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Who should be held accountable when an AI Agent (accidentally) acts maliciously?

37 points · 99 comments · Greenpants

  1. CatDaaaady · · focus · HN ↗
    I don't see how this is such an unclear legal question. If I fire a computer program that mistakenly causes another person harm, its my fault. Or it would be the maker of the program's fault. I feel we have established pattern for this already.

    Until we can agree whether AI is conscious, which we never will, AI and AI agents are just property working on behalf of humans.

    I could see a future where AI companies/services indemnify consumers who use their agents but _not_ indemnify corporations that use their services.

    1. belZaah · · focus · HN ↗
      It’s a question, because a lot of money is riding on people developing a mental model of a llm being something else than a computer program.
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