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AI blamed for accidents like cars, user warns

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A user on Mastodon expressed concern about the potential for AI to be blamed for accidents, similar to how car manufacturers or the vehicles themselves are sometimes blamed for driver errors. The user noted that safety groups actively push back against terms like "road accident" and "lost control of a car" to ensure accountability rests with the driver. They suggested that if "killed in an AI accident" becomes common parlance, it would indicate the AI industry has successfully shifted blame away from AI systems. AI

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AI blamed for accidents like cars, user warns

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ DrALJONES we do say "lost control of a car" to transfer blame of a driver killing people from their own decisions on to the 1500+kg of vehicle they acted thos

    @ DrALJONES we do say "lost control of a car" to transfer blame of a driver killing people from their own decisions on to the 1500+kg of vehicle they acted those decisions upon. Cycling safety groups are always trying (unsuccessfully) to push back on terminology like that and "ro…

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