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Jesus@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day ago

Elderly Man Dies After Being Lured to Meeting by Flirty Meta AI Chatbot

www.thedailybeast.com

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Elderly Man Dies After Being Lured to Meeting by Flirty Meta AI Chatbot

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Jesus@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 day ago
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“For a bot to say ‘Come visit me’ is insane,” the victim’s daughter said.
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    But it did convince a cognitively impaired 76 year-old that was a good idea to go romping about in the dark.

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      Ok. So could a normal person on the internet or with a phone or stamps.

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      And gave a live address??

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      He could have tripped in his bathroom where a lot of people die, not just the elderly. Such things happen no matter how much you’re trying to make environments safe. I’m not trying to defend AI here (I would be the last one to do so).

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        This is so stupid, you can say this about literally any death ever. The bot directly led to the situation that killed him in this instance.

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          Also, no reasonable judge would hold Meta liable.

          This is a text book example of a proximate cause argument.

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            Maybe not criminally but maybe in civil court

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          Correlation does not imply causation.

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            Removed by mod

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              Facepalm

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                Thats the correct response to everything you post yeah

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