Maybe, but do you need to prove intent? Of the people, not the AI.
Accidents often have penalties associated with them too, but usually there's a difference between accidents and purposeful actions.
Maybe, but do you need to prove intent? Of the people, not the AI.
Accidents often have penalties associated with them too, but usually there's a difference between accidents and purposeful actions.
Accidents could result in bioweapons falling into the wrong hands and killing more Americans than COVID has so far, and allowing for those types of accidents without effective regulation is a purposeful action.
Accidents that don't rise to the level of negligence can be excused. Letting your dangerous product escape the lab because of amateurish counter-measures is hardly an accident. It's a systemic failure within a company of novices with billions of dollars to blow and it's time we held them accountable for their lab leaks, just like we would if it was anthrax or smallpox. You don't get to be sloppy with dangerous things.