Who is liable if an agent makes a mistake?

· Bits and Bobs 3/2/26
  • Who is liable if an agent makes a mistake?
    • Imagine that a doctor uses a system to research and recommend a prescription.
    • The system's agent accidentally issues the prescription without confirmation.
    • Who is liable?
    • If the doctor is liable for using the system, then doctors would only want to use systems that caps downside, and provably gets final confirmation from the doctor before doing any possibly-dangerous action.