Subjects of civil liability for damage caused by the application of Artificial Intelligence technologies

Authors

  • Olga Sergeevna Erahtina National Research University Higher School of Economics
  • Danil Georgievich Popanu The Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alekseev
  • Zoya Feliksovna Sarksyan National Research University Higher School of Economics

Keywords:

artificial intelligence, subject of responsibility, injury, autonomy, control, operator, “teacher”

Abstract

The article discusses approaches to determining the subject of responsibility for damage caused as a result of the use of artificial intelligence technologies. The research based on the analysis of models and concepts developed by domestic and foreign scientists and experts examines the possible factors that could influence the selection of civil liability among the subjects involved in legal relations arising from the use of AI technologies. By summarizing the existing approaches are defined the general principles of legal regulation of liability for harm caused as a result of mistaken actions of artificial intelligence. The authors conclude that the subjects of this legal relations are primarily the subjects of copyright since the rights to artificial intelligence representing a set of computer software technologies are protected by copyright.

About authors

Olga Sergeevna Erahtina

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Perm Branch
Department of Civil and Business Law
Associate professor

Candidate of legal sciences, associate professor

Danil Georgievich Popanu

The Private Law Research Centre under the President of the Russian Federation named after S.S. Alekseev

Master’s student

Zoya Feliksovna Sarksyan

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Perm Branch
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Law student

Published

30.04.2022

How to Cite

Erahtina, O. S., Popanu, D. G., & Sarksyan, Z. F. (2022). Subjects of civil liability for damage caused by the application of Artificial Intelligence technologies. Information Society, (2), 63-72. Retrieved from http://infosoc.iis.ru/article/view/756

Issue

Section

Information society and law