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Re:What a time to be alive – rouge AI agents attack RubyGems... by CGamesPlay on Monday September 14, 2026 @10:17AM (#49697286)
> There are circus lions in circuses trained to jump through hoops on command. But once in a while they decide to eat their trainers instead of jumping.

This is a terrible analogy, because yes you absolutely do hold the trainers criminally liable when they bite somebody else's face.

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Re:What a time to be alive – rouge AI agents attack RubyGems... by WarmWash on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:02AM (#49698110)
Intent is what is being discussed here though, not liability.

A circus lion biting somebody's face is legally different than a circus lion trained or instructed to bite somebody's face.

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Re:What a time to be alive – rouge AI agents attack RubyGems... by monkpit on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:30AM (#49698648)
Intent might be what’s being discussed but intent is, for the most part, legally irrelevant. It might make the difference in the degree of a murder charge, or maybe manslaughter, or criminal negligence, but it doesn’t get you off the hook.
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Re:What a time to be alive – rouge AI agents attack RubyGems... by WarmWash on Monday September 14, 2026 @12:05PM (#49699223)
Correct, but the size difference of the hook can be so dramatic that you can't just hand wave it away.

The trainer who trained the lion to kill will probably be in jail for life. The one who happened to oversee a lion that went rouge would probably be given probation or something else that is a slap on the wrist.

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Re:What a time to be alive – rouge AI agents attack RubyGems... by infamouscow on Monday September 14, 2026 @11:17AM (#49698418)
Except liability always precedes intent.
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