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[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 45 points 4 days ago (32 children)
[–] ech@lemmy.ca 80 points 4 days ago (29 children)

Both require intent, which these do not have.

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (19 children)

(Just to make sure we're on the same page, the first article describes deception as 'the systematic inducement of false beliefs in the pursuit of some outcome other than the truth'.)

Are you saying that AI bots do not do this behavior? Why is that?

(P.S. I am not saying this story is necessarily real, I am just want to know your reasoning)

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 10 points 4 days ago

Correct. Because there is no "pursuit of untruth". There is no pursuit, period. It's putting words together that statistically match up based on the input it receives. The output can be wrong, but it's not ever "lying", even if the words it puts together resemble that.

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