Legal Efficiency of the Artificial Agent

The artificial agent (or AI agent) is the heir to a long tradition of agencies in the social sciences, particularly in philosophy, economics, and law. As the ultimate embodiment of this concept, the AI agent reveals its fundamental characteristics. It operates as a cog in a socio-technical system – a subprocess lacking adaptability and teleology. By executing law, the artificial agent acts as a legal simulator, reducing the legal operations to pure procedural software. This reflects the performativity of a legal system reduced to rules, blind to the notion of judgment.

JEL Codes: K49, K51, C89