eicker comments on Delivery Robot Causes Car Accident With Nine Injuries: "The robot fled, if you can put it that way."

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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

Whomever allowed that robot outside is to blame. If they have grievances, they can sue whomever wrote the software or built the device. Keep sending the buck up until it reaches the top.

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[–] eicker@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

The responsibility should lie with the company that decided the robot was safe enough to deploy. How it distributes liability among its developers, manufacturers and suppliers is its problem, not the public's.

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[–] xtr0n@sh.itjust.works 1 point 49 minutes ago (1 child)

When it’s a criminal matter, the assigment of blame is absolutely a public matter. If you or I caused a car accident with irresponsible use of an RC car or a consumer drone, we would be facing criminal prosecution. The fact that no one is likely to face charges in this case is a huge failure of public policy.

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[–] eicker@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 45 minutes ago

💯 That's an important distinction: Civil liability determines who pays for the damage, while criminal responsibility addresses whether someone's negligence was serious enough to constitute a crime. And that question absolutely deserves public scrutiny. Automation must not become a shield against criminal accountability.

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