RegularJoe@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges. Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect."futurism.comexternal-linkmessage-square170fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGoogle's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges. Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect."futurism.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square170fedilink
minus-squarekungen@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoExcept if the crackhead wrote what the AI wrote, he’d be prosecuted for conspiracy, solicitation, or whatever.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNo, I don’t think so. If his role was a licensed financial councilor maybe, but that’s like thinking the LLM is a licensed psychologist.
minus-squareManjushri@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThat turns out not to be the case. P eople have been charged and convicted with convincing others to commit suicide before. Those at Google should be held responsible for this death in the same way. Michelle Carter, who as a teenager sent texts urging her then-boyfriend to commit suicide three years ago, has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter by a Massachusetts judge, who described her behavior as “reckless.”
Except if the crackhead wrote what the AI wrote, he’d be prosecuted for conspiracy, solicitation, or whatever.
No, I don’t think so. If his role was a licensed financial councilor maybe, but that’s like thinking the LLM is a licensed psychologist.
That turns out not to be the case. P eople have been charged and convicted with convincing others to commit suicide before. Those at Google should be held responsible for this death in the same way.