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Pursuing AI Programmers and Third Parties over Alleged Rights Violations Caused by AI Software

By Jonathan Bick
April 01, 2024

It is often stated that the law lags behind technology. In the case of AI-related difficulties, however, the damages related to the use of artificial intelligence are not so revolutionary that all existing legal precepts must be abandoned and replaced with new legal principles or require completely new laws.

Each of the current AI cases, many involving creative content, have a common thread, namely when an AI caused harm, non-AI entities may be found to be responsible. This results from the fact that existing legal solutions are suitable for resolving AI-related legal difficulties.

Because AIs are capable of causing harm but cannot be a legal entity, they are not held accountable by court action. Several current and future possibilities exist to resolve AI difficulties. Current options involve identifying indirect liability (i.e., third-party responsibility for AI bad acts). These might include negligence per se, respondeat superior, vicarious liability, strict liability or intentional conduct. Future options include but are not limited to changing the law to make an AI a legal person (i.e., a corporation) and/or changing the law to make AI programing an ultra-hazardous activity (i.e., imposing strict liability).

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