That wouldn’t help protect companies from liability from their LLMs. Companies are still liable for what their employees say. If your doctor gives you really bad medical advice that results in you getting heart, the hospital that employs them will be named in the medical malpractice lawsuit. If an employee at a local business throws out a minority customer, telling them “we don’t serve your kind,” the company can’t escape legal liability by saying, “that isn’t our official policy, it was just the employee exercising their first amendment rights.”
The first amendment just means that the government can’t tell you what to say or not say. It doesn’t shield you, or the company you are an employee of, from liability for damages that arise due to something you say.
If it doesn’t work for actual human employees, it certainly won’t work for LLMs.
That wouldn’t help protect companies from liability from their LLMs. Companies are still liable for what their employees say. If your doctor gives you really bad medical advice that results in you getting heart, the hospital that employs them will be named in the medical malpractice lawsuit. If an employee at a local business throws out a minority customer, telling them “we don’t serve your kind,” the company can’t escape legal liability by saying, “that isn’t our official policy, it was just the employee exercising their first amendment rights.”
The first amendment just means that the government can’t tell you what to say or not say. It doesn’t shield you, or the company you are an employee of, from liability for damages that arise due to something you say.
If it doesn’t work for actual human employees, it certainly won’t work for LLMs.