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Robots are starting to break the law and nobody knows what to do about it

Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:02 pm
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98381 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:02 pm
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Maybe it’s a sign that robots are growing up, and thus hitting the rebellious stage.

The Random Darknet Shopper, an automated online shopping bot with a budget of $100 a week in Bitcoin, is programmed to do a very specific task: go to one particular marketplace on the Deep Web and make one random purchase a week with the provided allowance. The purchases have all been compiled for an art show in Zurich, Switzerland titled The Darknet: From Memes to Onionland, which runs through January 11.

The concept would be all gravy if not for one thing: the programmers came home one day to find a shipment of 10 ecstasy pills, followed by an apparently very legit falsified Hungarian passport– developments which have left some observers of the bot’s blog a little uneasy.

If this bot was shipping to the U.S., asks Forbes contributor and University of Washington law professor contributor Ryan Calo, who would be legally responsible for purchasing the goodies? The coders? Or the bot itself?
Posted by GRTiger
On a roof eating alligator pie
Member since Dec 2008
63231 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:04 pm to
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If this bot was shipping to the U.S., asks Forbes contributor and University of Washington law professor contributor Ryan Calo, who would be legally responsible for purchasing the goodies? The coders? Or the bot itself?


I'd be very interested to know the definitive answer to this.
Posted by Box Geauxrilla
Member since Jun 2013
19118 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:04 pm to
This is a modern day version of "I didnt kill him, the bullet did."


ETA: To expand on that. If you coded a script to buy drugs online, then its on you.
This post was edited on 1/14/15 at 5:06 pm
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
134905 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:05 pm to
Here's a crazy thought.

Posted by Yat27
Austin
Member since Nov 2010
8109 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:05 pm to
Apparently A.I. will also be fans of hookers and blow...
Posted by mkibod1
South of the Donna Dixon Line
Member since Jan 2011
4744 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:06 pm to
I bot he's just trying to have a good time.
Posted by Putty
Member since Oct 2003
25491 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:11 pm to
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10 ecstasy pills, followed by an apparently very legit falsified Hungarian passport


officer, I don't know what happened...the robot must have bought it....yeah, that's the ticket...the robot bought it

Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:13 pm to
It is the coders. If not, what would prevent me from writing the same code with a bias for purchasing illegal things?
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57531 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:21 pm to
What were they expecting if the shopping pool is only the deep web?? There a reason the things are for sale on THE DEEP WEB and not the everyday web
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:26 pm to
If we start giving them rights, know what they're going to be like in 50 years?


Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
35528 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:29 pm to
I'm a little relieved that our future overlords like to party.
Posted by Thib-a-doe Tiger
Member since Nov 2012
35466 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 5:31 pm to
I know what to do about it. Take ecstasy and travel to Hungary
Posted by Five0
Member since Dec 2009
11354 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:29 pm to
This really getting around. It popped up on my Westlaw feed too.
Posted by sneakytiger
Member since Oct 2007
2474 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:33 pm to
He's a good bot, never did nuffin to no one
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
32486 posts
Posted on 1/14/15 at 8:36 pm to
Give these guys a call:

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