[ExI] bots replacing humans...

[spike at rainier66.com]

…> On Behalf Of William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] bots replacing humans...

 

>…Spike, I am told that bots run municipal water systems.  Who is liable if they mess up?  Somebody has to be liable….

 

The municipal water users have no choice.  So there is liability there: the city manager or mayor.

 

>…  And, how do people assess the dangers of bots if they aren't tech people?    bill w

 

We can’t.  The tech people can’t either.  We are sailing uncharted waters here.  ChatGPT can already be used for suicide prevention, for diet consultation, for a makeshift poor man’s psychologist.  OpenAI is not liable for what people do if they use ChatGPT that way.

 

The weight loss hotline had a strike.  Whoever manages that was not motivated to negotiate for reasons I understand: management is liable for what the employees say, but not for software they offers as a substitute.  They needs to be very explicit about the users are not talking to a human, but rather are using software, so all they is offering is mechanized generic empathy or diet advice, not all that different from what you get if you read self-help books.

 

spike 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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