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deepvibrations ◴[] No.45093169[source]
The law needs to stand up and make an example here, otherwise this will just continue and at some point a real disaster will occur due to AI.
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koolba ◴[] No.45093230[source]
> The law needs to stand up and make an example here, otherwise this will just continue and at some point a real disaster will occur due to AI.

What does it mean to “make and example”?

I’m for cleaning up AI slop as much as the next natural born meat bag, but I also detest a litigious society. The types of legal action that stops this in the future would immediately be weaponized.

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recursive ◴[] No.45093255[source]
Weapons against misinformation are good weapons. Bring on the weaponization.
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Newlaptop ◴[] No.45093321{3}[source]
The weapons will be used by the people in power.

Do you want your country's current political leaders to have more weapons to suppress information they dislike or facts they disagree with? If yes, will you also be happy if your country's opposition leaders gain that power in a few years?

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tehwebguy ◴[] No.45093728{4}[source]
They already do and they don’t even have to be powerful.

A conspiracy guy who ran a disqualified campaign for a TN rep seat sued Facebook for defamation for a hallucination saying he took part in the J6 riots. They settled the suit and hired him as an anti-DEI advisor.

(I don’t have proof that hiring him was part of the undisclosed settlement terms but since I’m not braindead I believe it was.)

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1. aspenmayer ◴[] No.45101326{5}[source]
> A conspiracy guy who ran a disqualified campaign for a TN rep seat sued Facebook for defamation for a hallucination saying he took part in the J6 riots. They settled the suit and hired him as an anti-DEI advisor.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robby_Starbuck#Lawsuit_against...

> (I don’t have proof that hiring him was part of the undisclosed settlement terms but since I’m not braindead I believe it was.)

It seems to be public information that this was a condition of the settlement, so no speculation necessary:

https://www.theverge.com/news/757537/meta-robby-starbuck-con... | https://archive.is/uihsi

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta-robby-starbuck-ai-lawsuit-s... | https://archive.is/0VKrL

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2. tehwebguy ◴[] No.45102752[source]
Yeah but the articles don’t directly attribute that specific part to any source and I’m not trying to get sued next.
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3. aspenmayer ◴[] No.45105244[source]
Sued for quoting an article? Get real. No judge would approve those charges.