A RESPONSE TO SOME RANDOM THOUGHTS ON LEGAL PERSONALITY AND SUBJECTNESS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENTITIES

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one of the dynamically developing and promising digital technologies. The use of AI, for instance, makes it possible to transfer the industrial segment of the economy to a new technological level. It results in the increase of economic efficiency of industrial enterprises and can radically transform existing social, economic, financial and industrial ecosystems. However, as the use of technologies based on AI becomes more widespread, the number of associated incidents grows as well, indicating that AI are not mere objects whose operation is influenced by others. Regardless of the exceptional operating principle of AI entities, none of the legal systems has recognized AI as subjects of law. It is trite that AI entities are capable of learning from their own personal experience leading to independent conclusions and autonomous decision-making. Systems of AI are different from other regular computer algorithms due to their uniqueness in their capacity to learn and act independently of the will of their developers or programmers. Therefore, failure to manage this technology can lead to major concerns such as moral, ethical issues and problems. This paper considered some random thoughts on whether AI entities can be called subjects of law and drew a response. This paper made use of doctrinal method of analysis data gathered from primary sources such as case laws, legislation, statutes and secondary sources such as books and journal articles. It was discovered that extant laws are not sufficient to capture the operations of AI entities. There is too no accurate definition of the AI concept. The study recommended the granting of legal personality, even if fictionally, on AI entities based on their autonomy and independence, just as the case with corporations.