The discussion around artificial intelligence (AI) is currently leading the political, journalistic, technical and legal debate. This interest should come as no surprise, given that this technology is likely to underpin the ongoing process of the so-called “fourth industrial revolution”, and lead us towards strategic economic and social change. In this debate, however, theoretical and legal considerations touching on the very process of the creation of artificial intelligence law have not received a cross-cutting discussion. This paper attempts to fill this gap, building research areas for further comprehensive expansion. The topic of AI lawmaking is discussed here from three perspectives. First, vertically, by presenting the directions of legislative work carried out by the legislators of diverse subjects; second, horizontally, by analyzing the areas and issues that appear to be of regulatory relevance due to the use or imminent implementation of AI-based systems in them; and finally, third, by presenting the regulatory methods and types of legal norms that are or should be subject to legislative use in the area of IS law. These considerations have made it possible to outline the directions and foreseeable effects to which this use will lead.