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Comment Re:Not sure how this is a crime (Score 1) 106

You comment would make picket lines illegal. This is something that I've heard claimed before, but I don't believe it's true.

OTOH, I agree that this appears to be useless grandstanding...though I suppose one could argue that it's utility is attracting public notice to the perceived problem.

Comment Re:Precedent (Score 1) 106

You are assuming that the people requesting the delivery are capable of walking that distance. Most probably are, but as the population ages a significant number aren't. Depending on what you mean by "a short walk", I wouldn't be. Curbs are a significant problem for me, and a block is a very long distance. I still manage a flight of stairs several times a day, but in the last couple of years I've started to need stairs that are narrow enough for me to hold onto the handrails on both sides. OTOH, my sister can no longer manage stairs (as of about a year ago).

Comment Re:prosecute OpenAI for this (Score 1) 55

Agent is a term lawyers use for some entity delegated to do a task for another agent. That's what I meant by "legal agent". I'm not a lawyer, so I don't want to be too definite about just what it means, but delegating a task to a agent doesn't relieve you of responsibility for how they do the job. And I don't think you can assume that maps precisely onto the way agent is used in the context of AI, though the meanings are clearly analogous.

Comment Re:prosecute OpenAI for this (Score 1) 55

That's a mix of meanings of agent. (Not a total disconnect, though.)
An AI agent is something set in motion by the AI to complete a task.
A legal agent (IIUC..not sure) is a separate legal entity that is accomplishing a task for the delegating legal entity. In that case the delegating entity is legally responsible for the means that the agent used to accomplish the task.

So there's a close connection, but I'm not convinced that the agents used by the AI are legal entities. (Actually, I'm not convinced that the AI, itself, is a legal entity, but the point I was making was that even if it *is*, the delegating entity is still responsible.)

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