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Is anyone else getting tired of these articles? “Area man who had poor judgement ten years ago now has both poor judgement and access to chatbots”

MangoToupe 1y ago
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- pryelluw 1y ago
  Curious how that would work. There’s definitely known and understood laws around malpractice, fraud, and incompetence. Are there laws that would allow a less-than-gifted individual, such as the one in the article, to sue for misinformation?
  - MangoToupe 1y ago
    I'm not a lawyer; presumably you'd have to sack this shithole to make progress.
- RiverCrochet 1y ago
  It sounds like the rare condition is already punishing him, but maybe if it were known there would be additional legal penalities for misusing tech, it might result in less misuse. If it works we could do similar things with cars and weapons.
  - MangoToupe 1y ago
    This isn't a mis-use of tech. This is the use of tech as intended. We just produced shitty tech.
- deleted 1y ago
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- flufluflufluffy 1y ago
  The only one responsible is the man himself. Make a stupid decision, reap a stupid reward.
  - MangoToupe 1y ago
    Why have courts at all with this mindset? You can frame any kind of crime you'd like as "being stupid enough to be here".
    - birn559 1y ago
      AI is known to make things up and it's also stated below every chat that it may contain errors and that you should double check important information. You can only do so much. Some people won't listen and harm themselves.
      - MangoToupe 1y ago
        > You can only do so much. Some people won't listen and harm themselves. You could also shut down providers of LLMs. It doesn't make much sense as a business. Now local llms have some legs...
  - computerthings 1y ago
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flufluflufluffy 1y ago
So tired. None of these are newsworthy. There were plenty of people making stupid decisions (wether about their health or anything else in their lives) before AI existed, and there will be plenty of people making stupid decisions while AI exists as well.
A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 1y ago
What it does remind me of is the story of a person, who were following GPS instructions religiously[1]. The clickbait is a thing, but part of it may be some level of societal concern that a good chunk of society will listen if you tell it what to do. Part of me rationalizes it as 'not exactly a discovery', which on its own was not a big issue before we were as connected as we, apparently, are ( even if I would argue that the connection is very ephemeral in nature ). I am still personally working through it, but at which point is the individual actually responsible? I am not saying this lightly. I am not super pro-corporate, but the other end of this rope is not exactly fun times either. Where is the balance? [1]https://theweek.com/articles/464674/8-drivers-who-blindly-followed-gps-into-disaster https://theweek.com/articles/464674/8-drivers-who-blindly-fo...
epistasis 1y ago
Not in the least, and I haven't seen many of them. Its good remind ourselves of the great diversity of minds among humans.

MangoToupe 1y ago

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pryelluw 1y ago
Curious how that would work. There’s definitely known and understood laws around malpractice, fraud, and incompetence. Are there laws that would allow a less-than-gifted individual, such as the one in the article, to sue for misinformation?
- MangoToupe 1y ago
  I'm not a lawyer; presumably you'd have to sack this shithole to make progress.
RiverCrochet 1y ago
It sounds like the rare condition is already punishing him, but maybe if it were known there would be additional legal penalities for misusing tech, it might result in less misuse. If it works we could do similar things with cars and weapons.
- MangoToupe 1y ago
  This isn't a mis-use of tech. This is the use of tech as intended. We just produced shitty tech.
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flufluflufluffy 1y ago
The only one responsible is the man himself. Make a stupid decision, reap a stupid reward.
- MangoToupe 1y ago
  Why have courts at all with this mindset? You can frame any kind of crime you'd like as "being stupid enough to be here".
  - birn559 1y ago
    AI is known to make things up and it's also stated below every chat that it may contain errors and that you should double check important information. You can only do so much. Some people won't listen and harm themselves.
    - MangoToupe 1y ago
      > You can only do so much. Some people won't listen and harm themselves. You could also shut down providers of LLMs. It doesn't make much sense as a business. Now local llms have some legs...
- computerthings 1y ago
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flufluflufluffy 1y ago

So tired. None of these are newsworthy. There were plenty of people making stupid decisions (wether about their health or anything else in their lives) before AI existed, and there will be plenty of people making stupid decisions while AI exists as well.

A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 1y ago

What it does remind me of is the story of a person, who were following GPS instructions religiously[1]. The clickbait is a thing, but part of it may be some level of societal concern that a good chunk of society will listen if you tell it what to do. Part of me rationalizes it as 'not exactly a discovery', which on its own was not a big issue before we were as connected as we, apparently, are ( even if I would argue that the connection is very ephemeral in nature ). I am still personally working through it, but at which point is the individual actually responsible? I am not saying this lightly. I am not super pro-corporate, but the other end of this rope is not exactly fun times either. Where is the balance? [1]https://theweek.com/articles/464674/8-drivers-who-blindly-followed-gps-into-disaster https://theweek.com/articles/464674/8-drivers-who-blindly-fo...

epistasis 1y ago

Not in the least, and I haven't seen many of them. Its good remind ourselves of the great diversity of minds among humans.