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sanderjdyesterday at 6:50 PM0 repliesview on HN

Most of the discussion here is about anthropomorphizing, which I honestly think is a bit of a distraction.

The third one about responsibility is the most important one, IMO. This was attributed to an IBM manual decades ago, and I think it remains the correct stance today:

> A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.

There should be some human who is ultimately responsible for any action an AI takes. "I just let the AI figure it out" can be an explanation for a screw up, but that doesn't mean it excuses it. The person remains responsible for what happened.