Review And Importance of International Legal Dimensions of The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Space Technologies
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International Law, Artificial İntelligence, Space Technology, LiabilityAbstract
With the remarkable developments in space technologies, artificial intelligence has gradually been used instead of humans in decision-making. Artificial intelligence has the ability to think logically, manage its own actions, and correct decisions in the event of changes in external conditions. New smart space technologies are being developed to perform various space activities such as processing space data and information, removing space debris, extracting natural space resources, and exploring without human intervention. However, the regulation of the activities of space actors, especially private actors, and the supervision of these activities by governments in the use of these types of technologies has become one of the new issues in the field of international space law.
Since the obligations of States within the framework of international space law are explained on the basis of human behavior, in the face of monitoring the performance of intelligent space technologies and compensation for damage resulting from their performance, the question arises as to whether the existing international space regulations on the international responsibility of States for monitoring space activities and compensation for damage, which are based on human behavior, can also be applied to the use of these technologies, or should the regulations be A new space law should be drafted. With a broad interpretation of Articles 6 and 7 of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty regarding the responsibility of States for monitoring space activities and also the responsibility for compensation for damage, these provisions can still be considered applicable.
Nevertheless, it seems that the development of new international space regulations could be an important step in better defining and recognizing the responsibility of states to monitor the use of intelligent space technologies by space actors and to compensate for damages resulting from it.
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