De servitus nova (On the problem of legislative regulation of the subjectivity of artificial intelligence)

Abstract

The creation and successful operation of programs for electronic computers capable of performing actions not related to direct operator commands and not initially embedded in the programmable code (artificial intelligence class programs) have caused a number of problems in the theory of legal regulation, including including the problem of determining whether a program of the “artificial intelligence” class, performing independent actions of legal significance, acquires such properties as legal capacity and personality. The solution to this problem is possible through the use of the experience of Roman law.