Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Council of Europe Instruments
- Table of Other Council of Europe Materials
- Table of European Union Instruments
- Table of Other European Union Materials
- Table of Other Materials
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Human–Robot Interactions and Substantive Law
- Part II Human–Robot Interactions and Procedural Law
- Part III Human–Robot Interactions and Legal Narrative
- 12 Narrative Approaches to Human–Robot Interaction and the Law
- 13 The Case of the Stupid Robot
- 14 Inevitable or Not?
- 15 “The Knowledge of Causes and the Secret Motions of Things”
- Index
13 - The Case of the Stupid Robot
from Part III - Human–Robot Interactions and Legal Narrative
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 October 2024
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- Table of Statutes
- Table of Council of Europe Instruments
- Table of Other Council of Europe Materials
- Table of European Union Instruments
- Table of Other European Union Materials
- Table of Other Materials
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Human–Robot Interactions and Substantive Law
- Part II Human–Robot Interactions and Procedural Law
- Part III Human–Robot Interactions and Legal Narrative
- 12 Narrative Approaches to Human–Robot Interaction and the Law
- 13 The Case of the Stupid Robot
- 14 Inevitable or Not?
- 15 “The Knowledge of Causes and the Secret Motions of Things”
- Index
Summary
This chapter discusses a Norwegian criminal case (2010–12), which concerned the exploitation of a malfunctioning trading robot by two day-traders, in light of underlying narratives about the human–robot relationship. The central argument is that legal decision-making in this case is animated by two different underlying narratives about robots: In the first, the robot is seen as a real agent operating in the market. In the second, it is viewed as a mere tool in the hands of human agents. The outcome of the case depends to a large degree on which of these narratives the court chooses as the basis of its deliberation.
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- Human–Robot Interaction in Law and Its NarrativesLegal Blame, Procedure, and Criminal Law, pp. 287 - 310Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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