Best Paper Award — WeRobot 2026
Intention, But Hybrid: A New Test for Posthuman Agents
Janko Munjić · WeRobot 2026 · 2026
Summary
When human conduct is carried out through AI systems, the idea of a single intending actor becomes difficult to apply. The paper proposes a court-usable test for attributing criminal responsibility in human-AI systems, centred on who initiates an action, how technology mediates it and whether a meaningful window of human control remains. The aim is to keep responsibility assessable without abandoning the requirement of culpability.
Bibliographic record
- Author
- Janko Munjić
- Conference
- WeRobot 2026
- Published
- 2026
- Publisher
- WeRobot
- Language
- EN
- Full text
- Full paper hosted by the conference
Keywords
Research themes
- Criminal Responsibility and AI
How should criminal law attribute culpability when human decisions are mediated by autonomous systems, predictive tools or intelligent interfaces?
- Hybrid Agency and Augmented Action
What happens to intention, control and accountability when human action is extended through robotic systems, neuroprosthetics or human-machine environments?
- Robotics and Posthuman Criminal Law
What are the boundaries of criminal law when robots and autonomous systems challenge assumptions about harm, victimhood and legal subjectivity?
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Cite this work
Munjić, J. (2026). Intention, But Hybrid: A New Test for Posthuman Agents. WeRobot 2026. https://werobot.cdn.prismic.io/werobot/adP6bZGXnQHGZSkV_WR26-Munjic-Intention_Posthuman_Agents.pdf