Air Canada Says the Chatbot Is Its Own Guy
An airline told a court that the help box on its own website was a separate legal person responsible for its own lies. Also: a snack shop AI stockpiles tungsten, Google recommends one rock a day, and Elon Musk's chatbot successfully buys him Lego. Verdicts rendered, taxes unfiled.
In this edition
The Chatbot Is a Separate Legal Person Now
Meanwhile
The Snack Shop That Bought Tungsten
Slop, or Not?
Something Useful
Something Weird
Tomorrow
Chapters
0:07 — Cold Open
0:39 — The Chatbot Is a Separate Legal Person Now
2:19 — Meanwhile
3:14 — The Snack Shop That Bought…
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