Electrical Engineering and Artificial Intelligence: Public and Legal Relations, Education and Communication, Threats

The digital transformation of electrical engineering as the genetic basis of modern man-made civilization affects all spheres of human activity. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in electrical devices, complexes and systems requires understanding of the problems and challenges that arise for humans and society. The article discusses the problems of social and legal relations related to the use of AI in electrical engineering. The main problem is the legal identification of AI and the "socialization" of systems with strong AI. The possibilities and problems of using AI in electrical engineering education, and the related problem of communication between humans and AI systems are analyzed. The social consequences of using AI in education are discussed. The problem of threats from the use of AI systems in electrical engineering is highlighted. Psychological, existential and local threats are noted, as well as private manifestations of threats in the humanitarian sphere (violation of confidentiality, the problem of responsibility, manipulation of consciousness, etc.). Legal matters concerned with the security of using AI systems in Russia, the European Union, and the USA are considered.