The Criminal Liability of Artificial Intelligence Entities - from Science Fiction to Legal Social Control

The modem question relating to Al entities becomes: Does the growing intelligence of Al entities subject them to legal social control as any other legal entity?This article attempts to work out a legal solution to the problem of the criminal liability of Al entities. At the outset, a definition of an Al entity will be presented. Based on that definition, this article will then propose and introduce three models of Al entity criminal liability: (1) The Perpetration-via-Another Liability Model (2) The Natural-Probable-Consequence Liability Model (3) The Direct Liability Model.