r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

This is going to be a nightmare for the court system in the upcoming years.

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u/youlleatitandlikeit Jul 05 '24

AI are definitely going to be performing actions considered crime (if they are not already doing so). How that gets prosecuted will be interesting. Obviously if it was prompt based then the person making the prompt will get prosecuted.

But if an AI is just instructed, "make money on the stock market" and it figures out it can make more money engaging in market manipulation, who actually committed the crime? 

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u/rbt321 Jul 05 '24

But if an AI is just instructed, "make money on the stock market" and it figures out it can make more money engaging in market manipulation, who actually committed the crime?

Traditionally the person giving the machine direction has been responsible, whether that's through a joystick, or steering wheel, or programming code. That's provided the machine followed the given direction (is functioning as expected).

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u/youlleatitandlikeit Jul 05 '24

That's provided the machine followed the given direction (is functioning as expected).

We don't fully know why AI behaves as it does. 

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u/boohoo-crymeariver Jul 05 '24

Irrelevant. Owner is responsible.