Program Chapter Conference

(Ro)Bot-Human Interaction – A Digital Shift in the Administration of Criminal Justice?

organized by University of Basel
funded by Swiss National Research Foundation

(Ro)Bot-human cooperation has become more commonplace and, with that, developments in the division of work among human and machine as well as the monitoring of human behavior by a (ro)bot. A relevant example is automated driving where, in an attempt to enhance safety, driving assistance systems support human drivers, but also observe and evaluate the drivers’ ability to control the car. In the event that human-machine interactions cause harm (e.g., an accident involving an automated vehicle), the relevant evidence is also likely to be machine evidence, or data generated by AI. These developments raise new legal issues, for instance (1) apportioning the obligations of ro(bot) and human drivers as well as possible liability for negligence or even intentional wrongdoing, (2) defining evidentiary standards for the use of “machine evidence” in criminal proceedings, (3) understanding the legal narratives at play, in government discussions of auto- mated vehicles and when judges allocate legal responsibility for an incident resulting from an automated vehicle.

Three panels explore the digital turn’s impact on particular areas of substantive law, procedural law and legal narratives. The aim is to identify the dynamics in the various jurisdictions as well as common major directions in this new area.

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