Kyungsin Park

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Kyungsin Park is a scholar working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, law, and human-computer interaction, with a particular focus on how society and legal systems should adapt to the growing presence of intelligent machines. Park's most notable work, "Will Punishing Robots Become Imperative in the Future?" (2020), tackles one of the most pressing emerging questions in AI governance: whether robots and AI agents should be granted legal personhood and held liable for their actions. Drawing on a large-scale survey of 3,315 online users, Park employs an empirical, public-opinion-driven approach to explore attitudes toward AI accountability — a methodology that bridges legal theory with social science. This work, which has garnered 11 citations since its publication, contributes meaningfully to an increasingly urgent global conversation about robot rights, moral agency, and regulatory frameworks for autonomous systems. Park's research is particularly valuable for students and scholars grappling with the ethical and legal dimensions of AI, offering grounded, data-informed perspectives on how ordinary people conceptualize machine responsibility in an era of rapid technological advancement.