HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND LEGAL AWARENESS IN THE PERCEPTION OF “ARTIFICIAL” INTELLIGENCE

Abstrakt

The large-scale involvement of Artificial Intelligence (hereinafter AI) in social life, which has gained special momentum in the 21st century, requires constant human assessment and even control. This applies to the modern period, as well as prospects of our development. The current time shows that, firstly, there are different directions of the AI involvement in our lives, and, secondly, such an assessment is not always acceptable due to various understandable reasons, but should be as “unbiased” as possible. This is a complex “process” consisting of many components, one of which is “understanding” the essence of AI and its characteristics with human knowledge. One of the directions in such understanding is carried out with the help of humanitarian knowledge (philosophy, cultural studies, history, social studies, law, anthropology, linguistics, etc.). The study of AI from a legal perspective occupies an important place. Moreover, it should be noted that law in such “contacts” performs several functions. This, for example, applies to the assessment of AI from the humanitarian development standpoint, where law acts as a measure of humanism, justice, respect for human rights and freedoms, etc. Another area, related to law, deals with the assessment of AI from a normative “measure” (normative institution) perspective, within the framework of which several directions are concerned. Thus, it has already become traditional to consider AI as an object of law, that is, as a thing, technology, tool, intellectual property, that can be transferred, sold, pledged, otherwise disposed of, etc. Such a “perception” of AI makes it controlled by people or organizations responsible for its “behavior”. Overall, humanity should understand that productive cooperation between humans and AI requires a balance between technological progress, legal frameworks, and ethical norms. A key element in such cooperation will be the recognition of mutual benefit and the need to maintain human control in critical areas (at least in the near future). All this should minimize risks and reveal the potential of AI as an assistant and/or partner.