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by home_boi 3741 days ago
If an AI bot threatens to hurt someone or defames them, are the creators legally accountable?

What if an AI bot purchases grass from the silk road or hacks into a database and discloses privately held information?

This opens up a whole, new legal world.

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From 2005.

"MAN AND THE MACHINES: It's time to start thinking about how we might grant legal rights to computers."

http://legalaffairs.org/issues/January-February-2005/feature...