Artificial intelligence and legal liability: towards an international approach of proportional liability based on risk sharing

IF 1.8 Q1 LAW

Information & Communications Technology Law Pub Date : 2021-05-04 DOI:10.1080/13600834.2020.1856025

Mohammad H. Bashayreh, F. Sibai, Amer Tabbara

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This paper critically examines the allocation of liability when autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) systems cause accidents. Problems of applying existing principles of legal liability in AI environment are addressed. This paper argues that the sharing of risk as a basis for proportionate liability should be a basis for a new liability regime to govern future autonomous machines. It is argued that this approach favors the reality of parties’ consent to taking the risk of unpredictable AI behavior over the technicality of existing principles of legal liability. The suggested approach also encourages transparency and responsible decisions of developers and owners of AI systems. A flowchart to clarify possible outcomes of applying the suggested approach is provided. The paper also discusses the need for harmonization of national laws and international cooperation regarding AI incidents crossing national borders to ensure predictability of legal rules governing the liability ensuing from AI applications.

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人工智能与法律责任:基于风险分担的国际比例责任方法

本文批判性地研究了当自主人工智能(AI)系统造成事故时的责任分配。解决了在人工智能环境下适用现有法律责任原则的问题。本文认为，风险分担作为比例责任的基础，应该成为管理未来自主机器的新责任制度的基础。有人认为，这种方法倾向于当事人同意承担不可预测的人工智能行为风险的现实，而不是现有法律责任原则的技术性。建议的方法还鼓励人工智能系统的开发人员和所有者的透明度和负责任的决策。本文提供了一份流程图，说明采用建议的方法可能产生的结果。本文还讨论了在跨越国界的人工智能事件方面协调国家法律和国际合作的必要性，以确保管理人工智能应用所产生的责任的法律规则的可预测性。

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Information & Communications Technology Law LAW-

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期刊介绍： The last decade has seen the introduction of computers and information technology at many levels of human transaction. Information technology (IT) is now used for data collation, in daily commercial transactions like transfer of funds, conclusion of contract, and complex diagnostic purposes in fields such as law, medicine and transport. The use of IT has expanded rapidly with the introduction of multimedia and the Internet. Any new technology inevitably raises a number of questions ranging from the legal to the ethical and the social. Information & Communications Technology Law covers topics such as: the implications of IT for legal processes and legal decision-making and related ethical and social issues.