Artificial intelligence and human rights, with special reference to self-driving vehicles

Abstract

As the technology develops, we are moving towards the creation of fully self-driving vehicles. Not only the technical but also the legal conditions must be in place. Both in civil and criminal law, a completely new approach to legislation is needed in order to regulate this situation, which is quite different from the general situation. Human rights must also be taken into account. The study examined the difficulties of introducing self-driving vehicles from the perspective of fundamental rights as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights. It can be concluded that self-driving vehicles (or the accidents they cause, the events they record, etc.) may affect a number of human rights (right to life, right to a fair trial, prohibition of punishment without legal provision, right to respect for private and family life, freedom of discrimination, freedom of movement). Nevertheless, prudent legislation can solve the problems.

Keywords: artificial intelligence, weak artificial intelligence, strong artificial intelligence, self-driving cars, human rights