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Candidate urges Congress to hold software makers legally responsible for AI harms
Summary
Beth Andries Beck argued lawmakers should treat harmful software like defective products and make developers legally responsible, using a microwave liability analogy to press for consumer protections in AI.
Beth Andries Beck urged Congress to make companies legally accountable for harms caused by AI systems, drawing an analogy to consumer-product liability. "We can trust that our microwaves aren't going to explode and we can do that because there are laws that say if a microwave explodes the person who made it is responsible. The person who makes software should also be responsible for what it does," she said.
Beck argued that without legal responsibility, companies lack incentives to build safe systems. She said Congress is currently listening to CEOs rather than technologists and called for laws and enforcement that protect consumers and require safety and accountability from AI developers.
