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Is A.I. Above the Law?

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  1. dgellow · · focus · HN ↗
    The level of technical understanding of journalists is so deplorably low… There is no rogue agents. That’s not a thing. Nothing about the HuggingFace incident has anything to do with an agent going rogue. It’s standard software that resulted in a hack, which is pretty much the expected output of the system OpenAI engineers implemented.

    The company is obviously responsible for what their systems are doing

    1. sigmar · · focus · HN ↗
      >The company is obviously responsible for what their systems are doing

      Under what law specifically?

      Just because you believe they should be held responsible doesn't mean the current law is written that way. CFAA charges require the defendant "acted knowingly or intentionally", you think openai intentionally acted to hack those sites? Would "they should have pretty much expected that output" stand up in court for criminal charges?

      1. wmf · · focus · HN ↗
        The hacks probably fall under negligence not CFAA but the larger point stands that companies are always responsible for everything they do.
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