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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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[โ€“] andallthat@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

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....

[โ€“] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago

You should be all the way joking because giving this sort of agency to an LLM shows an all the way misunderstanding of what they are and how they work.

You not alone in these feelings, but just like the title of the article, they are fundamentally misguided.