CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1(Purpose) #
The purpose of this Act is to prescribe the basic matters necessary for the sound development of artificial intelligence and the creation of a foundation for trust in artificial intelligence, thereby contributing to the protection of citizens' rights, interests, and dignity, the improvement of their quality of life, and the strengthening of national competitiveness.
Article 2(Definitions) #
The definitions of terms used in this Act are defined as follows:
1. The term "artificial intelligence" means the electronic implementation of human intellectual abilities, such as learning, reasoning, perception, judgment, and language comprehension;
2. The term "artificial intelligence system" means an artificial intelligence-based system that infers outputs such as predictions, recommendations, and decisions that affect real and virtual environments for a given goal with various levels of autonomy and adaptability;
3. The term "artificial intelligence technology" means hardware and software technologies, or their application technologies, necessary to implement artificial intelligence;
4. The term "high-impact artificial intelligence" means an artificial intelligence system that is likely to have a significant impact on or pause a risk to human life, physical safety, and fundamental rights, and that is utilized in any of the following areas:
(a) Supply of energy under subparagraph 1 of Article 2 of the Energy Act;
(b) Production process of drinking water under subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Drinking Water Management Act;
(c) Establishment and operation of a system for providing and using health and medical services under subparagraph 1 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on Health and Medical Care;
(d) Development and use of medical devices under Article 2 (1) of the Medical Devices Act and digital medical devices under subparagraph 2 of Article 2 of the Digital Medical Products Act;
(e) Safe management and operation of nuclear materials under Article 2 (1) 1 of the Act on Physical Protection and Radiological Emergency and nuclear facilities under subparagraph 2 of that paragraph;