Artificial Intelligence and Legal Liability

By John K. C. Kingston. 2016

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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. It 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.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Political Science and International Relations, Safety Research

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A Survey of Methods for Explaining Black Box Models (2018, background): “This impacts not only information on ethics but also on accountability [59], on safety [23], and on industrial liability [53].”
Meaningful Explanations of Black Box AI Decision Systems (2019, background): “This limitation impacts not only information ethics, but also accountability, safety and industrial liability (Danks and London 2017; Kingston 2016; Kroll et al. 2017).”
Open the Black Box Data-Driven Explanation of Black Box Decision Systems (2018, background): “This impacts not only information ethics, but also accountability, safety and industrial liability [9, 24, 27].”