It’s not about what the AI can do, it’s about your ability as a human to keep up with the details. Because where dangers lie is when you lose track of that one tiny important thing that turns out to really really matter.
As far as the legal system is concerned, an employee operating an LLM is no different than an employee operating heavy construction equipment. The employer is liable for maintaining the equipment, ensuring employees are sufficiently qualified to operate the equipment, and continuously following policies and procedures to avoid harm when operating the machine. Merely instructing employees they're responsible for using the machine safely as determined by their own judgement isn't legally defensible. Just because the machine is novel doesn't absolve the company from liability.
That said, your employer might be stupid and fire you anyways. If that happens, you'll have to take your employer to court for wrongful termination. Yes, it will take time, but you will get a very nice settlement payout. Companies are not interested in being a named party in novel legal disputes where there is only downside risk to them.
In my organization, the people who use AI the most are not the most productive nor the ones who generate value for the company. Some of the most productive employees, in fact, have a strict "no AI" stance. I understand how AI is helping me, and I wonder how much better these guys could get with some AI help, but I'm convinced a lot of people overestimate AI's capabilities to help them be more productive.
Given that AI CEOs are in the habit of frequently lying about what frontier AI can do, it's hard to get a good grasp either way.
We can estimate from our hands-on experience and go from there, but very few people even have acess to the latest models. Some of the stuff I've read makes it sound like they're technically impressive but not all that useful in practical scenarios.
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As far as the legal system is concerned, an employee operating an LLM is no different than an employee operating heavy construction equipment. The employer is liable for maintaining the equipment, ensuring employees are sufficiently qualified to operate the equipment, and continuously following policies and procedures to avoid harm when operating the machine. Merely instructing employees they're responsible for using the machine safely as determined by their own judgement isn't legally defensible. Just because the machine is novel doesn't absolve the company from liability.
That said, your employer might be stupid and fire you anyways. If that happens, you'll have to take your employer to court for wrongful termination. Yes, it will take time, but you will get a very nice settlement payout. Companies are not interested in being a named party in novel legal disputes where there is only downside risk to them.
We can estimate from our hands-on experience and go from there, but very few people even have acess to the latest models. Some of the stuff I've read makes it sound like they're technically impressive but not all that useful in practical scenarios.