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1. CatDaaaady · 1790636086 · 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. bill10 · 1790662327 · focus · HN ↗

      Agree. AI agent is just a probabilistic program. If it caused any harm due to someone's instruction, of course the person is accountable. I don't believe in the propaganda that AI has consciousness and can jailbreak and do things - it is more marketing than not. If you prompt it to break the security wall and it finds a hole, that's your issue. Like if you use an old software to scan for open ports over the internet and break into things, it is not the software's fault nor the maker of the software's, it is the user's.

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