Models of Using Artificial Intelligence Systems in Legal and Ethical Dimensions: From Data Processing to Legal Subjectivity

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10.2991/978-94-6239-785-9_11How to use a DOI?

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Artificial Intelligence; Artificial Neural Network; AI ethics; Transparency; Explainability

Abstract

This article reflects on the legal and ethical use of artificial intelligence systems by sketching out models drawn from real-world concerns: how personal data is handled, how responsibility for harm might be assigned, and whether AI could – or should – be treated as a legal actor. Rather than aiming for a fixed answer, the paper uses modelling to consider different legal outlooks and ethical positions that emerge at the boundary between technological agency and institutional responsibility. The core questions involve the transparency (or explainability) of data processing, accountability for errors in automated decision-making, and the legal treatment of AI as a potential subject of rights and duties. The article argues that artificial intelligence has already become a structuring force in contemporary society, directly or indirectly affecting most spheres of human life. Its further integration requires not only legal adaptability but also ethical foresight. A coherent framework for responsible AI governance must include transparency and explainability in how data is sourced and processed (particularly where hidden layers of artificial neural networks remain inaccessible to human interpretation), a clear legal basis for deployment in sensitive domains such as medicine, education, and law enforcement, the formulation of ethical codes that reflect plural social values, and public engagement to build trust and awareness of both the benefits and risks of such systems. These conditions are essential if the development and diffusion of artificial intelligence are to proceed not only innovatively but also legitimately and socially sustainably.

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AU  - Dmitry Voronkov
AU  - Mukhtar Sadykov
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/07
TI  - Models of Using Artificial Intelligence Systems in Legal and Ethical Dimensions: From Data Processing to Legal Subjectivity
BT  - Proceedings of the UUM 13th International Legal Conference 2025 (UUMILC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 149
EP  - 160
SN  - 2667-128X
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DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-785-9_11
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