Critical Legal Analysis on Rights and Liabilities when Using Artificial Intelligence in Autonomous Vehicles

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence or AI is classified into three types. The first type is called narrow AI. This is also known as weak/applied AI. Narrow AI normally is linked with functions like data processing. The second type of AI is artificial general intelligence known in short as AGI or “strong” AI. AGI can replicate human thought. The last type of AI is that, which is even better than the best human brains in almost any field. This kind of AI is called artificial super intelligence (ASI). As of date, AIs are generally designed to solve the immediate tasks at hand. AGI development is unheard of, and some companies may be researching that in stealth mode. AI has slowly invaded our lives in many ways and they are performing tasks that in the recent past were not within the capability of a human to perform, unless that human had extensive training. It is no longer a secret that the USA has permitted road testing of self-driving autonomous vehicles (AVs) in twenty-nine states of the United States of America and the District of Columbia. The arrival of self-driving AVs is going to change the road transport landscape. One of the core issues that comes to one‟s mind regarding self-driving AVs is the liability for accidents/violations caused by these self-driving AVs. Normally in any accident caused by self-driving AVs, there will be multiple persons responsible or liable e.g., the Maker of the AI, the Developer, the Quality Control team, the User, the person responsible for software updates, malware patches, etc. Some sub-issues that would arise when using self-driving AVs.