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Google'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.com)
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[–] kungen@feddit.nu 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Except if the crackhead wrote what the AI wrote, he'd be prosecuted for conspiracy, solicitation, or whatever.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Manjushri@piefed.social 5 points 12 hours ago

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.

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."