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We already have a mechanism for absolving responsibility: the corporation. It allows shareholders to profit and not lose more than invested. When they invest in
by mcculley 4y ago
We already have a mechanism for absolving responsibility: the corporation. It allows shareholders to profit and not lose more than invested. When they invest in tobacco companies, for example, the system is working as designed.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> allows shareholders to profit and not lose more than invested To a degree. (See: piercing the veil.) Also, corporations need an authorised signer, who under current law must be a natural person.
- mcculley 4y agoI am not talking about situations where there is really a bad human at the helm. I can buy shares in BP or Altria and not suffer any consequences beyond losing my investment no matter how many people those corporations kill. Having algorithms and AI models decide how to profit regardless of how it harms humans is the inevitable next step.