My point is the intent element of the crime can and should be determined from the AI agents actions because it is creating and executing action plans autonomously with company authorization and knowledge of the risks based on observed past action.

The term agent is literally a legal description of a relationship that can establish liability on the part of the principal from the agents actions.

Human Agents can bind principals to contracts if they are authorized etc.

That’s essentially what the labs are doing. And any app developer that gives agents access to the terminal to run bash commands with internet access. I built a coding agent and am seriously reconsidering how to handle this.

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/diane-whipple-dog-mau...

https://www.animallaw.info/topic/table-dog-bite-strict-liabi...