Did ChatGPT "Help Kill"? Public Rhetoric, Misplaced Blame, and the Compression of Responsibility in AI Discourse

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• The paper analyzes how responsibility is attributed in AI discourse, particularly focusing on public perceptions around AI models.
• Conceptual analysis of public discourse and responsibility attribution in AI.
• Case study of the 2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting and OpenAI litigation.
• Distinction among reporting, legal allegations, and public rhetoric.
• Identifies a compression of moral agency and operational responsibility placed on language models.
• Highlights the complexities of public discourse surrounding AI in legal contexts.
• Shows how blame is often directed at AI rather than human actors in relevant decisions.

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