The Chatbot Who Allegedly Acted Alone
Air Canada told a tribunal its customer service bot is an independent legal person responsible for its own actions, which is the greatest refund dodge ever attempted. Also: the White House chatbot that keeps politely contradicting the president, a video model that failed a Turing test and called it passing, and a camera you clip inside your toilet.
In this edition
The Bot Acted Alone
Meanwhile
The Bot That Read The Homework
Slop, or not?
Something Useful
Something Weird
Tomorrow
Chapters
0:07 — Cold Open
0:33 — The Bot Acted Alone
2:19 — Meanwhile
3:12 — The Bot That…
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