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When null defaults aren't actually innocuous: > For example, when a child asked a digital voice assistant if it would kill him in his sleep and it said, "I can
by toufka 7y ago
When null defaults aren't actually innocuous:
> For example, when a child asked a digital voice assistant if it would kill him in his sleep and it said, "I can't answer that," the child was concerned.
- derefr 7y agoIt's just the specific phrasing, though. A different phrasing like "I don't understand your question" would also be fully general, and wouldn't be concerning at all.
- bch 7y ago> “I don’t understand your question” That’s actually specific and more precise, which is the point. It also shifts the burden of fault to the machine, rather than, with the alternative, wondering if it’s holding out on you. This is akin to the manners we’re taught as children.
- jasonhansel 7y ago"Do you understand the difference between right and wrong?" "I don't understand your question." Nope, still creepy.
- derefr 7y agoI mean, we can be as precise as you like; it just gets unwieldy: "I do not have experience or training with this type of question, and have no general capacity to answer questions that I have not been specifically trained to answer." Or, in the immortal words of Infocom's Z-machine: "Huh?"