The responsibility angle on the problem of competence is to remind people that the critical difference between an incompetent human and incompetent machine is t

The responsibility angle on the problem of competence is to remind people that the critical difference between an incompetent human and incompetent machine is that a human can be held accountable for his actions, whereas “accountability” has no meaning for a machine. A plane crashed in South Korea, recently. The pilots died in the crash. This is as it should be: the people directly responsible for safety put their own lives on the line. There may be other responsible people, and they must be found and prosecuted.