Themis Tzimas is adjunct lecturer at the School of Political Sciences of the Democritus University of Thrace. He introduced and taught the module Artificial Intelligence, Political Theories and International Relations. He currently teaches "Public Policies".
Introduction.-Part I - AI and Questions of Personhood and Ethics.-The Peculium of the Robot: Artificial Intelligence and Slave Law.- Legal Personhood for Autonomous AI: Practical Consequences in Private Law.- Artificial Intelligences Black box: Posing New Ethical and Legal Challenges on Modern Societies.-Part II - AI and Civil Liability.-The role of the autonomous machines at the conclusion of a contract: Contractual responsibility according to current rules of private law and prospects.- Understanding the risks of Artificial Intelligence as a precondition for sound liability regulation.-Part III - AI and Issues of Responsibility and Adjudication.-Attributing Conduct of Autonomous Software Agents with Legal Personality under International Law on State Responsibility.- Algorithmic criminal justice: Is it just a science fiction plot idea?.-Part IV - Intellectual Property Protection and Patentability of AI.-The patentability of AI-related subject matter according to the EPC as implemented by the EPO.- International perspectives on regulatory frameworks: AI through the lens of patent law.-Part V - AI and Human Rights.-What role for social rights during the leap to post or enhanced humanism?.- Artificial Intelligence vs Data Protection: How the GDPR Can Help to Develop a Precautionary Regulatory Approach to AI?.-Part VI - AI and Jus ad Bellum-Jus in Bello Questions.-The Use of AI Weapons in Outer Space: Regulatory Challenges.- Performance or explainability? A law of Armed Conflict Perspective