Artificial intelligence as a part of public life: ethical and legal problems and their solutions

The ethical and legal problems of artificial intelligence’s comprehensive integration into the public environment, its impact on the human life sphere are investigated. The intensity of the ongoing changes requires not only full-fledged legal regulation, but also a comprehensive study of both the positive aspects of innovations, as well as the foresight of possible threats and the formation of adequate protective mechanisms from the law point of view, from the standpoint of human moral values. It is a systematic approach and the possible negative consequences’ prevention of the artificial intelligence use that should shape the goal-setting of the development and implementation of such systems. Using scientific cognition methods, such as analysis, synthesis, system-analytical, formal-logical, system-legal, various approaches to understanding the definition of “artificial intelligence” have been studied, taking into account all the features of such systems, the necessary ways to solve the identified gaps in legal regulation related to determining the place of objects and artificial intelligence systems in the legal space. The social and practical significance of the development of robotics is touched upon, while attention is focused on the regulation of possible risks. It is concluded that it is the compliance of the functions performed by artificial intelligence with the ethical and moral canons of society that should be decisive in solving issues of responsibility. Separately, proposals are presented to determine civil liability both in cases of direct harm by robots with artificial intelligence, and in cases of damage or destruction of an artificial intelligence system by a third party to their owner.