Conceptual paper explores moral agency and blame in reactions to the Tumbler Ridge shooting, suggesting AI and public discourse interplay.
Conceptual working paper examining how public discourse compresses causal involvement, moral agency, operational responsibility, and institutional failure into person-like blame directed at language models. Using reactions to the 2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting and subsequent litigation involving OpenAI as a case study, the paper distinguishes factual reporting, legal allegation, and rhetorical amplification. This paper was developed with AI-assisted support for drafting, structural organization, and language refinement.
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