Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA Chatbot Encouraged Him to Kill the Queen. It’s Just the Beginningwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1120arrow-down119
arrow-up1101arrow-down1external-linkA Chatbot Encouraged Him to Kill the Queen. It’s Just the Beginningwww.wired.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squareoctoperson@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-21 year agoIsn’t it more like, a guy who wanted to kill the Queen talked to a chatbot about it, and the chatbot rolled with it cos chatbots will default to rolling with whatever you give them? Just seems the likely scenario to me … Yep, this BBC article has a couple of the chat logs. If they’re representative, the bot is no more culpable than if he asked a magic 8-ball.
Isn’t it more like, a guy who wanted to kill the Queen talked to a chatbot about it, and the chatbot rolled with it cos chatbots will default to rolling with whatever you give them? Just seems the likely scenario to me …
Yep, this BBC article has a couple of the chat logs. If they’re representative, the bot is no more culpable than if he asked a magic 8-ball.