I object to the framing of the title: the user behind the bot is the one who should be held accountable, not the "AI Agent". Calling them "agents" is correct: they act on behalf of their principals. And it is the principals who should be held to account for the actions of their agents.

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t43562 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If we are to consider them truly intelligent then they have to have responsibility for what they do. If they're just probability machines then they're the responsibility of their owners.

If they're children then their parents, i.e. creators, are responsible.

	▲	eqvinox 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> If we are to consider them truly intelligent We aren't, and intelligence isn't the question, actual agency (in the psychological sense) is. If you install some fancy model but don't give it anything to do, it won't do anything. If you put a human in an empty house somewhere, they will start exploring their options. And mind you, we're not purely driven by survival either; neither art nor culture would exist if that were the case.

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jeroenhd 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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