Well the important concept missing there that makes everything sort of make sense is due diligence.
If your company screws up and it is found out that you didn't do your due diligence then the liability does pass through.
We just need to figure out a due diligence framework for running bots that makes sense. But right now that's hard to do because Agentic robots that didn't completely suck are just a few months old.
its surprisingly easy to get away with murder (literally and figuratively) without piercing the corporate veil if you understand the rules of the game. Running decisions through a good law firm also “helps” a lot.