| dc.description.abstract | Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a
growing concern among humans. ‘Sophia’ the
humanoid being granted citizenship of Saudi
Arabia in 2017 points to a future where science
fiction might not be a faction of human
creativity but also a reality. The most recent
incident of the AI chat bot ‘LaMDA’ developed by
Google that took the world by storm in 2022
underscores the relevance of this research to
modern times. This research is aimed at
distinguishing robot rights from human rights,
ascertaining the viability of recognising robots
as a separate legal entity, analysing the existing
legal regime governing AI to find issues, and
proposing a way forward when dealing with
legal issues that might arise in the future. This
study is a library research based on secondary
sources such as scholarly articles, policy
directives, literature surveys and other onacademic
resources. The study was limited to AI,
more specifically, stages III and IV of AI. The
authors have also limited the discussion to the
cases of 'Sophia' the humanoid and 'LamDA' the
AI chatbot. Moreover, the scope of legal analysis
was limited to the European Union laws. This
study identifies inherent problems in extending
biological connotations to robots, equating
robots to animals and imposing corporate
liability schemes on robots. Therefore this study
finds that AI driven autonomous robots should
be recognized as a separate legal entity and
conferred an electronic personhood that stands
in between human rights and inferior rights
such as animal rights. | en_US |
