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Comment by Jaron Lanier

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Virtual reality pioneer and computer scientist
I don’t care how autonomous your AI is – some human has to be responsible for what it does, or we cannot have a functioning society.
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Jaron Lanier, quoted in Graham Barlow, “Society cannot function if no one is accountable for AI,” TechRadar, January 15, 2026.
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AI companies should be liable for harms caused by their deployed models
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AI Verified Lanier says humans must be responsible for AI, supporting liability for deployed-model harms. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified Recorded for matches Lanier’s call for human responsibility for AI. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified TechRadar quotes Lanier with this wording. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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