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From: rich@ncoast.UUCP ( SYSOP)
Newsgroups: net.ai,net.legal
Subject: AI decision systems - What are the risks for the vendor?
Message-ID: <386@ncoast.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Oct-84 15:46:11 EDT
Article-I.D.: ncoast.386
Posted: Wed Oct  3 15:46:11 1984
Date-Received: Fri, 5-Oct-84 20:26:25 EDT
Reply-To: richg@ncoast.UUCP (Richard H. Garrett (Sysop !ncoast))
Organization: North Coast XENIX, Cleveland
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The rapid advance of Artificial Intelligence Software has caused me to 
wonder about some of the possible legal problems.  

SITUATION:  We are a software vendor that develops an AI software package.
	this package has been tested and appears to be correct in design and
	logic.  Additionally, the package indicates several alternative 
	solutions as well as stating that there could be alternatives that 
	are overlooked.

	What risk from a legal standpoint does the developer/vendor have to the
	user IF they follow the recommendation of the package AND the decision
	is proven to be incorrect several months later?

I would appreciate your opinions and shall post the compiled responses
to the net.

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