Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the way legal works , but it's far from perfect. It also can have a difficult time adapting to the expectations and privacy concerns of the world it serves. Researchers speaking at New York University School of Law's “Algorithms and Explanations,” however, are seeking to mitigate these shortcomings through ongoing and preliminary projects to “tame AI.”

The work looks to better explain AI decision-making and limit its use in profiling consumers online, and it may have far reaching consequences for how legal and privacy experts understand and utilize AI technology in the future. Here is the look at two of these innovations:

Using Visualization to Explain AI Decisions

Because of machine learning's complex mathematical nature, it can be difficult to explain the reasoning behind AI's decisions using nonnumeric language. But there are other ways in which to communicate. For example, data and story visualization, whether in e-discovery and analytics or children's books, seeks to express information in graphic, easy-to-digest formats.