Artificial intelligence as a substantive and procedural subject in civil law with regard to representation
Abstract
The question of the effects of artificial intelligence on law and its future development is a broad topic that raises many fundamental questions for legal science. One of these is the issue of artificial intelligence as a subject of law.
The most common topic in this context is the issue of liability, for which the issue of autonomous cars is often given as an example. This chapter looks at the question of the legal subjectivity of artificial intelligence from a slightly different point of view, from the perspective of representation.
Although the title of the chapter may look mostly futuristic, it is a topic that is already very relevant, for example, with regard to algorithmic trading in financial markets. With the technological process, the question of whether and how artificial intelligence should be able to represent legal entities will become increasingly relevant.
This chapter discusses the theoretical background, including some ethical issues, and outlines specific options for the direction of legislation in the future.