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Liability and negligence

Managing the ethical and risk implications of rapid advances in artificial intelligence: A literature review

Meek et al. (2016)

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Inadequate regulatory frameworks and oversight mechanisms that fail to keep pace with AI development, leading to ineffective governance and the inability to manage AI risks appropriately.

"Liability and negligence are legal gray areas in artificial intelligence. If you leave your children in the care of a robotic nanny, and it malfunctions, are you liable or is the manufacturer [45]? We see here a legal gray area which can be further clarified through legislation at the national and international levels; for example, if by making the manufacturer responsible for defects in operation, this may provide an incentive for manufactures to take safety engineering and machine ethics into consideration, whereas a failure to legislate in this area may result in negligentlydeveloped AI systems with greater associated risks."(p. 688)

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