Who's responsible when a machine gets it wrong?
Legislation rarely keeps pace with the technology. The question of who bears responsibility when an autonomous system causes harm — the manufacturer, the operator, or no one — remains fundamentally unresolved in most jurisdictions.
Last updated: 2026-09-25
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An American philosophy professor (University of Virginia) proposes that already-established product liability law can distribute responsibility between the developers and users of autonomous systems, rather than letting it fall solely on the human who was supervising the system.
Source: Tech Xplore