The authors concoct a Rube Goldberg legal framework on the assumption that an AI agent is acting as an independent legal entity. A straightforward way would be to say that any AI agent is acting on behalf of someone and that someone is who shall be held accountable.
exac · 10h ago
If I set up an AI agent, and then die, who is responsible if it starts breaking the law and doing damage?
paulddraper · 8h ago
Your estate.
Imagine the AI is a tree in your yard. And that it fell over on someone’s house.
bdangubic · 10h ago
your next of kin
polishdude20 · 9h ago
Is that the same if you owned property, you let it deteriorate, someone went on the property and fell in a ditch. Who's responsible?
kbelder · 11h ago
So must bicycles, hammers, and can-openers.
hbartab · 11h ago
Not even politicians follow the law consistently...
bigyabai · 12h ago
Maybe it's not such a great idea to create black holes of accountability for the legal frameworks in your society.
Imagine the AI is a tree in your yard. And that it fell over on someone’s house.