AI and Emerging Technologies: Automated Decision-Making, Digital Forensics, and Ethical Considerations

In the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has made significant advancements in various sectors of society, such as education, health, e-commerce, media and entertainment, banking and finance, transportation, and defense, among others. Its application has permeated every sector, leaving no area untouched. However, the utilization of AI brings forth crucial legal, ethical, and technical concerns and obstacles that must be appropriately addressed through thoughtful deliberation, discussions, and the implementation of effective regulations.

AI and Emerging Technologies: Automated Decision-Making, Digital Forensics, and Ethical Considerations provides a comprehensive and insightful roadmap for exploring the advancements, challenges, solutions, and implications of AI in three key areas: the legal field, digital forensic, and decision-making. By delving into these topics, this book offers a deep understanding of how AI can be optimally utilized to deliver maximum benefits to users, all within a single comprehensive source. One of the focuses of this book is to shed light on the preictal application of emerging technologies in automated decision-making while also addressing the ethical considerations that arise from their use. By examining the integration of these technologies into digital forensics and their impact on other domains, such as gaming applications deepfake, this book presents valuable insights into the broader implications of AI.

The book serves as an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand and navigate the complex world of AI. By offering a comprehensive exploration of its applications, ethical considerations, and data protection techniques, it provides researchers and scholars, graduate students, software engineers, along with data scientists the necessary insights to harness the full potential of AI while ensuring its responsible and ethical use.

Purvi Pokhariyal is the Campus Director at the National Forensic Sciences University of the Delhi Campus. She is the Director of Academics, Research, and Consultancy at the National Forensic Sciences University and is the founding Dean of the School of Law, Forensic Justice, and Policy Studies along with being the Dean of the School of Forensic Psychology. Prof. Pokhariyal has more than 25 years of academic and industry experience in the field of law and justice administration.

Archana Patel is an Assistant Professor at the National Forensic Sciences University, Delhi, India. She completed her Postdoc at the Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. Dr. Patel has previously worked as a full-time faculty member at the School of Computing and Information Technology, Eastern International University, Province, Vietnam. Dr. Patel filed a patent titled ＂Method and System for Creating Ontology of Knowledge Units in A Computing Environment＂ in Nov 2019 and received a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Applications and a PG degree both from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, India in 2020 and 2016 respectively.

Dr. Shubham Pandey is Lecturer of Law, at the School of Law, Forensic Justice and Policy Studies under National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) Gandhinagar. Dr. Shubham holds a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT) in the area of law, technology and public policy. He has done his LLM from IIT Kharagpur and BA.LLB(Hons.) from Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. His numerous woks have been published in various journal of national and international repute and he has 15 publications to his name. He has participated in various National and International Conferences to present his works on various fields of Law, Technology and Public Policy. He is an avid researcher and teaches Cyber Law, Information Technology Law and laws related to Data Protection and good governance.