

One could then ask, if such a speculative self-conscious hardware/software system were created at what point could one talk of personhood? And what criteria could there be in order to say an AI system was capable of committing AI crimes? It is a discussion around AI as a speculative hypothetical entity. The paper does not discuss current forms and applications of artificial intelligence, as, so far, there is no AI technology ( Bostrom, 2014), which is self-conscious and self-aware, being able to deal with emotional and social intelligence. The paper explores the notion of humanised artificial intelligence ( Kaplan & Haenlein, 2019 Legg & Hutter, 2007) in order to discuss potential challenges society might face in the future.

the philosophy of law), considering also the historical context. In order to lay the foundations for a discussion around the argument that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies benefits the powerful few ( Chaslot, 2016 Morozov, 2018), focussing on their own existential concerns ( Busby, 2018 Sample, 2018a), the paper will narrow down the analysis of the argument to social justice and jurisprudence (i.e. The paper will conclude by proposing an alternative, some might say practically unattainable, approach to the current legal system by looking into restorative justice for AI crimes, and how the ethics of care could be applied to AI technologies. Nevertheless, analysing the culture around AI technologies with regard to the nature of law with a philosophical and sociological focus demonstrates a utilitarian and authoritarian trend in the adoption of AI technologies. In doing so the paper will be demonstrating that it is difficult to prove that the adoption of AI technologies is undertaken in a way which mainly serves a powerful class in society. Before discussing these aspects the paper will clarify the notion of “powerful elites”. The paper will discuss the construction of the legal system through the lens of political involvement of what one may want to consider to be powerful elites. The paper will narrow down the analysis of the argument to jurisprudence (i.e. This paper discusses the argument that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies benefits the powerful few, focussing on their own existential concerns.
