Improving Mechanisms for Criminal Law Protection of Public Relations Arising in the Process of Digital Society Evolution
Kobets P.N. Improving mechanisms for criminal law protection of public relations arising in the process of digital society evolution. Penitentiary Science, 2024, vol. 18, no. 2 (66), pp. 165–170. doi 10.46741/2686-9764.2024.66.2.006.
legal relations arising in modern digital society in the field of application of artificial
intelligence technologies, first of all, require proportional development of the criminal legal framework, since newly emerging innovative products can be potentially dangerous to humans. Purpose:
to show that due to insufficient knowledge and the complexity of accurate forecast of the genesis
of legal relations that are associated with the use of new technologies, common criminal law norms
can no longer sufficiently provide full protection of the well-being of individuals and the state. Methods: historical, logical, comparative analysis, specific sociological techniques. Results: it is proved
that despite a number of scientific and theoretical developments in the field of artificial intelligence
liability, the issue of its legal regulation remains extremely relevant, has different points of view and
needs to be resolved quickly. Meanwhile, solution of the problem associated with criminal liability
of artificial intelligence using new technologies should pursue the goal of protecting interests of
the society that will soon have to daily face legal problems arising in the process of improving new
technologies. Therefore, today modern developments of the latest criminal law protective mechanisms that could very quickly ensure control of public dangers in the area under consideration are
so relevant. Conclusions: in the near future, standard practice will not be able to ensure full protection of the welfare of society, since criminal law mechanisms will not be able to adequately respond
to emerging technical innovations and, accordingly, will not be able to format new digital criminally
punishable actions in their own way. Thus, it is reasonable to look for new solutions for the criminal
law protection of public relations of the digital society. At the same time, it is important that designs
of new protective mechanisms timely assess the possible risks associated with technical innovations and technological breakthroughs.
Keywords: digital society; artificial intelligence; legal regulation; criminal liability measures; legislative framework; compensation for harm; law enforcement; crime prevention; compliance with the law.
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