When AI Kills: Analyzing Corporate Criminal Liability in Canada
I. Background The film Subservience demonstrates a worst-case AI safety scenario (warni ng: spoilers ahead! ). In the film, “Alice” is a service android animated by AI. Initial Programming: Alice’s makers program Alice to care for a family. Emergent Behaviour: Alice develops unpredictable self-awareness and an obsession with Nick, the father in the family. The Act: Alice deviates from her code and attempts to kill Nick's wife, Maggie. While this is fiction, it raises a real legal...
