Ensuring Accountability for Illegal AI Activities Act

If this bill is passed, it will change part of the Code of Georgia about obscenity and similar crimes.

• Code of Georgia: These are the rules or laws for the state of Georgia that say what people in Georgia can and cannot do.

• Obscenity: Words, pictures, or actions that are very offensive, rude, or inappropriate, especially related to sex or violence.

This bill:

• Replaces part of the Code of Georgia about obscene stuff, sending it out, and punishments.  

• Bans giving out or selling obscene stuff made on a computer that shows a child.  

  • Creates a new crime for doing this, that includes 1-15 years in prison as punishment.

• Makes clear what’s considered obscene: “a shameful or morbid interest in nudity, sex, or excretion; The material taken as a whole lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value; and the material depicts or describes, in a patently offensive way, sexually explicit conduct.”

• Sets punishments and probation for those who break the law.

  • Probation:  A punishment for breaking the law where a person does not go to jail but must follow strict rules, like meeting with an officer or staying out of trouble.

• Updates another part of the Code about how long people have to go to jail for breaking this law, and punishment.  

• Considers how to decide how people who use artificial intelligence in certain crimes will be punished.

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI): Computer programs that can think, learn, and make decisions like a person.

• Includes tougher punishments for AI use.  

• Defines important terms and rules like 'Artificial intelligence system,' 'Child,' and 'Sexually explicit conduct.'   

• Gets rid of other laws that stop this one from working.    

• Explains the rules for probation and what people on probation must do.

• Adds a new section that defines terms about legal problems with artificial intelligence.  

• Lists the crimes where AI might be involved in their commission.  

• Explains how courts will determine if a person is guilty in these specific crimes and using AI.  

  • Requires paperwork if they plan to seek tougher punishments based on AI being involved.  

• Sets punishments for using AI in these specific crimes, with specific rules depending on how bad the crime is.  

• Makes the judge decide if a person gets extra punishment for using AI to commit a crime.   

If this bill passes into law, these new changes will be called the "Ensuring Accountability for Illegal AI Activities Act."