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>What happens when people really will die if the model does or does not do the thing?

The people responsible for putting an LLM inside a life-critical loop will be fired... out of a cannon into the sun. Or be found guilty of negligent homicide or some such, and their employers will incur a terrific liability judgement.






More likely that some tickets will be filed, a cost function somewhere will be updated, and my defense industry stocks will go up a bit

Has this consequence happened with self-driving automobiles on open roads in the US of A when people died in crashes? If not, why not?

Interestingly, we are a lot more lenient with the people who built and pilot old-fashioned cars.

See eg https://archive.is/6KhfC


The terms of the existing Tesla wrongful death lawsuits have not been public.



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