THE FUTURE INCLUSION OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF THE ROBOTS AND THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Abstract

The author of the article defines the problems that may arise in the very near future with robots and artificial intelligence. Neural network systems begin to work in ways, that neither their creators know exactly what’s going on inside. Our society awaits the definition of a criminal offense that these robots can perpetrate, because of their high ability to learn internally without human induction. In the central part, the author indicates possible criminal offenses as defined in the Criminal Code and their involvement by the robot, and it is related to the breakdown of the features of the offense. Following the possible adoption of this law by the Parliament in the spirit of the “no crime without law” principle, each crime must be stated in the law. The author than reacts to the recent publications on the legal existence of robots and AI in Czech Republic. In conclusion, the author defines what tasks are waiting for us, and tries to provoke the discussion. This year we celebrate a hundred years since the founding of the Czechoslovak state. A hundred years is perhaps four to five generations in human history. The first and last generation in most cases don’t know each other. Today, the history of the last hundred years is repeated in the media, and we have the impression that incredible number of historical events and innovations occur during this time. Some epochs in human society, especially the first, have existed for decades, perhaps even more, and some have not been in the global world for a hundred years. Today, it cannot be predicted when and if the capitalist system will be replaced by a system that will bring something positive to the mankind. But many people in the world have much better live conditions then in the beginning of this social stage. There were the negatives, the struggle for markets and territory, with its ferocity brought two world wars with weapons of mass destruction, which the world has not yet experienced. The last capitalist system has brought about the suffering and death of perhaps 100 million people. It is therefore appropriate to recall Albert Einstein’s quotation, who contributed to the construction of the atomic bomb but after the war he tried to disarm. He wrote: “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. ”