I'm surprised nobody makes a connection with animal ownership / responsibility.

If your dog maims someone else, you are responsible for the dog's actions, unless it was self-defense.

On the other hand, if people start arguing that if LLM's are like animals, some will start arguing they're like Godzilla..., or at least a panther, but there's probably laws against keeping arbitrarily dangerous / powerful animals as pets.

Perhaps animal welfare should intervene and house ChatGPT,etc. in better conditions?