Robotics and AI Systems: Legal Personality for AI System Under UAE Law and Islamic Jurisprudence

In the UAE, like in many countries, robotics and AI are primarily addressed within existing legal frameworks, which are adapted to encompass emerging technologies. While UAE law does not provide legal personhood to robots or AI systems, it addresses various aspects related to their use, operation, and liability. Recently, the Dubai Digital Government released its standards, which demand that artificial intelligence systems be held legally responsible but holding artificial intelligence (AI) systems accountable without granting them legal personality is a legal flaw, As the concept of legal personality is as forms the basis for attributing rights, responsibilities, and accountability to individuals, entities, and organizations. So based on this, this paper examines the discussions, and proposals, related to the legal status of robots and AI systems in various industrial countries, for instance giving them a legal personality similar to legal Personality for Companies, or legal Capacity for Minors. whether UAE law can provide legal personhood to autonomous robots, and whether such an approach is consistent with Islamic jurisprudence, On the basis that Islamic jurisprudence is the official source of legislation in the UAE.