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The distinction doesn't seem to be 'xor', but 'and'. The question of human criminality is unchanged, while they posit an additional criminality for the robot it
by imh 8y ago
The distinction doesn't seem to be 'xor', but 'and'. The question of human criminality is unchanged, while they posit an additional criminality for the robot itself. The most interesting bit to me here is that there might be times where the human decision making is so diffuse that no humans are liable, but something can still be legally done if you hold the robot itself accountable.
I could imagine a robo equivalent to the 2008 financial crash, maybe a horrible transit accident or something, but where no single person or corporation is quite criminal enough to hold accountable, but the end result is still bad. In one world, all the people go "Oh hey, we weren't really punished" and do it again. In another world, you put the robot in "jail" and the people go "Oh shit, they took our property. That was expensive. Let's not do that anymore." ... optimistically.
- throwaway2048 8y agoOr they write it off as a cost of doing business because fixing it is more expensive than buying another robot.
- DuskStar 8y agoI mean, in that situation they have even less incentive to fix things if you don't confiscate the robot... The precondition was "the human decision making is so diffuse that no humans are liable" after all. In that case, you have three possibilities: 1. You don't confiscate/destroy the robot. BigCorp goes "hell yeah, cost of committing $crime is 0!" and continues. 2. You confiscate/destroy the robot. BigCorp goes "nice, we can make another for $5 - we'll take another 100,000 thanks" and continues. 3. You confiscate/destroy the robot. BigCorp goes "shit, that robot cost a ton of money - better work out a way to avoid doing that again in the future" and fixes the problem.
- throwaway2048 8y agoOr you can directly the fine the company very large sums of money.
- derekp7 8y agoJust like at a local amusement park, when a ride causes an injury sometimes they shut down an dismantle the ride.