Artificial Intelligence and Legal Liability

Document Type : translation

Authors
Sara Solhchi 1
Kian Biglarbeigi 2
1 MA. Intellectual Property Law, Faculty of Law and Political Science, University of Allameh Tabataba'I, Tehran, Iran
2 Master student of International Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran (Responsible Translator)
10.22034/lc.2024.408167.1377
Abstract
A recent issue of a popular computing journal asked which laws would apply if a self-driving car killed a pedestrian. This paper considers the question of legal liability for artificially intelligent computer systems. This article discusses whether criminal liability could ever apply; to whom it might apply; and, under civil law, whether an AI program is a product that is subject to product design legislation or a service to which the tort of negligence applies. The issue of sales warranties is also considered. A discussion of some of the practical limitations that AI systems are subject to is also included.
Keywords
Artificial Intelligence
Civil Liability
Criminal Liability
Tort

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