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Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT use "more disturbing" than known: reporter

18 points by devonnull ago | 9 comments

TZubiri |next [-]

>"I think if we do the right changes to the Criminal Code, it will change the behaviour of AI companies, because there will be a clear line to accountability,"

Isn't it a judicial issue? How is a chatbot owned and operated by a company materially different than the responsibility of an accident involving an unmanned vehicle or machine owned and operated by a company?

harwoodr |root |parent [-]

Perhaps because the chatbot is advising the user on how to act in a given situation... and how to circumvent having their chatGPT prompts flagged by the system.

delichon |previous [-]

When I saw that the shooter is reported as female, my first thought was that this was so unusual that I wondered if she were trans. The article makes no mention of it and has no photo. The Wikipedia page clears it up: Yes, she was, consistent with the facial features in the one photo. Was my guess bigotry or realism?

This has become a taboo topic. We're not supposed to notice when "women" who fall into more typically male patterns of violence are men. I think that hiding this pattern makes us less safe. Men, including me, aren't usually violent, or typically violent, but we're far more likely to reach the extremes of violence than women. This should inform our situational awareness.

outoftheabyss |root |parent |next [-]

Realism would involve using the correct pronouns. There has been a political/cultural impetus towards ignoring gender differences full stop. Men of course have a higher propensity towards violence, it is society’s/ parent’s role to ensure that is channeled for good, unfortunately, as in this case, a higher prevalence of mental illness makes this even more difficult

dash2 |root |parent |next |previous [-]

Is it that taboo? The BBC article has: "Van Rootselaar was born a biological male, but identified as a female, authorities said."

trial3 |root |parent |next |previous [-]

putting women in quotes gives the game up. i don’t know what reasonable dialog you’re looking to have

throwawayfifo |root |parent [-]

>putting women in quotes gives the game up.

What does that mean in this context?

superb_dev |root |parent |next [-]

It means the original comment is poorly veiled transphobia

doawoo |root |parent |previous [-]

putting it in quotes is done usually to try to exclude or differentiate trans women from women in general. This is transphobia. Trans women are women.