> But what if the algorithm hired the person to write the algorithms, updates, and performance tweaks?
The "person" may hijack the algorithm. So it could only hire a trustworthy person, which is a tough if not impossible to distinguish.
The "person" may hijack the algorithm. So it could only hire a trustworthy person, which is a tough if not impossible to distinguish.
In traditional capitalism the buck stops with the board, and the shareholders will fire them if they're losing too much money (something that's become more important in recent years, even as more and more day-to-day stock trading is algorithmic). Who takes that role in the case of an autonomous algorithm - would the algorithm itself be a director?
Yes, a self owning autonomous agent: