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alphazardlast Friday at 9:22 PM1 replyview on HN

As long as liability is clearly assigned, it doesn't have an economic impact. The ambiguity of liability is what creates negative economic impact. Once it's assigned initially through law, then it can be reassigned via contract in exchange for cash to ensure the most productive outcome.

e.g. if OpenAI is responsible for any damages caused by ChatGPT then the service shuts down until you waive liability and then it's back up. Similarly if companies are responsible for the chat bots they deploy then they can buy insurance or put up guard rails around the chat bot, or not use it.


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Terr_last Friday at 10:25 PM

> As long as liability is clearly assigned, it doesn't have an economic impact

In a reality with perfect knowledge, complete laws always applied, and populated by un-bankrupt-able immortals with infinite lines of credit, yes. :P