Simon Chesterman is dean of the National University of Singapore faculty of law and senior director of AI governance at AI Singapore. His latest book is "We, the Robots? Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of the Law."
Regulating artificial intelligence is both too easy and too hard


An AI-powered robot attempts a shot during men's basketball final match of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games: the problem is that AI systems are not governments that need to be nudged, encouraging the better angels of their nature. © Icon Sport/Getty Images
Simon Chesterman is dean of the National University of Singapore faculty of law and senior director of AI governance at AI Singapore. His latest book is "We, the Robots? Regulating Artificial Intelligence and the Limits of the Law."