English abstract
The advanced programming being used in some machines that operate on
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has demonstrated capabilities that are dangerous
enough to build self-experience that enables them to make unilateral decisions,
leading to them getting out of control. Some incidents were reported that led to the
killing of people due to AI systems. This has raised public concerns about these
machines that may commit crimes and the extent to which they are legally
accountable for their actions. Therefore, this study aims at studying the extent to
which AI machines could commit criminal actions, especially machines that have
the ability to make their decisions independently such as robots, and to determine
criminal accountability for crimes committed by AI systems, by determining the
personality of the AI entity being accountable for the criminal acts committed by
AI systems?
The researcher has followed the analytical and comparative approaches for
analyzing the study problem, highlighting the legal aspects related to AI crimes
and their criminal accountability, to reach the best solutions that can be used and
applied legally.
This study has reached a set of results, the most important of which is that AI
systems have demonstrated advanced programming in some machines that use AI,
which amounts to the risk of building self-experience that enables them to make
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unilateral decisions, leading to them getting out of control. This has raised public
concerns about these systems committing crimes without being legally held
accountable for their actions. In addition, AI systems do not have criminal capacity
or legal personality, in order to be criminally accountable. This does not negate
the criminal accountability of the human personality standing behind the AI
system. AI technologies will continue to develop in new forms, and some of them
may cause harm and criminal behavior. This requires criminal legislators to
respond quickly to develop legal and regulatory frameworks to confront these
concerns.
This study has also come out with several recommendations, mainly, the need to
establish legal frameworks to determine the AI criminal liability and the need to
address potential criminal acts of AI entities, as well as imposing legal restrictions
on programmers and users of AI systems.
