This week, while I was having lunch, I overheard someone talking about the incident that happened in July 2025 where a Florida mother was coerced into paying $15,000 after an AI cloned her daughter's voice in a way that made it sound like she was in danger.
Immediately, I remembered the article I wrote the previous week about how agentic AI has impacted our decision-making processes.
However, this person who brought up the topic asked a very good question:
Who's truly responsible for the decisions AI makes? The AI itself? Or the developer who made it?
The truth is that it entirely depends on the circumstances that led to the development of the AI, what happened throughout the development process (i.e. if any guardrails were added), and the impact it has had on the individuals using it.
