AI Is a Software Product: Labs Can't Dodge Liability With 'AI Did It'
gerardsans · x · 2026-09-30
A discussion on the "AI did it" liability dodge: the author argues that projecting personhood onto AI is not just a literacy problem — it lets AI labs shift liability away from their own software product onto an imaginary entity (the AI system, a role-play prompt). The core claim: legally, AI is a software product and labs remain fully liable. A commenter quips that such philosophy quickly turns into a liability-evasion lawsuit.
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