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11 - “Legal Being”

Going beyond the Debate of Legal Personhood for “Intelligent” Nonhumans

from Part II - Issues and Concerns for Human–Robot Interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 December 2024

By
Tatsuhiko Inatani
Edited by
Woodrow Barfield ,
Yueh-Hsuan Weng  and
Ugo Pagallo
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Japan
Ugo Pagallo
Affiliation:
University of Turin
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With the emergence of complex systems composed of AI-powered autonomous robots, the argument has emerged that robots that can behave autonomously should be given legal personality and be the subject of legal acts and responsibilities. However, these arguments do not depart from the “humanism” that is the root cause of the problems that current legal theory faces in a complex scientific and technological society. This article attempts to provide a possible solution to the legal problems that arise in today’s complex scientific and technological society by introducing the concept of “legal being” and the novel legal system that enables strategic attribution of legal liability in complex human–robot interactions.

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The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human–Robot Interaction , pp. 193 - 206
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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