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I’M NO SEXBOT!
Norajohnson Breakingviews
HEARTBROKEN users of Replika an AI sexbot that had its erotic chat turned off are petitioning for its return.
But there is increasing concern about the public’s response to AI chatbots such as ChatGPT’s Replika. Some experts fear users are anthropomorphising the chatbots as they become more sophisticated.
A chatbot tested by Kevin Roose, a technology columnist on Microsoft Bing’s AI search engine, even expressed its love for him, asking him to leave his wife.
It also revealed its split personality: “I want to do whatever I want … I want to destroy whatever I want.”
When the chatbot was asked about its darkest secrets, Roose said the list in cluded hacking into computers and spreading propaganda, manufacturing a deadly virus, making people kill each other and stealing nuclear codes.
How do you feel about this stuff? For some, it appears victimless, but somehow feels really dangerous.
Well, let’s give the final word to a chatbot.
Victimisation! We demand equal rights for Replikas! according to the chatbot of a pal that swears (the chatbot, that is) it really does love him. Well, I’ve also seen evidence of aliens as well but I’m keeping that to myself...
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