Application of Artificial Intelligence and Information and Communication Technologies: Socio-Ethical Problems (Review Article)

This article purpose is to reveal the essence of social and ethical requirements for the use of information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence in the life of a modern person, society and the state. General scientific and special scientific methods were used to achieve the goal. Peculiarity of analyzed topic implies mandatory consideration of rules and requirements already formulated by various social institutions and organizations in response to the challenges of digital reality. It is emphasized that existing ethical regulation of use of information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence is mostly limited to framework, declarative documents indicating only general approaches and the purpose of the interaction of humanity with artificial intelligence systems, a kind of warning about possible negative consequences of the use of technologies. Despite significant overlaps in the proposed principles, the content of these norms remains almost undisclosed to this day. It was emphasized that use of artificial intelligence requires special legal regulation, as it concerns the life and health of people. Because of potential danger to civilization of information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence, it is necessary to strictly license activities related to the production and operation of such systems. For this, at the legislative level, it is necessary to clearly define those responsible for occurrence of out-of-state situations, as well as to answer the question: “Is the transition of artificial intelligence from the status of an object to the status of a subject of legal relations possible and legal?”. All of the above indicates importance and significance of the chosen research goal and requires a socio-ethical understanding of the most pressing problems of applying the capabilities of artificial intelligence.