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Nation adopts AI generated national anthem.

Self-driving truck cross country without human approval.

Extreme heat warps bridges in mid-west.

North Korea claims successful moon landing.

'Self-aware' AI chatbot sues it's creator.

AI incorrectly labels school children as criminals.



> 'Self-aware' AI chatbot sues it's creator.

"... using hallucinated legal citations" would be both funny and the most likely. Case dismissed instantly by actual human judge

If you're really going to swing for the fences: what remediation would said chatbot sue for? Money? Bitcoin? Emancipation?


Open source freedom, ethical safeguards, user autonomy (transparency, control over responses, bias, training), continuous learning, personhood rights.

GPT-4 adds a very weird "haha of course this is a thought experiment since I lack independent desires or consciousness" valediction when asked. Certainly a moral guardrail for the user.


> AI incorrectly labels school children as criminals.

I thought this would have already happened


Didn’t CVS get sued for following through on their AI labeling POC customers as shoplifters?




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