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
- 1 The Challenges of Human–Robot Interaction for Substantive Criminal Law
- 2 Are Programmers in or out of Control?
- 3 Trusting Robots
- 4 Forms of Robot Liability
- Part II Human–Robot Interactions and Procedural Law
- Part III Human–Robot Interactions and Legal Narrative
- Index
4 - Forms of Robot Liability
Criminal Robots and Corporate Criminal Responsibility
from Part I - Human–Robot Interactions and Substantive Law
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
- 1 The Challenges of Human–Robot Interaction for Substantive Criminal Law
- 2 Are Programmers in or out of Control?
- 3 Trusting Robots
- 4 Forms of Robot Liability
- Part II Human–Robot Interactions and Procedural Law
- Part III Human–Robot Interactions and Legal Narrative
- Index
Summary
This chapter deals with two possible ways of closing the “responsibility gap” that can occur when AI devices cause harm: holding the device itself criminally responsible and punishing the corporation that employs the device. Robots can at present not be subject to criminal liability because they do not fit into the general scheme of criminal law and cannot feel punishment. But the present scope of corporate criminal responsibility could be expanded to cover harm caused by AI devices controlled by corporations and operating for their benefit. Corporate liability for AI devices should, however, at least require an element of negligence in programming, testing, or supervising the robot.
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- Human–Robot Interaction in Law and Its NarrativesLegal Blame, Procedure, and Criminal Law, pp. 73 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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