Three of the cases cited are incidents where state organizations are buying AI, which then benefits that state organization at the expense of its citizens: Peop

Three of the cases cited are incidents where state organizations are buying AI, which then benefits that state organization at the expense of its citizens: People were arrested others got less benefits. These systems are black boxes. The software companies have a financial incentive to sell them. The programmers have a financial incentive to get the customer what they want not what is honest and true. If this software meant the customer would have to pay out more benefits, how many states would buy it? The same thing happens when the product is not AI. AI is a product. Manufacturers of the product are liable. The product should be open to investigation. When Ford Pintos were killing people, the Ford Pinto could be examined. The 737MAX can be examined. AI can't be examined. The decisions it makes can't even be explained a lot of times. Companies are using AI as a shield. Someone here said the other day that they think people are actually making a lot of the decisions Google makes and saying it was Algorithmic absolves them of the responsibility to explain the decision. This is not a good way forward. You can't say, "I don't know why the machine is hurting people." It's hurting people. Shut it off.