'Negligently Unforeseen': Why Intent Stops Being a Moral Excuse for AI Harms
NC_Renic · x · 2026-09-14
NCRenic argues the AI discourse needs more focus on "negligently unforeseen" harms: at some point, "we didn't intend for this terrible thing to happen" loses all moral force as an excuse — foreseeability creates responsibility regardless of intent.
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