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AI agents aren’t legally responsible for any harm that they cause, experts say. So who is? (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 75 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 19 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

A more accurate line would read:

A computer can never be held accountable. Therefore accountability follows inheritance rules, belonging with whoever delegated the computer authority over the decision.

It’s like guns. The shooter maintains responsibility for the bullet, even though they only pulled the trigger.