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NYC’s government chatbot is lying about city laws and regulations

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨throws_lemy@lemmy.nz⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/03/nycs-government-chatbot-is-lying-about-city-laws-and-regulations/

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  • Ashyr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Lying is such a poor choice of words. It’s not intentionally deceiving anyone. It just continues to babble as coherently as it can, its just so impressive to some people that they don’t realize there’s no tiny machine person typing away on the other end.

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    • Laticauda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s lying by proxy because the ones who know better are letting it answer, and thus lie, for them.

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  • Laticauda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why do official companies or governments or anything with authority keep using ai chatbots? They’ve already got a bad track record it’s inexplicable that anyone would think that theirs is somehow exempt.

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    • Maalus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Cause it doesn’t cost money.

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      • Laticauda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It does when the lawsuits start rolling in and they lose customers.

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  • Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Use the laws it lies about as a legal defense

    This will 100% hold up in court lmao

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