Protecting our rights: How can legal systems handle the AI revolution? (University of Luxembourg – Interview on her recently published book)
Dr. Elif Biber is a legal scholar in European Public Law and Digitalisation at the University of Luxembourg. She works at the intersection of law and emerging technologies. Her forthcoming book, “A Rights-Based Inter-Legal Approach to Artificial Intelligence” from Hart Publishing (Oxford) is one of the first single-authored books on AI and fundamental rights worldwide. It seeks to answer the question: How can legal systems meaningfully respond to complex, rapidly evolving phenomena like AI?
She discusses that while artificial intelligence is often presented as something entirely new, at its core it raises enduring questions about power, responsibility, and the role of law in society. Today, however, these questions arise in a context where data and information have become strategic resources, central to what is often described as digital or information capitalism. In this environment, information is no longer a by-product of technology: it is a key driver of economic productivity, social organisation, and shifting power relations.
Three questions to understand what’s at stake
In this interview, we explore Dr. Biber’s research into how the complex layers of legal, corporate and regulatory systems interact with the questions arising from increased use of artificial intelligence, and why the regular citizen should feel concerned.
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