On the issue of the turnover of artificial intelligence systems

A.E. Tsareva

All-Russian State University of Justice, Moscow, 117638 Russia

E-mail: anyutatsareva@yandex.ru

Received March 2, 2022

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DOI: 10.26907/2541-7738.2022.4.84-98

For citation: Tsareva A.E. On the issue of the turnover of artificial intelligence systems. Uchenye Zapiski Kazanskogo Universiteta. Seriya Gumanitarnye Nauki, 2022, vol. 164, no. 4, pp. 84–98. doi: 10.26907/2541-7738.2022.4.84-98. (In Russian)

Abstract

This article studies various forms and methods of using artificial intelligence systems in civil legal relations. It also considers a correlation between the concepts of civil, economic, and digital civil turnover. Special attention is paid to the turnover of artificial intelligence systems as an economic benefit enjoyed by their creators. The analysis of the existing approaches to understanding the legal nature of artificial intelligence shows that the Russian legal doctrine currently defines artificial intelligence as an object of law. The rights to an artificial intelligence system as an object of civil turnover are specified. The features of this turnover are revealed. Based on the results obtained, it is concluded that virtual goods can be involved in the turnover only if they are associated with an economic (property) value because the latter determines whether there is actual demand in them among the participants of the property turnover and sets out its role in the property turnover. Possible amendments to the civil legislation and regulation of the transfer of the rights to the artificial intelligence system as a complex object of intellectual property are discussed.

Keywords: legal nature, artificial intelligence, object of law, innovations, innovative activity, object of intellectual property, turnover, turnover criteria

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