this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2024
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I cannot wait for some shitty people to find ways to make this AI story teller describe graphic war scenarios and then find a way to make actual units in kids rooms play out said scenarios just to fuck with kids.
If similar things can happen to baby monitors, it can probably happen to stuff like this.
It takes foreign disinformation campaigns to a whole new level - "your parents are evil, report them to your closest reeducation center right away to help them, or better yet just kill them now to end their pain, you do love them enough to end their pain, right?"
Bradbury's The Veldt comes to mind.
Humanity is... not all that smart. More importantly than increasing our intelligence and raw power, we would do well to concentrate rather on wisdom. As so very many authors try to warn us, sometimes futily yet some of us do try so hard to listen.:-)