In a speech at the SGLaw200 Youth Forum at Singapore Management University’s Yong Pung How School of Law, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong addressed the principles that underpin Singapore’s legal system, areas in which the system can be improved, and the international rule of law.
Legal frameworks in Singapore were not designed for a world where machines can make consequential decisions, and the Republic needs to rethink fundamental assumptions about responsibility, liability, and accountability moving forward, said PM Wong on May 13.
But even as society grapples with such questions and harnesses technology, it must be clear that the law ultimately rests on human judgment, he added.
On reviewing Singapore’s laws in the age of AI, PM Wong said this will not be an easy process.
“Move too slowly, and the law falls behind while, potentially, people get hurt. Move too quickly, and we risk stifling innovation. Once again, we must strike the right balance – between safety and progress, between control and creativity,” he said.
