Artificial Intelligence and International Law

DOI: 10.32523/2791-0954-2022-1-1-91-103

Abstract

Despite all the advantages the use of artificial intelligence brings in the modern era, this phenomenon poses a serious challenge to the key principles of international law. Particularly acute are the issues related to the promotion and protection of human rights in the course of development and use of artificial intelligence, specifically the issue of confidentiality of data used by such technologies. Even though the issue of AI regulation is mostly covered by domestic laws of states, this article argues in support of international legal regulation of this issue, asserting that international law provides an opportunity to find a general and perspective approach to the regulation of this phenomenon at the universal level.

This article attempts to reveal the basic concepts and to analyze the prospects of the current state of AI regulation, as well as to draw cautious conclusions about further development of this issue through the perspective of international law, including the extent to which the current provisions of international law can meet the challenges posed by the use of the latest technologies based on artificial intelligence.