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Note that we already already apply this principle not only to software, but also to some sentient beings. If your dog kills someone, you are accused of murder.
by blue1 4d ago
Note that we already already apply this principle not only to software, but also to some sentient beings.
If your dog kills someone, you are accused of murder.
[at least, in the jurisdiction where I live]
If your dog gets this treatment, why not your AI?
- redanddead 3d agoThis goes all the way back to Old France There was a sow in Falaise in northern France that killed a kid in 1386. The town dressed the pig in a bonnet and hanged it after sentencing the pig itself and not its owner But… maybe that’s just medieval nonsense
- californical 3d agoI mean I think there’s a similar level of judgement required. Was the owner negligent in controlling their pig/dog/AI? Was anyone else negligent along the way? For example if the pig was just a normal pig, the owner cared for them normally, and there was a freak accident where the pig escaped and happened to kill a kid? Obviously nobody at fault. If you have a dog with a history of violence and let it walk around off-leash with you around town, and it kills a kid? Absolutely the dog owner was negligent and should be charged. Did you buy an AI sold to you as secure and the provider implies that it’s in a sandbox? Provider is on the hook for the damage.
- bravura 3d agoAnd this is where your analogy breaks down, because there are few natural analogues for the sorts of systems we are developing.