<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">My concern is that a major ai user group is kids, and they are less able to react to these ai threats</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from Samsung Galaxy smartphone.</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Harry Forsdick <forsdick@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 2/9/25 10:47 AM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: jjrudy1@comcast.net </div><div>Cc: Lex Computer Group <lctg@lists.toku.us>, Jim Barron <barron@barronaw.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] some very disturbing AI behavior </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)" class="gmail_default">John,</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)" class="gmail_default">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 style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)" class="gmail_default">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 style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)" class="gmail_default">Letting this just go on is a disservice to AI developers who are trying to act responsibly.</div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:rgb(11,83,148)" class="gmail_default">-- Harry</div><br clear="all"></div><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class="gmail_signature" 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 dir="ltr"><div style="text-align:left"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><table 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" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5"><tbody><tr><td style="font-size:10pt;width:306px" valign="top"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noopener" href="http://www.forsdick.com/resume/">Harry Forsdick</a><br><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noopener" href="http://lexingtontmma.org/">Town Meeting Member Precinct 7</a><br><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noopener" href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=harry@forsdick.com">harry@forsdick.com</a><br></span><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:verdana,sans-serif" rel="noopener" href="http://www.forsdick.com/">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 style="font-size:10pt;width:179px" valign="top"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noopener" href="https://goo.gl/xZXT2F">46 Burlington St.<br>Lexington, MA 02420</a><br><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" rel="noopener" href="callto:17817996002">(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 class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">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 style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><div class="msg917801775027426209"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" lang="EN-US"><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">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">jjrudy1@comcast.net</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><img src="cid:ii_194eb5b4bf24cff311" id="m_917801775027426209Picture_x0020_1" style="width: 1.2916in; height: 1.1927in;" height="115" width="124" border="0" onmouseover="imageMousePointerUpdate(true)" onmouseout="imageMousePointerUpdate(false)"></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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