Liability law’s potential role in reducing catastrophic AI risk
One post welcomes suggestions that tort law could help mitigate catastrophic AI risk and offers to brief lawmakers on fixing gaps in existing law.
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One post welcomes interest in tort law as a possible tool for mitigating catastrophic AI risk, argues that existing law has fixable gaps and offers to brief congressional and state legislative offices. A separate post credits Robin Hanson with an early argument for liability incentives, quoting his view that sufficient incentives for AI owners to avoid near-miss scenarios would also encourage substantial efforts to avoid worst-case scenarios.
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Liability law’s potential role in reducing catastrophic AI risk
One post welcomes suggestions that tort law could help mitigate catastrophic AI risk and offers to brief lawmakers on fixing gaps in existing law.