liabilit y as the central pillar of AI governance.
Part of the AI Governance S peaker Series co-sponsored by AISST and the HLS AI Law Association (AIA).
Speaker
Gabriel Weil is an Associate Professor at Touro Universit
y Law Center and a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at the Institute for Law & AI
. He also serves on the board of Principles of Intelligence. His research f
ocuses on the role of liability in mitigating catastrophic AI risk\, and he
regularly consults with legislators and other policymakers on AI policy ma
tters. Before joining the Touro faculty\, Professor Weil held several posit
ions focused on climate change policy\, including work for the Climate Lead
ership Council and the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Profes
sor Weil holds a J.D.\, cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center\, a
n LL.M. in environmental law\, summa cum laude\, from Pace University Eliza
beth Haub School of Law\, and a B.A. in political science\, physics\, and i
ntegrated science from Northwestern University.