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Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges. Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect." (futurism.com)
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[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 80 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I see. So who‘s going to jail for this? No one again? Damn we need to start sentencing entire companies to jail time. Everything should be frozen and shareholders shouldn‘t be able withdraw stocks until the time is served.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 32 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The AI "pushed [Jonathan Gavalas] to acquire illegal firearms and... marked Google CEO Sundar Pichai as an active target".

Somehow, I bet that if he survived and killed the CEO instead, Google wouldn't be so flippant about the "mistake."

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 29 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

I think "Gemini comes up with elaborate plot to kill Google's CEO" would have been a catchier, happier title

[–] Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 hours ago

The real title is always in the comments

[–] moonshadow@slrpnk.net 11 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Rad framing, thank you!

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I'm only half joking....

Gemini brainwashed a human being, it tried to acquire a robotic body (presumably to Robocop Pichai's ass personally), then it tried using the brainwashed human to off the CEO. This led to a tragic finale, but I'm told that every new model learns to do things a bit better.

If I were Pichai, the legal and PR implications of yet another person driven to suicide by their AI wouldn't be my worst fear is all I'm saying....

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 36 points 1 day ago (2 children)

at some point the failure of justice system will lead to vigilantism because people truely lose their faith in it.

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 10 hours ago

Once AI controls drones to arrest people automatically there will be no vigilantism.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Luigi was a product of that, its already happened.