<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)">John,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)">That article is indeed scary. I am even more concerned about companies that are running such systems trying to use free speech as a defense for this kind of stuff. It seems that other systems could have spotted the responses as being dangerous.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Although I am generally one to give these evolving systems a break in their infancy, this is beyond what I feel is permissible -- and once this is pointed out to the company running the service, there should be an immediate cease and desist order. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Letting this just go on is a disservice to AI developers who are trying to act responsibly.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)">-- Harry</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:verdana;font-size:19.2px;background-color:rgb(238,238,238);margin-left:0px;margin-right:auto"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font-size:10pt;width:306px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Harry Forsdick</a><br><a href="http://lexingtontmma.org/" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Town Meeting Member Precinct 7</a><br><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=harry@forsdick.com" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">harry@forsdick.com</a><br></span><a href="http://www.forsdick.com/" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:verdana,sans-serif" target="_blank">www.forsdick.com</a><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></span></td><td style="width:15px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"> </span></td><td valign="top" style="font-size:10pt;width:179px"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">46 Burlington St.<br>Lexington, MA 02420</a><br><a href="callto:17817996002" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">(781) 799-6002 (mobile)</a><br></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM John Rudy via LCTG <<a href="mailto:lctg@lists.toku.us">lctg@lists.toku.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg917801775027426209"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_917801775027426209WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/06/1111077/nomi-ai-chatbot-told-user-to-kill-himself/?utm_source=engagement_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wklysun&utm_term=02.09.25.subs_eng&utm_content=TR10_25LIVE_ACQ&mc_cid=67021e1372&mc_eid=0e9040b93d" target="_blank">An AI chatbot told a user how to kill himself—but the company doesn’t want to “censor” it | MIT Technology Review</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This is a recent ar4ticle from MIT’s Technology Review and reveals AI without adequate guardrails. Of course they are not easy to set. Though I haven’t personally used any of them, there are an increasing number of systems that are designed to be “companions” that you can chat with about a myriad of subjects<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">John<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">John Rudy<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-861-0402<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">781-718-8334 cell<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">13 Hawthorne Lane<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Bedford MA<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:jjrudy1@comcast.net" target="_blank">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><img border="0" width="124" height="115" style="width: 1.2916in; height: 1.1927in;" id="m_917801775027426209Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_194eb5b4bf24cff311"></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>===============================================<br>
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