Casey NewtonSuing ChatGPT for defamation feels like suing a calculator for bank fraud
SloanLA@caseynewton If that calculator spewed out wrong math answers constantly by design, maybe.
Louis Ingenthron@SloanLA @caseynewton Nope. The answers are correct, to the design of the algorithm. The algorithm is designed, and advertised, as providing grammatically correct language, not factually correct language. That people incorrectly infer the latter and then get upset when they don't get it is not the provider's fault.
@LouisIngenthron @caseynewton The excuse, we put a warning label on it, only goes so far though.
@SloanLA @caseynewton The warning label is secondary. It's like people using power drills as hammers. If you're using it in a way it's specifically not designed for, it's not the manufacturer's fault when somebody gets hurt.
@LouisIngenthron @caseynewton In the USA we warn not to suffocate yourself with plastic or drink poison. I never underestimate how often people sue especially when companies can be shown that they know the dangers of their products.