Comment on ‘Happy (and safe) shooting!’ AI chatbots helped teen users plan violence in hundreds of tests
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 week agoThere’s a huge different between being able to research how to tie a noose knot on Wikipedia, and having your bestest virtual buddy the AI chatbot, whom you ask all of life’s questions already and have grown trust with converse with you back and forth guiding you on how to yourself, assuring you along the way it’s a great idea.
Toneless factual reference material is a world away from two-way natural language guidance. Guiding and encouraging someone to commit a crime is illegal in most of the world - including the ‘land of the free’
Adults who create virtual assistants have a social responsibility to ensure it’s not giving out harmful advice, but since billion dollar corpos don’t give a shit they have legal liability also.