Geoffrey MillerVerified account

Yeah, that would be like prosecuting parents for what their kids do...

Hence my point about "broad brush". But we do this job with something like a plane crash. Same principle. And it is vital that individuals involved know that the remove does not insulate them from responsibility.

As a coder, I can tell you that #3 is problematic, partly because software is an aggregation of code written by many people over the years (ppl come and go) and also 3rd party libraries (some open source). Finger pointing at a specific developer isn’t always practical.

Presumably they work for a company which could be prosecuted, fined or have their charter revoked.

The individuals, not the company, should be prosecuted. Otherwise, the bad actors will just start another company.

The robot half of this doesn't make me as nervous as the AI half. What about when AI is capable of modifying/improving its own code? That's the real inflection point, right?

Just go after the company that "made" the robot, not the coder.