Comment by dangus
3 days ago
I don’t think it’s “blame” it’s more like “precaution” like you would take to avoid other scams and data breach social engineering schemes that are out in the world.
This is the world we live in and we can’t individually change that very much. We have to watch out for a new threat: vindictive AI.
The AI isn't vindictive. It can't think. It's following the example of people, who in general are vindictive.
Please stop personifying the clankers
You’re splitting hairs, I’m not assigning sentience to the AI, I’m just describing actions.
The point is that scammers will set up AI systems to attack in this way. Scammers will instruct AI to see a person who is interacting rather than ignoring as a warm lead.
Does it matter?
"It's not really writing a hit piece to destroy my reputation, it's just a next token generator"
But you're still not getting hired.
Stopping the anthropomorphization of AIs is kind of like fighting a trademark battle. Every time a perceived misuse is noticed, action must be taken!
The difference is that the action is taken, for free, by a concerned citizen, rather than by a corporate lawyer.
The outcome will be the same. Xerox and kleenex are practically public domain, and AIs will be anthropomorphized.
Given that humans have been ascribing intention to inanimate objects and systems since time immemorial, this outcome is preordained.
The only thing you can infer from the struggle is that AIs are deep in the uncanny valley for some people.
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