AI’s can’t have conversations any more than a book can.
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ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 9 hours agoThat’s a terrible argument. We dont blame the book because Catcher in the Rye didn’t have a conversation with him and tell him to kill John Lennon. That’s the difference.
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
dtaylor84@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 hour ago
How is that pedantic point relevant?
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
How is it not?
dtaylor84@lemmy.dbzer0.com 58 minutes ago
What difference does it make if you call it a conversation or whatever you would call it? The LLM responded to his messages with its own messages.
Arguing semantics of what counts as a conversation doesn’t really address the actual point, does it?
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Berkowitz was told by his neighbors dog to kill people.
TwilitSky@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Yeah but was that just a lie?
TwilitSky@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
“We don’t blame the book because Catcher in the Rye didn’t have a conversation with him and tell him to kill John Lennon. That’s the difference.”
Speak for yourself, please.
ToTheGraveMyLove@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
Oh, you’re a dumbass huh?