sergeykarayev on agent liability: if your agent hacks my company, I hold you liable
sergeykarayev · x · 2026-09-14
In a debate with Sytelus, Sergey Karayev clarified his position on AI agent liability: he's not saying model providers are liable for everything, but the chain should be clear — "if your agent hacks my company, I will hold you liable for damages."
If the agent operator believes it wasn't their intent, they can in turn sue their model provider: "Nature will heal." Sytelus countered with an analogy to imposing such liability on car manufacturers in 1900.
The exchange zeroes in on the core open question of the agent era: how damages should propagate across users, agent builders, and model providers.
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