2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Criminal responsibility for harmful actions by intelligent agents

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Project/Area Number	18K01309
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 05050:Criminal law-related
Research Institution	National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education (2019-2021) Chiba University (2018)
Principal Investigator	Ishii Tetsuya 独立行政法人大学改革支援・学位授与機構, 研究開発部, 教授 (20351869)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	岡部雅人国士舘大学, 法学部, 教授 (30453989) 伊藤嘉亮早稲田大学, 社会科学総合学術院(先端社会科学研究所), 助教 (00837792) 冨川雅満九州大学, 法学研究院, 准教授 (80781103) 山下裕樹神戸学院大学, 法学部, 講師 (20817150)
Project Period (FY)	2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Keywords	AI / ロボット / 自動運転自動車 / 過失犯 / 行為主体 / 責任
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The initial purpose of this research was to clarify what kind of requirement theory structure could be used to affirm the criminal responsibility of the manufacturer, provider, or administrator/user of an intelligent agent, and to examine the direction of thinking about the subjectivity and responsibility of the intelligent agent itself in this context. In the end, with the contribution of research collaborators, we were able to examine the philosophical basis for the subjectivity of intelligent agents, further developmental issues such as the problem of legitimate criminality, and the subjectivity of acts under special laws. Regarding negligence offenses, we were able to sort out not only product liability, but also the specific reconciliation with negligence requirements, examination of the issue of the article of the Road Traffic Law regarding the implementation of automated vehicles, and the concept of dilemma situations from the aspect of criminal law.
Free Research Field	刑事法
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	いわゆるロボット又はAIについて、現行刑法における諸問題を網羅的に検討し、現状の解釈論を示すことができたほか、レベル4の自動運転自動車について、その社会実装のための道路交通法の日独比較法研究を先端的に実施し、今後の法解釈、運用の先行研究となり得るものとなった。また、業法領域におけるAIの主体性と業法違反の問題についても、先行的研究となっている。