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"A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION" — IBM slide from 1979.

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hahaha funny

Let me tell you a story - a company was using AI for invoice processing, and it misread a comma for a dot, so they sent a payment 1000x larger than expected, all automated of course because they were very modern. The result? they went bankrupt. "Bankrupted by AI error" might become a thing

Of course. It is like when a company goes bankrupt because they didn't establish good fire protection in their factory. Using AI automation has its risks that have to be mitigated appropriately.

That’s why you buy a cyber insurance policy.

Some might consider that a plus in the same way that "you can't get fired for choosing IBM" -- it's a way to outsource blame.

ted nelson calls it "cybercrud", blaming the machine as if it has the final say on the matter, "the system won't let me..."

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