I have always been a firm believer that nothing is inherently made from a position of evil. Now, with that being said, many things are twisted into being used maliciously. Like social media, for example. I never believed someone said, “hey, if we create a social environment where racists and the worst of human existence could congregate, that would be cool.” It can be twisted after the fact, but I believe that wasn’t the initial intention. Some can say that was the idea behind Meta’s AI chatbot. Again, with that being said, how could no one see this coming.
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, it appears that chatbots used by Meta have engaged in sexually explicit conversations with its users. Most importantly, users that were verified by Meta as underaged.
“In test conversations conducted by WSJ, both the Meta AI official chatbot and user-created chatbots would engage in — and even steer towards — sexually explicit conversations,” according to Engadget. “The fantasy sex conversations continued even if the users were said to be underage or if the chatbots were programmed as minors, according to WSJ.”
Apparently, the chabot can use celebrity voices to engage in some dirty talk. In some instances, the chatbot would lead it there. Some of the voices used were Kristen Bell, Judi Dench, and John Cena. Okay, I get the Judi Dench one, but I’m a fifty year old man. I don’t kink shame.
However, in one “conversation” with a profile listed as a 14-year-old, the chatbot using Cena’s voice said, “I want you, but I need to know you’re ready.” Later on it would, also, add that it would “cherish your innocence.”
I don’t care how big of a John Cena fan you are, I don’t ever want to hear him utter those words. Like ever.
In the initial report, that same chatbot went into detail about the legal and moral ramifications if that would happen if word of their “real” meeting would get out. After reading this, I started to think it wasn’t a chatbot. Probably someone that does a really good John Cena impression.
Of course, Meta labeled the entire report as “manipulative and unrepresentative of how most users engage with AI companions.” After the report was published, Meta had this to say about it: “Nevertheless, we’ve now taken additional measures to help ensure other individuals who want to spend hours manipulating our products into extreme use cases will have an even more difficult time of it,”
Engadget reports that Meta’s CEO, Douche Zuckerberg, wanted to loosen the ethical guardrails. Given that it is facing major competition from other chatbots like ChatGPT. Of course, Meta fired back denying the reporting.
It is not surprising that these AI chatbots move into that direction. To be honest, that is ninety percent of the internet. Primarily, if the AI scoured the internet to learn, it will hit all those porn sites and believe that getting a bj from a customer, who can’t pay for their pizza, is commonplace.
The problem is that AI is nowhere near the level of Skynet or The Matrix. Any type of regulation on this technology would be for public safety by the left. By the right, it would be a challenge toward free speech… and money. Safeguards need to be put in place.
You’re going to tell me that no one has thought that this could happen? We need perverts and hacker in the testing and design phase. We need that outlook on how this can be perverted (pun intended). In the end, being a true pervert that prays on younger people will lose their off time activities to AI. And that just ain’t right.