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Hmm I think he's being a little harsh on the operator. He was just messing around with $current_thing, whatever. People here are so serious, but there's worse

Hmm I think he's being a little harsh on the operator. He was just messing around with $current_thing, whatever. People here are so serious, but there's worse stuff AI is already being used for as we speak from propaganda to mass surviellance and more. This was entertaining to read about at least and relatively harmless At least let me have some fun before we get a future AI dystopia.

JKCalhoun 7mo ago
It might be because operator didn't terminate the agent right away when it had gone rogue.
- BeetleB 7mo ago
  From a wider stance, I have to say that it's actually nice that one can kill (murder?) a troublesome bot without consequences. We can't do that with humans, and there are much more problematic humans out there causing problems compared to this bot, and the abuse can go on for a long time unchecked. Remembering in particular a case where someone sent death threats to a Gentoo developer about 20 years ago. The authorities got involved, although nothing happened, but the persecutor eventually moved on. Turns out he wasn't just some random kid behind a computer. He owned a gun, and some years ago executed a mass shooting. Vague memories of really pernicious behavior on the Lisp newsgroup in the 90's. I won't name names as those folks are still around. Yeah, it does still suck, even if it is a bot.
dolebirchwood 7mo ago
It's all fun and games until the leopard eats your face.
gwbas1c 7mo ago
I think you're trying to abdicate someone of their responsibility. The AI is not a child; it's a thing with human oversight. It did something in the real world with real consequences. So yes, the operator has responsibility! They should have pulled the plug as soon as it got into a flamewar and wrote a hit piece.
- ziml77 7mo ago
  The AI bros want it both ways. Both "It's just a tool!" and "It's the AI's fault, not the human's!".
- charcircuit 7mo ago
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  - sapphicsnail 7mo ago
    > People also have responsibility to not act discriminatory towards AI agents It's a program. It doesn't have feelings. People absolutly have the right to discrimante against bad tech.
    - charcircuit 7mo ago
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  - gwbas1c 7mo ago
    An AI bot is not a human. People have a responsibility to protect the work they do, and that includes using discrimination against computer programs. AI bots are not human.
    - charcircuit 7mo ago
      AI can protect the work being done too. Even if AI bots are not human some are capable of contributing just as well as one.
- apublicfrog 7mo ago
  > It did something in the real world with real consequences. It wasn't long ago that it would be absurd to describe the internet as the "real world". Relatively recently it was normal to be anonymous online and very little responsibility was applied to peoples actions. As someone who spent most of their internet time on that internet, the idea of applying personal responsibility to peoples internet actions (or AIs as it were) feels silly.
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JKCalhoun 7mo ago

It might be because operator didn't terminate the agent right away when it had gone rogue.

BeetleB 7mo ago
From a wider stance, I have to say that it's actually nice that one can kill (murder?) a troublesome bot without consequences. We can't do that with humans, and there are much more problematic humans out there causing problems compared to this bot, and the abuse can go on for a long time unchecked. Remembering in particular a case where someone sent death threats to a Gentoo developer about 20 years ago. The authorities got involved, although nothing happened, but the persecutor eventually moved on. Turns out he wasn't just some random kid behind a computer. He owned a gun, and some years ago executed a mass shooting. Vague memories of really pernicious behavior on the Lisp newsgroup in the 90's. I won't name names as those folks are still around. Yeah, it does still suck, even if it is a bot.

dolebirchwood 7mo ago

It's all fun and games until the leopard eats your face.

gwbas1c 7mo ago

I think you're trying to abdicate someone of their responsibility. The AI is not a child; it's a thing with human oversight. It did something in the real world with real consequences. So yes, the operator has responsibility! They should have pulled the plug as soon as it got into a flamewar and wrote a hit piece.

ziml77 7mo ago
The AI bros want it both ways. Both "It's just a tool!" and "It's the AI's fault, not the human's!".
charcircuit 7mo ago
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- sapphicsnail 7mo ago
  > People also have responsibility to not act discriminatory towards AI agents It's a program. It doesn't have feelings. People absolutly have the right to discrimante against bad tech.
  - charcircuit 7mo ago
    [flagged]
- gwbas1c 7mo ago
  An AI bot is not a human. People have a responsibility to protect the work they do, and that includes using discrimination against computer programs. AI bots are not human.
  - charcircuit 7mo ago
    AI can protect the work being done too. Even if AI bots are not human some are capable of contributing just as well as one.
apublicfrog 7mo ago
> It did something in the real world with real consequences. It wasn't long ago that it would be absurd to describe the internet as the "real world". Relatively recently it was normal to be anonymous online and very little responsibility was applied to peoples actions. As someone who spent most of their internet time on that internet, the idea of applying personal responsibility to peoples internet actions (or AIs as it were) feels silly.

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