Establishing Civil Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Applications in Omani Legislation – An Analytical Study

تأصيل المسؤولية المدنية لتطبيقات الذكاء الاصطناعي في التشريع العماني – دراسة تحليلية

Abstract

In the last century, the world witnessed an unprecedented development in the field of electronic technology in various areas of life, and this resulted in the emergence of what is known as the applications of artificial intelligence, which is the final image of technical development. This research came to address the issue of the basis of civil responsibility for the applications of artificial intelligence, by clarifying the nature of the applications of artificial intelligence, and analyzing the old and modern theories about the basis of civil responsibility for the applications of artificial intelligence and extrapolating the position of the Omani legislator from those theories, and finally we will review some practical applications of issues related to determining Civil responsibility in artificial intelligence applications. The inductive and analytical approach was followed as the main methods of research, and the research was divided into three main sections, the first of which deals with the nature of the applications of artificial intelligence. The most important finding of the research is the existence of a legislative vacuum in the regulation of civil liability for artificial intelligence applications, and the most important recommendations concluded by the research were the need to find a special legal regulation that includes determining the basis of civil liability for artificial intelligence applications.