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minus-squarezeropointone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down9·3 days agoHe could have tripped in his bathroom where a lot of people die, not just the elderly. Such things happen no matter how much you’re trying to make environments safe. I’m not trying to defend AI here (I would be the last one to do so).
minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·3 days agoAlso, no reasonable judge would hold Meta liable. This is a text book example of a proximate cause argument.
minus-squareCosmonauticus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoMaybe not criminally but maybe in civil court
minus-squarezeropointone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down10·3 days agoCorrelation does not imply causation.
He could have tripped in his bathroom where a lot of people die, not just the elderly. Such things happen no matter how much you’re trying to make environments safe. I’m not trying to defend AI here (I would be the last one to do so).
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Also, no reasonable judge would hold Meta liable.
This is a text book example of a proximate cause argument.
Maybe not criminally but maybe in civil court
Correlation does not imply causation.
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Facepalm
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