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Re:A computer can never be held accountable by pj_mukh on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @07:29AM (#42931486)
Technology has nothing to do with this.

Before technology there was "McKinsey told me to do this". Abrogation of liability is a tale as old as time.

Re:A computer can never be held accountable by bluefirebrand on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @08:58AM (#42932375)
At least with a fully human chain of responsibility, the buck stops with someone

A computer cannot ever be made to atone for it's misdeeds

Humans can

Re:A computer can never be held accountable by WJW on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @09:22AM (#42932670)
Someone has never encountered bureaucracy I see. Human chains of responsibility manage to dissolve blame into nothingness all the time.
Re:A computer can never be held accountable by bluefirebrand on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @09:43AM (#42932942)
Blame is not the same thing as accountability

In situations where accountability is absolutely required, you will find that people are held accountable

Often they are scapegoats, but that is a different problem

Re:A computer can never be held accountable by Tostino on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @02:26PM (#42937345)
Having a scapegoat take the fall doesn't count as `accountability` in my book.
Re:A computer can never be held accountable by greentxt on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @09:02AM (#42932423)
Not really. The vast majority of adults are not at all accountable in today's society. We blame.
Re:A computer can never be held accountable by codr7 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:02PM (#42935226)
Aka the Nuremberg defense; sometimes it works, sometimes not so much.