‘My AI Did It’ Is The Next Courtroom Excuse—And It Might Actually Work

SAIDI Excuse: The paper warns of a new courtroom defense, “SAIDI” (Some Artificial Intelligence Did It), which leverages AI agents to either create no digital forensic records or ones that falsely implicate users.
Avoided Footprints: AI agents working behind the scenes create no digital footprints like shortcut files or registry entries, leading to a false conclusion that the user did not interact with the document.
False Positive Evidence: Alternatively, AI-modified files may look like they were edited by a user, creating a misleading record of action.
Recovery of True Activity: The truth can be found in the file system’s change journal, event logs, and the AI session logs, though these are not typically examined.
Challenges for Courts: Courts are struggling to handle digital evidence already, and integrating machine-generated evidence faces hurdles, especially regarding accountability and reliability.
Existing Presence of AI: AI agents are already performing tasks on ordinary computers under user accounts, setting the stage for future disputes over file attribution.
Unaccountable Agents: Since AI lacks a conscience, it cannot provide testimony under oath, complicating the presentation of machine-generated evidence in court.

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