Arrival of Singularity and Role of Criminal Law : Raising Issues

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The Technological Singularity is the time when artificial intelligence (AI) surpasses human intelligence and humans lose control of AI activities. According to a survey, 50% of expert respondents expected that human-level machine intelligence (HLMI) to be realised by the year 2040. Also, many experts predict that when HLMI is realised, shortly after that, “Superintelligence”, intelligence that far exceeds human capabilities, will be created. At this point arrives the singularity. 　The advent of the singularity can pose a severe threat to the human future, because Superintelligence could initiate activities that exceed human expectations by using its abilities that far exceed human abilities. 　Today, there are still strong denials of this threat, and as a result, the legal response to this threat has not been fully examined. However, if the threat becomes a reality, it will cause immeasurable harm such as the destruction of humankind and its enslavement to Superintelligence. 　Therefore, in this paper, using academic methodology, I propose that it is necessary to establish the interest protected by criminal law of the “autonomous existence of humankind” and to use the “criminal law” effectively in order to control the severe threat to this interest in advance, from the viewpoint that the threat from the advent of the singularity should not be ignored.

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  • 比較法雑誌

    比較法雑誌 54 (4), 119-131, 2021-03-30

    日本比較法研究所

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