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Analysis of the Status of Artificial Intelligence as the Subject of Law from the Perspective of Autopoiesis
Law School, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, China
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Beijing Law Review·Volume 14 (2023)·Pages 1288–1298·Published 4 August 2023·DOI10.4236/blr.2023.143069
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Abstract
The large-scale application of artificial intelligence in social life has brought about new legal issues such as the attribution of rights and the definition of responsibilities. It is necessary to discuss whether artificial intelligence can be used as a legal subject. Taking the legal subject as an autopoietic system means that whether AI can become the legal subject does not depend on itself, nor on the person acting as the legal subject, but on the future autopoietic scenario of the legal subject system. There is possibility that AI becomes legal subject. On the other hand, there remains uncertainty for AI to become legal subject.
KeywordsArtificial IntelligenceLegal SubjectLegal FictionLegal Person
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