MIT Engineering Dean Huttenlocher: AI accountability stays with people, not systems
AlexTensor · x · 2026-09-18
Daniel Huttenlocher, Dean of MIT Engineering, argues that while AI is an extremely powerful and beneficial technology, accountability for its actions remains with the people and institutions that grant it the power to act — including the duty to justify, monitor, correct, and stop arrangements when necessary. The less predictable the system and the greater the potential harm, the stronger the oversight must be; where that can't be achieved, the answer is not to delegate decisions to AI.
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