Multi-Level Protection of Rights in Ai

The impressive development and (spread) use of AI-system raise, among all, several legal questions. In particular, a question arises as to whether, and to what extent, domestic (Italian) and European legal sources are adapted to regulate the development and use of AI-systems, while also ensuring fundamental rights protection.
As of today, the European Union legislator has been pursuing an intense
legislative activity which has now led not just to the about-to-be-enacted AI-ACT, but also to some other pieces of regulations which are now under discussion (see for instance the proposal for a directive on adapting non-contractual civil liability rules to artificial intelligence), or are about to be updated to become useful tools to regulate the development and use of AI-systems (see, a.a., Defective Product liability Directive).
The aim is to ascertain whether the above-sketched legislative framework is
adapted to ensure a truly multilevel protection of those rights linked to the development and use of AI-systems. Reference is made to, for instance: contractual claims, civil liability claims, and human rights protection.
Given these premises, this course, after briefly outlining the technological aspects of AI-systems, focusing on machine learning and deep learning techniques, will be divided into two parts.
The first part will focus on characterization issues (whether and to what extent the AIsystems under scrutiny enter within the category of product), while the second part will scrutinize domestic and European legislation on contract law, civil liability and fundamental rights protection in respect of AI-systems.
In detail, it will examine the relevant substantive provisions, and private international provisions, updated to the most recent amendments proposed by the European legislator. Then it will focus on the desirable development of AI-systems which will be ethically oriented; a question will be asked, in particular, whether and to what extent "ethical principles" can and should guide the development and use of artificial intelligence systems. The role, and the relevant responsibilities of AI-systems developers, will be deeply scrutinized.