Modern Social Science Research

The rapid application of artificial intelligence technology has presented new challenges to the judgment of criminal law causal relationship. The causal relationship and result attribution system constructed by traditional theories based on "the act performed under the subjective fault of the person" has encountered application obstacles in scenarios where intelligent algorithms make autonomous decisions and multiple entities are involved. This paper analyzes the threefold challenges of artificial intelligence to the traditional theory regarding the stereotypical nature of the act, the determination of causal process, and the rules of result attribution. Relying on China's criminal law legislation and judicial practice, it proposes a reconstruction approach to clarify the hierarchical rules and responsibility attribution boundaries for causal relationship judgment in artificial intelligence scenarios, providing theoretical references for judicial practice.

Artificial intelligence; Criminal law causal relationship; Danger realization; Result attribution; Act of execution