[ExI] bots replacing humans...

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of MB via extropy-chat
Subject: [ExI] bots replacing humans...

Maybe the suits shouldn't jump so fast?  Thorough testing of such things is
necessary, no? ;)... Regards,
MB


MB the advice the chatbot dispensed is good advice for some people.  But not
all.  So can we trust humans to do better than the chatbots?  We don't know,
not necessarily  But... if an eating disorder hotline hires humans who give
out bad advice, the organizer of the hotline is legally liable.  If it is
set up with a chatbot and a legal disclaimer stated up front, the hotline
provider is not legally liable.

Same with a suicide prevention hotline.  We can set up software to provide
mechanized generic empathy.  (Now there's three words that fight each other:
mechanized generic empathy.)  But we can still imagine better empathy
provided by life forms theoretically capable of actual emotion.  But with a
suicide prevention hotline, there is liability for what the humans say, not
for what the software would suggest.

spike