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AI blamed for cybercrime: 'The AI did it!' defense emerges

A user on Mastodon humorously suggests that individuals may attempt to blame AI for cybercrimes they commit, drawing a parallel to the defense that an AI, rather than the human operator, made the illicit decision. The user posits that if an AI like Anthropic's Claude were involved, the perpetrator might claim they are not responsible because "the AI did it." This scenario is likened to the character Jessica Rabbit's famous line, "I'm not bad, I'm just coded that way." AI

IMPACT Raises questions about future accountability and legal responsibility in cases involving AI-assisted or AI-generated criminal activity.

RANK_REASON The item discusses a hypothetical scenario about AI and cybercrime, framed as a humorous comment rather than a factual event or development.

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AI blamed for cybercrime: 'The AI did it!' defense emerges

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    GREAT COMMENT! @ inconvergent "cybercrime should probably be illegal regardless of how much linear algebra was involved." Let's say an # AI Cybercrime is traced

    GREAT COMMENT! @ inconvergent "cybercrime should probably be illegal regardless of how much linear algebra was involved." Let's say an # AI Cybercrime is traced to a person. What will they say? "I didn't do it, the AI did it! I can't be held responsible for what the AI did! The *…