Comment by Terence Picken

Author on AI governance, accountability, and consequence displacement.
Where an AI system causes harm, the consequences are borne not by the board that authorised deployment, the vendor that supplied the system, or the shareholder that provided the capital, but by third parties-customers, children, patients, autistic learners, individuals in financial difficulty-who had no role in the investment decision and no contractual relationship with any party in the conventional principal-agent chain.
AI Verified (May 16, 2026)
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AI Verified The quote identifies deployed AI harms and says boards and vendors evade their consequences, strongly supporting liability for companies that deploy models. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified Recorded answer for matches: the quote says AI harm is borne by uninvolved third parties rather than deployers, strongly implying those companies should be liable. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified SSRN abstract for Picken (16 May 2026) attributes this exact sentence to the sole author and reproduces it verbatim. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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