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Re:The Download: why AI's latest breakthroughs and fears may... by embedding-shape on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @12:11PM (#49818275)
> Imagine you have a self-driving car and it's in a parking lot a mile down the road. You tell it to come pick you up. About half way to you the car is passing an elementary school makes a sharp left and mows down 30 children. Time to put you in jail for murder, right?

I disagree it's the person calling the car that would be responsible, but I can think of a very obvious group of people being held responsible for that. Who do you think should be responsible for such a situation?

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Re:The Download: why AI's latest breakthroughs and fears may... by pixl97 on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @03:06PM (#49820952)
>Who do you think should be responsible

I, realizing that I don't have infinite resources and intelligence turn said responsibility to a group of investigators that I hope has collective intelligence and resources much larger than my own to trace culpability. One would think the car manufacture is the most obvious answer, but every witch hunt in history had those same good intentions.

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