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  • MarjorieRmarjolica@social.linux.pizza
    Oct 12, 2026, 8:39 AM

    @jwildeboer LLMs are just (stochastic) machines.

    If someone direct a gun at someone and pulls the trigger and the bullet from the gun kills someone then it the firer who is the committing the crime not the gun manufacturer.
    That the bullet may hit the wrong person is not a mitigation for the firer and the gun manufacturer who make inaccurate guns is not responsible for the death.

    Of course in civilised countries (not the US) access to firearms is heavily limited.

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  • Jan Wildeboer 😷:krulorange:jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net
    Oct 12, 2026, 8:46 AM

    @marjolica On the other hand, there are many, many cases where manufacturers are responsible and liable for faulty products causing harm. Think car manufacturers, pharmaceuticals etc. Gun manufacturers are the exception, not the norm, in my opinion.

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  • MarjorieRmarjolica@social.linux.pizza
    Oct 12, 2026, 8:52 AM

    @jwildeboer Tesla (admittedly an American company) seems to diagree and think that a waiver signed by by the user, but required for the use, is a complete get out if its 'autopilot' or defective by design door handles kill or injure you.

    Pharmaceutical manufacturers are also not responsible if a user misuses their product, eg to poison or overdose someone. They are clearly responsible if the product doesn't perform as promised or they didn't do due enough due diligence as to possible side effects before they released it and someone who uses it for its declared purposes is injured by it.

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