ABSTRACT

In 2017 the European Union (EU) adopted P8_TA-PRO0051, a resolution outlining a series of recommendations for the Commission on Civil Law Rules for Robotics. Despite its ostensibly futuristic premise, the resolution is firmly grounded in the concerns of the present: mapping the legal and ethical implications of autonomous robots for European lawmakers. Included in the EU resolution is the proposal to investigate creating a legal status for electronic persons so that autonomous robots can be responsible for damages they cause. One inconspicuous site that stands to be transformed by a legislative instrument granting electronic personhood is archival diplomatics: the prospect of electronic persons represents a peculiar challenge to some of its foundational ideas. That is, the definition of persons — the central element of any document — within diplomatics has not yet been discussed in relation to the possibility of electronic persons or personhood. Drawing from legal scholarship on robotics, I will provide an exploratory overview of what a status as persons for autonomous robots and AI systems might entail for an evolving theory of archival diplomatics.

摘要

2017年，欧洲联盟（EU）通过了P8_TA-PRO0051，该决议概述了民法委员会机器人技术规则的一系列建议。尽管表面上是未来主义的前提，但该决议坚定地基于当前的担忧：为欧洲立法者绘制自主机器人的法律和道德影响。欧盟决议中包括调查为电子人创造法律地位的提案，以便自主机器人可以对其造成的损害负责。一个不显眼的网站将被一项授予电子人格的立法文书改造，它是档案外交：电子人的前景代表了对其一些基本思想的特殊挑战。那是，外交中人的定义——任何文件的核心要素——尚未就电子人或人格的可能性进行讨论。借鉴机器人学的法律奖学金，我将提供一个探索性的概述，说明作为自主机器人和人工智能系统的人的地位对于不断发展的档案外交理论可能意味着什么。