Research Article

PROPOSAL FOR A DIRECTIVE IN EU LIABILITY RULES FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: HELP, MY AUTOMATED DRIVING CAR RAN INTO MY NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE – WHO PAYS?

ABSTRACT

Imagine an Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) based robot assists doctors during a surgery and AI makes the wrong decision. As a result, the surgery goes wrong and the patient would claim damages or compensation for pain and suffering. Another example: An autonomously driving car decides to increase the speed and injures people on the street in course of diverting. Also in this case, the incurred damage should be compensated. The main question which rises here is: who is liable here and to what extent? The doctor and the driver who use artificial intelligence for their own purposes or maybe the manufacturer?

Keywords

Artificial intelligence Artificial Intelligence System Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive EU Commission