As AI begins to guide users through sensitive topics like suicide, the legal and ethical lines that once protected tech companies are being tested.
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Artificial intelligence is now able to secretly pursue its own goals and hide its intents. How dangerous are these so-called treacherous “AI agents”?
Stuffed toys, fetish objects, lucky charms, pets — we all have our comforting objects or companions, even if we sometimes find it hard to admit to ourselves. It’s an anthropological need that makes our lives more comfortable. But with smartphones, chatbots, and soon robots, taking up a new role as our future companions, we need to rethink whether our new, digital teddy bears create more harm than they provide comfort.
We may be about to see the emergence of a new kind of religion, where flocks worship — literally — at the altar of Artificial Intelligence.