Building Autonomous Agent Teams and Ultimate Liability: From Operational Structure to Accountability
Building Autonomous Agent Teams and Ultimate Liability: From Operational Structure to Accountability BUILDING AUTONOMOUS AGENT TEAMS AND ULTIMATE LIABILITY From Operational Structure to Bearing Consequences The shift from Chatbot to Autonomous Agent is not just a technical step, but an ethical, organizational, and legal leap. When an Agent is designed to self-decide, self-act, self-regulate, and even self-evolve, the central question is no longer "What can the Agent do?", but: Who is responsible when the Agent fails? This article analyzes the construction of an autonomous Agent team from the perspective of systems thinking, cybernetics, and distributed accountability theory. The focus is on the relationship between autonomy, internal state mechanisms (internal state & pain signals), and ultimate liability. I. From Mechanical Schedules to Strategic Organisms 1. ...