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Re:Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs... by bumby on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:39PM (#50388280)
It different by convention. That’s the point. The convention can be changed. There are already PE licenses for control systems, so there’s no reason it couldn’t extend to other software. However, I think the industry would fight that tooth and nail because it’s easier and more profitable to shrug off the responsibility.
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Re:Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs... by augment_me on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:04AM (#50388438)
What if the engineer who "stamps" the software is outsourced to a 3rd party company that has the necessary certification to avoid gross negligence. So the engineer has followed the protocol as det my law and has done everything right, they can't be liable.

Happened at my uni, look at the comment below.

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Re:Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs... by bumby on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:36AM (#50392818)
You’re hung up and confused by certifications, which are a different animal. Look up what PE license actual are and how they function.

You can’t just outsource a design for a bridge to avoid responsibility. If that bridge is being built in California, an engineer who is licensed in California ultimately has to stamp the design, even if all the design work was done elsewhere.

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Re:Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs... by augment_me on Friday November 06, 2026 @10:24AM (#50393450)
I am saying it's not the same for software
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Re:Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs... by bumby on Friday November 06, 2026 @12:36PM (#50395535)
And I’m saying that’s only true by convention. The same rules can easily apply to software. There no fundamental reason it can’t, the “yeah but we’re different” excuse is just a rationalization.

Software can be regulated, which just choose not to in many instances.

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