Criminal liability of autonomous agents: from the unthinkable to the plausible

Pedro Miguel Freitas; Francisco Andrade; Paulo Novais

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-45960-7

Criminal liability of autonomous agents: from the unthinkable to the plausible

Pedro Miguel Freitas^*, Francisco Andrade, Paulo Novais

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Abstract

The evolution of information technologies have brought us to a point where we are confronted with the existence of agents - computational entities-which are able to act autonomously with little or no human intervention. And their behavior can damage individual or collective interests that are protected by criminal law. Based on the analysis of different models of criminal responsibility of legal persons - which constituted an interesting advance in the criminal law in relation to what was hitherto traditionally accepted -, we will appraise whether the necessary legal elements to have direct criminal liability of artificial entities are present.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	AI approaches to the complexity of legal systems
Editors	Pompeu Casanovas, Ugo Pagallo, Monica Palmirani, Giovanni Sartor
Place of Publication	Heidelberg
Publisher	Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Pages	145-156
Number of pages	12
Volume	8929
ISBN (Electronic)	9783662459607
ISBN (Print)	9783662459591
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45960-7
Publication status	Published - 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	AICOL 2013 International Workshops: AICOL-IV@IVR - Belo Horizonte, Brazil Duration: 21 Jul 2013 → 27 Jul 2013

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Publisher	Springer Verlag
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

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Conference	AICOL 2013 International Workshops
Country/Territory	Brazil
City	Belo Horizonte
Period	21/07/13 → 27/07/13

Keywords

Autonomous agents
Criminal liability
Legal persons
Objects
Software agents

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Freitas, P. M., Andrade, F., & Novais, P. (2014). Criminal liability of autonomous agents: from the unthinkable to the plausible. In P. Casanovas, U. Pagallo, M. Palmirani, & G. Sartor (Eds.), AI approaches to the complexity of legal systems (Vol. 8929, pp. 145-156). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45960-7

Freitas, Pedro Miguel ; Andrade, Francisco ; Novais, Paulo. / Criminal liability of autonomous agents : from the unthinkable to the plausible. AI approaches to the complexity of legal systems. editor / Pompeu Casanovas ; Ugo Pagallo ; Monica Palmirani ; Giovanni Sartor. Vol. 8929 Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. pp. 145-156 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Freitas, PM, Andrade, F & Novais, P 2014, Criminal liability of autonomous agents: from the unthinkable to the plausible. in P Casanovas, U Pagallo, M Palmirani & G Sartor (eds), AI approaches to the complexity of legal systems. vol. 8929, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Heidelberg, pp. 145-156, AICOL 2013 International Workshops, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 21/07/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45960-7

Criminal liability of autonomous agents: from the unthinkable to the plausible. / Freitas, Pedro Miguel; Andrade, Francisco; Novais, Paulo.
AI approaches to the complexity of legal systems. ed. / Pompeu Casanovas; Ugo Pagallo; Monica Palmirani; Giovanni Sartor. Vol. 8929 Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014. p. 145-156 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Freitas PM, Andrade F, Novais P. Criminal liability of autonomous agents: from the unthinkable to the plausible. In Casanovas P, Pagallo U, Palmirani M, Sartor G, editors, AI approaches to the complexity of legal systems. Vol. 8929. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 2014. p. 145-156. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-45960-7

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