• Tanisha Sudarshan

Advancement of technology has been a constant wheel of motion ever since the earliest times. The Industrial Revolution is considered as one of the biggest achievements of mankind that follows the invention of fire. Presently, in the Twenty-first Century, Advancements in Computer Technology has grown leaps and bounds and society is faced with a new challenge of accepting Artificial Intelligence (AI) Technology. While the Technical challenges in incorporating this technology seamlessly into human lives are being dealt by engineers, there stands a bigger concern for lawyers and policy-makers with regards to the jurisprudential status of such beings. The global scenario in this regard has been divided into two camps, one which is apprehensive of granting legal status to AI, while other has gone ahead and recognized AI as legal persons, popular instances being that of Saudi Arabia granting citizenship to the Humanoid Robot Sophia in October 2017. Japan has quickly followed by granting official residence to a chatbot designed to be a seven-year old boy, Shibuya Mirai. Such instances give rise to questions about the necessity of a personality status to AI. The most distinctive debate is that whether AI is to be treated as machines or should they be accorded a separate status. By answering this question, it is possible to attribute liability arising out of the acts of such AI-based computers and machines. This paper aims to deal with the idea of granting of personhood to AI and thereby, determining the liability in such instances.

Artificial Intelligence, Jurisprudential status, Liability, Personality, Robot.

"Legal Personality of Artificial Intelligence: Necessity and Impusition if Liability", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.98-107, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809815.pdf

"Legal Personality of Artificial Intelligence: Necessity and Impusition if Liability", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp98-107, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809815.pdf