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

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: Conceptual working paper on responsibility attribution in contemporary AI discourse. This paper examines how public discourse compresses causal involvement, moral agency, operational responsibility, and institutional failure into person-like blame directed at large language models. Using reactions to the 2026 Tumbler Ridge shooting and subsequent litigation involving OpenAI as a case study, it distinguishes among factual reporting, legal allegation, and rhetorical amplification. Preprint / not peer reviewed. Working draft, March 2026.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18992325

Author: Kimura, Hinano

Language: English

Topic: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7135221669

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