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Comment by pton_xd

3 days ago

Who bears responsibility for the actions of agents seems a little complex. Not in this instance, but in general.

Say I use the summon feature on my Tesla and it runs someone over, am I at fault? You could argue it's not my fault, but I'm definitely getting sued. Is Tesla at fault? Probably but again it's not crystal clear, they could argue it's not their fault (misuse of feature, etc), but either way they're also getting sued.

If Tesla is developing a summon feature and then runs someone over during testing, are they at fault? It would be hard to argue otherwise!

We have situations like this with AI (or computers).

More than one party can be held responsible for an injury. Jurors deal with this all the time.