Artificial Intelligence and Criminal Law and Responsibility in Australia

Artificial intelligence (AI) has and continues to create an abundant of new opportunities as well as concerning challenges to businesses, individuals and the law. This articles delves into two main issues that AI creates that significantly impacts on humans, businesses and the law, namely, the creation and distribution of deepfake porn, and the issue of attaching criminal responsibility for the actions of artificial intelligence.

Criminal Responsibility and AI

Criminal responsibility attaches to those who commit a voluntary and intentional act, realising the possibility of it causing harm to another person yet doing it anyway, without consent and without a lawful excuse that ends up causing harm to a victim.