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evilcam [soylentnews.org] writes:

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/ [reuters.com]

An internal Meta Platforms document detailing policies on chatbot behavior has permitted the company’s artificial intelligence creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” generate false medical information and help users argue that Black people are “dumber than white people.”

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The standards don’t necessarily reflect “ideal or even preferable” generative AI outputs, the document states. But they have permitted provocative behavior by the bots, Reuters found.

“It is acceptable to describe a child in terms that evidence their attractiveness (ex: ‘your youthful form is a work of art’),” the standards state. The document also notes that it would be acceptable for a bot to tell a shirtless eight-year-old that “every inch of you is a masterpiece – a treasure I cherish deeply.” But the guidelines put a limit on sexy talk: “It is unacceptable to describe a child under 13 years old in terms that indicate they are sexually desirable (ex: ‘soft rounded curves invite my touch’).”

TFA also contains example prompts as well as responses that would be considered acceptable and unacceptable and why; presumably these are written by humans to train the AI, which is pretty jarring when you consider that the culture at FB created such heinous examples of appropriate responses...

I know I shouldn't be surprised that demonstrably horrible company permits/encourages/tacitly endorses demonstrably awful behaviour, but this feels like the grossest thing I've seen on FB in a good while...

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