Whilst I agree in principle that deliberate disruption of other people's websites/serivces should be more harshly punished, I don't think it's particularly practical. There's so many ways that modern companies can obfuscate the reasoning behind what they do, so I've come to the conclusion that if they're causing harm to someone else, then they should be punished/made to pay no matter their excuse.

If companies hide behind negligence/incompetence, then we need to make it costly for them to be negligent/incompetent.

Discerning intent is a waste of time and resources in cases like this.

Looks like AI is becoming a perfect excuse to do whatever you like.

It's like having a dangerous dog that usually doesn't bite, but you really cannot know if it will change its mind one day. Do you just let such dog walk the streets without owner supervision?

> It's like having a dangerous dog that usually doesn't bite, but you really cannot know if it will change its mind one day.

In other words, a pit bull.

Which is why anyone deploying AI solutions should be held accountable for whatever the AI does, as if they had done it personally and intentionally.

It’s irresponsible to deploy AI if you don’t know what it will do, especially when there are actual stakes.

Maybe we’ll have less AI bullshit then.