Distilled Law, Part 2: AI-Assisted Legislative Drafting And Alberta's Whisky Act

Overview

The Government of Alberta has reportedly become the first jurisdiction in Canada to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the initial drafting of legislation through the Alberta Whisky Act. Government officials and legislative counsel retained responsibility for review, revision and all levels of approval.

In Part 1 of our series, we examined the purpose of the Whisky Act, the intellectual property dimension of the “Alberta Whisky” designation, and Alberta’s province-specific production standards.

In Part 2 of our series, we discuss:

• the reported use of AI in drafting the Whisky Act;
• the opportunities, limitations and need for human oversight in AI-assisted legislative drafting; and