Legal scholar's tort-law framework for AI questioned: suing after ASI kills billions is too late
JacquesThibs · x · 2026-09-15
JacquesThibs recommends Gabriel Weil's framework paper on using tort liability to govern AI, but raises a key objection: many who point to existing laws don't actually believe superintelligence is possible. Suing a company after AIs have taken over and killed billions doesn't work — and even in scenarios with 'only' millions of deaths, tort law offers little comfort. The exchange highlights the divide between 'existing law suffices' and 'catastrophic risk needs preemptive defense' camps in AI governance.
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